单词 | environmentalist |
释义 | environmentalist —environmentalism, n. /en vuy'reuhn men"tl ist, -vuy'euhrn-/, n. 1. an expert on environmental problems. 2. any person who advocates or works to protect the air, water, animals, plants, and other natural resources from pollution or its effects. 3. a person who believes that differences between individuals or groups, esp. in moral and intellectual attributes, are predominantly determined by environmental factors, as surroundings, upbringing, or experience (opposed to hereditarian). [1915-20; ENVIRONMENTAL + -IST] |
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