environment

英 [ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt]

美 [ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt]

n.  (影响个体或事物行为或发展的)环境; 客观环境; 自然环境; 生态环境; (运行)环境; 工作平台; 软件包

复数：environments　

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Oxford 3000 / Collins.4 / BNC.702 / COCA.855

牛津词典

noun

• （影响个体或事物行为或发展的）环境；客观环境
  the conditions that affect the behaviour and development of sb/sth; the physical conditions that sb/sth exists in
  1. a pleasant working/learning environment
     令人愉快的工作 / 学习环境
  2. An unhappy home environment can affect a child's behaviour.
     不幸的家庭环境可能对孩子的行为造成影响。
  3. They have created an environment in which productivity should flourish.
     他们创造了一种可以大大提高生产力的环境。
  4. the political environment
     政治环境
  5. tests carried out in a controlled environment
     在受控环境下进行的试验
• 自然环境；生态环境
  the natural world in which people, animals and plants live
  1. the Department of the Environment
     环境事务部
  2. measures to protect the environment
     保护环境的措施
  3. pollution of the environment
     环境污染
  4. damage to the environment
     对环境的破坏
• （运行）环境；工作平台；软件包
  the complete structure within which a user, computer or program operates
  1. a desktop development environment
     桌面开发环境

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 生活环境；周围状况
  Someone'senvironmentis all the circumstances, people, things, and events around them that influence their life.
  1. Pupils in our schools are taught in a safe, secure environment...
     我们学校的学生在安全无虑的环境中接受教育。
  2. The moral characters of men are formed not by heredity but by environment...
     人的道德品质不是遗传的，而是由环境塑造而成。
  3. The twins were separated at birth and brought up in entirely different environments.
     那对双胞胎一出生就被分开，在完全不同的环境中被抚养长大。
• N-COUNT 生存环境；特定自然环境
  Yourenvironmentconsists of the particular natural surroundings in which you live or exist, considered in relation to their physical characteristics or weather conditions.
  1. If our environment cools, then messages from the skin alert the body's thermostat.
     如果外在环境变冷，体表会将这一信息传递给身体的体温调节中枢。
  2. ...the maintenance of a safe environment for marine mammals.
     为海洋哺乳动物维持安全的生存环境
• N-SING 自然环境;生态环境
  The environmentis the natural world of land, sea, air, plants, and animals.
  1. ...Conservative spokesman on the environment.
     保守党有关自然环境问题的发言人
  2. ...persuading people to respect the environment.
     劝告人们保护生态环境

Be careful with the spelling of this word.
注意该词的拼写。

英英释义

noun

• the area in which something exists or lives
  1. the country--the flat agricultural surround
  Synonym:environssurroundingssurround
• the totality of surrounding conditions
  1. he longed for the comfortable environment of his living room

双语例句

• Nancy chose the product because it is better for the environment.
  南希选择这种产品是因为它更环保。
• If our environment cools, then messages from the skin alert the body's thermostat.
  如果外在环境变冷，体表会将这一信息传递给身体的体温调节中枢。
• If this round of talks fails, the world's trading environment is likely to become increasingly hostile.
  如果这一轮谈判破裂了，世界贸易环境可能会变得越来越糟糕。
• But tourism is double-edged, boosting the economy but damaging the environment
  但旅游业具有两面性，既刺激经济增长但又会破坏环境。
• I disagree with the premise that economic development has priority over the environment.
  我不赞成经济发展应优先于环境保护这个前提。
• What they seem to want to do in fact is fossilize the particular environment in which people live and work
  他们似乎想要做的实际上就是让人们生活和工作的环境固定不变。
• Pupils should be helped to adopt a positive approach to the environment.
  应帮助学生对环境采取积极的态度。
• Building more motorways and bypasses will help the environment by reducing pollution and traffic jams in towns and cities
  建造更多的高速公路和绕城道路能够减少城镇中的污染和交通堵塞，有利于改善环境。
• In order to transform their environment, he drew up the project with painstaking accuracy.
  为了改造环境，他苦心孤诣地制订了这个计划。
• His task was to elaborate policies which would make a market economy compatible with a clean environment.
  他的任务是制定详细政策，使得市场经济和清洁环境能够共存。