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单词 eco-activist
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Definition of eco-activist in English:

eco-activist

nounˈiːkəʊˌaktɪvɪst
  • A person engaged in vigorous social or political campaigns whose aim is to prevent damage to the environment.

    the smart, high-flying mothers have launched a group that aims to turn yummy mummies into banner-waving eco-activists
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Meanwhile, an eco-activist dug a pound-shaped flower bed in the lawn of the MP in protest at his gardening expense claims.
    • Pagan philosophies appealed to many eco-activists, who also saw Nature as sacred and recognised the Great Goddess as Mother Nature.
    • The blast sent flying debris into Ludwig's face, cutting the eco-activist on the forehead.
    • It is not only radical writers and eco-activists who have stoked up fears of unknown risks.
    • While most environmentalists resort to conventional tactics to generate change, for some dedicated - often young - eco-activists, state-sanctioned lobbying practices are proving to be insufficient.
    • Lynn has returned to help find her brother, Wylie, who has joined a group of determined eco-activists.
    • Eco-activists lobbying the courts aside, most people show little concern over industrial pollution.
    • But their activism reinvigorated an argument that eco-activists had let fall into disuse: the moral right.
    • They don tool belts and hard hats to join 22 others - including a doctor, a lawyer, a publican, a scientist, carpenters and an unemployed eco-activist - on a pioneering sustainable house-building course.
    • Lying somewhere between an academic treatise, a biography of an eco-activist, and a guidebook for Green campaigners, it is a truly remarkable book.
    • Despite scant media attention, eco-activists have been conducting semi-legal campaigns up and down the country.
    • "I asked him how he could raise such an objection when he himself was a hill man," recalled the eco-activist.
    • In fact the term 'earthlings' is probably preferable to 'human beings' in the language of eco-activists.
    • With a new focus on environmental education in our school system, this battle-scarred eco-activist must know that his championing of environmental protection has not been in vain.
    • More radical eco-activists argue that carbon offsetting is a distraction from the need for us simply to stop flying and producing and consuming.
    • When I became an eco-activist at Twyford Down in the first days of the anti-roads movement in 1992, I was motivated by my fear about climate change.
    • The war talk over global warming also reflects an increasing desperation on the part of eco-activists, commentators and official environment departments.
    • "I imagine that the program will, in a progressive sense, blend theory and practice," says the 23-year-old Concordia student and eco-activist.

Derivatives

  • eco-activism

  • noun
    • She has been active in spiritually based eco-activism for over 30 years.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • This involves Greenpeace-type eco-activism on the high seas coupled with political intrigue.
      • It's a novel approach to eco-activism, certainly, but one the duo hopes will help save the planet.
      • While it was in the opposition, the party served as a sort of umbrella group for various causes traditionally associated with left-leaning politics, such as the land-rights movement and eco-activism.
      • Everywhere he looks, Harrison sees the rise of pro-corporate environmentalism and the demise of grassroots eco-activism.

Definition of eco-activist in US English:

eco-activist

noun
  • A person engaged in vigorous social or political campaigns whose aim is to prevent damage to the environment.

    according to eco-activists, many of these coastal fish farms are plagued by disease and pollution
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Meanwhile, an eco-activist dug a pound-shaped flower bed in the lawn of the MP in protest at his gardening expense claims.
    • The blast sent flying debris into Ludwig's face, cutting the eco-activist on the forehead.
    • Lynn has returned to help find her brother, Wylie, who has joined a group of determined eco-activists.
    • "I asked him how he could raise such an objection when he himself was a hill man," recalled the eco-activist.
    • While most environmentalists resort to conventional tactics to generate change, for some dedicated - often young - eco-activists, state-sanctioned lobbying practices are proving to be insufficient.
    • Eco-activists lobbying the courts aside, most people show little concern over industrial pollution.
    • Lying somewhere between an academic treatise, a biography of an eco-activist, and a guidebook for Green campaigners, it is a truly remarkable book.
    • More radical eco-activists argue that carbon offsetting is a distraction from the need for us simply to stop flying and producing and consuming.
    • Despite scant media attention, eco-activists have been conducting semi-legal campaigns up and down the country.
    • "I imagine that the program will, in a progressive sense, blend theory and practice," says the 23-year-old Concordia student and eco-activist.
    • But their activism reinvigorated an argument that eco-activists had let fall into disuse: the moral right.
    • When I became an eco-activist at Twyford Down in the first days of the anti-roads movement in 1992, I was motivated by my fear about climate change.
    • The war talk over global warming also reflects an increasing desperation on the part of eco-activists, commentators and official environment departments.
    • It is not only radical writers and eco-activists who have stoked up fears of unknown risks.
    • In fact the term 'earthlings' is probably preferable to 'human beings' in the language of eco-activists.
    • With a new focus on environmental education in our school system, this battle-scarred eco-activist must know that his championing of environmental protection has not been in vain.
    • Pagan philosophies appealed to many eco-activists, who also saw Nature as sacred and recognised the Great Goddess as Mother Nature.
    • They don tool belts and hard hats to join 22 others - including a doctor, a lawyer, a publican, a scientist, carpenters and an unemployed eco-activist - on a pioneering sustainable house-building course.
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