单词 | eco-terrorism |
释义 | > as lemmaseco-terrorism eco-terrorism n. Brit. /ˌiːkəʊˈtɛrərɪz(ə)m/ , /ˈiːkəʊˌtɛrərɪz(ə)m/ , /ˌɛkəʊˈtɛrərɪz(ə)m/ , /ˈɛkəʊˌtɛrərɪz(ə)m/ , U.S. /ˈɛkoʊˌtɛrəˌrɪz(ə)m/ , /ˌɛkoʊˈtɛrəˌrɪz(ə)m/ , /ˌikoʊˈtɛrəˌrɪz(ə)m/ , /ˈikoʊˌtɛrəˌrɪz(ə)m/ (a) the action of causing (large-scale) environmental damage, esp. when occurring as a consequence of industrial or state-sanctioned activity; (b) violence, sabotage, or intimidation perpetrated with an environmentalist motive.ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > militancy > [noun] > ecologically motivated ecotage1971 eco-terrorism1980 monkeywrenching1983 eco-defence1985 eco-sabotage1985 1980 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 23 Aug. e13/6 (heading) Eco-terrorism. 1991 Time 27 May 50/2 Saddam's eco-terrorism raised the amount of carbon dioxide that humans are pumping into the atmosphere by up to 2%. 1995 Guardian 30 June (Friday Review section) 9/1 This book takes its neat plot from eco-terrorism: one man goes out into the threatened wilderness to spike trees and sabotage logging machinery. 2004 P. Watson in A. J. Nocella & S. Best Terrorists or Freedom Fighters? 284 The forest industries commit eco-terrorism each day. 2006 Wyoming Eagle-Tribune (Nexis) 5 Oct. a4 The first defendants to be convicted in the university firebombing, one of the Northwest's most notorious acts of ecoterrorism. < as lemmas |
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