| 单词 | NIMBY |
| 释义 | NIMBY (once / 241211 pages) n A NIMBY is someone who's opposed to an organization, building, or project being located too close to where they live. NIMBY stands for "not in my backyard." NIMBYs often approve of a new development, but they want it sited as far away from them as possible. When something like a homeless shelter, prison, wind turbine, drug treatment center, or airport is proposed, a NIMBY may speak up in support of the project but object strongly to its location on his or her own street. The word NIMBY, or nimby, is an acronym for "not in my back yard," which first appeared in American English around 1980. WORD FAMILYNIMBY: NIMBYS USAGE EXAMPLESI urge you to erase “NIMBY” from your vocabulary. Seattle Times(Nov 15, 2016) Chinese now has a word for NIMBY: linbi, a fusion of the words for “adjacent” and “shun”. Economist(Sep 22, 2016) “For years, it was NIMBY—‘Not in my back yard,’ ” Aggarwal said. The New Yorker(Feb 29, 2016) n someone who objects to siting something in their own neighborhood but does not object to it being sited elsewhere; an acronym for not in my backyard Hyper contestant, dissenter, dissident, objector, protester a person who dissents from some established policy |
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