| 单词 | transition town |
| 释义 | > as lemmastransition town e. attributive. Designating a place, initiative, etc., associated with a transition from oil dependency to sustainable living by building self-sufficient communities with limited impact on the natural environment, as transition initiative, transition town, etc. ΚΠ 2006 Irish Times 14 Aug. 13/3 Kinsale aims to become Ireland's first ‘transition town’ with a comprehensive programme to wean itself off dependency on fossil fuels. 2008 Guardian 10 Sept. (Society section) 8/1 The idea behind transition towns is simple: if you have no faith that governments will take meaningful action on climate change and ‘peak oil’, then you can come together as a community to do something about it. 2016 M. Brownlee Local Food Revol. vii. 72 Our relocalization organization—renamed Transition Boulder County—became the first officially recognized Transition initiative in North America. < as lemmas |
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