| 释义 |
back-to-nature
[back adv. 6.]
A catch-phrase applied, chiefly attrib., to a movement or enthusiast for reversion to a simpler way of life. Cf. return to nature s.v. return n. 1 h.
1915Univ. Oklahoman 29 Oct. 1/5 Some of the more advanced among the Frosch are holding out for ‘Back to Nature’ garb. 1931W. Holtby Poor Caroline vi. 204 He was floundering..in..a Back to Nature Phase. 1945H. Closs High are Mountains 177 All this reforming business..if they succeeded it would be so dull. Chivalry for the..‘back to nature’ enthusiasts. 1967E. S. Turner Taking Cure xix. 264 Of all barefoot back-to-Nature cults, the most renowned was the one initiated by the Bavarian pastor, Father Sebastian Kneipp. 1978Jrnl. R. Soc. Arts CXXVI. 201/1 Nor am I a doom-dodger or a back-to-nature boy. |