| 单词 | wise use |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswise use wise use n. originally and chiefly U.S. environmental policy which favours stricter controls on existing methods of exploiting natural resources, as opposed to policies which seek either to find alternative resources or to prevent such exploitation altogether; chiefly attributive, esp. designating (members of) a movement advocating such a policy. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > preservation from injury or destruction > [noun] > preservation from decay, loss, or destruction > environmental policy of conservation1875 wise use1989 the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > preservation from injury or destruction > [adjective] > preserving from decay, loss, or destruction > environmental policy of green1973 wise use1989 the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > preservation from injury or destruction > [adjective] > preserving from decay, loss, or destruction > environmental policy of > designating members of movement wise use1989 1989 R. Annold in A. Gottlieb Wise Use Agenda p. xviii The Wise Use Movement argues that such dour anti-people attitudes have no place in an ethical view of mankind. 1989 USA Today 3 May 10 a/1 For 25 years, environmentalists have driven one ranch after another into non-use classifications such as ‘wilderness’. But they've radicalized so many people the Wise Use Movement has arisen to defend commodity production on our federal lands. 1991 U.S. News & World Rep. Nov. 5/3 Now, the exploiters and developers have introduced the euphemism ‘wise use’ for wilderness destruction. 1992 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch 10 May a8/1 The timber industry says plenty of old-growth forest still exists, and that the industry has adopted a ‘wise use’ policy that will maintain the integrity of the region's forests. < as lemmas |
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