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单词 enviro
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environ.

Brit. /ᵻnˈvʌɪrəʊ/, /ɛnˈvʌɪrəʊ/, U.S. /ənˈvaɪroʊ/, /ɛnˈvaɪroʊ/
Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: environmentalist n.
Etymology: Shortened < environmentalist n. Compare enviro- comb. form.
colloquial (chiefly North American).
= environmentalist n. 2.
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1988 Toronto Star 5 Nov. g8/1 It's too easy for candidates to read the polls that show a rising public interest in the environment and to base their own interest on that, veteran ‘enviros’ say.
1999 W. L. Heat Moon River Horse viii. 259 I'm not really an enviro, but if I were, I wouldn't be running scared. Green thought has the whole natural system on its side.
2006 Washington Post 26 June (Home ed.) a19/4 Enviros were much pleased, even stunned, when the Interior Department..scuttled plans to commercialize national parks.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

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