environment
n
1 [C, U] conditions, circumstances, etc affecting people's lives (影響人們生活的)情況、 環境等
An unhappy home environment can affect a child's behaviour. 不愉快的家庭環境能影響兒童的行為.
A noisy smoke-filled room is not the best environment to work in. 房間里烏煙瘴氣於工作十分不利.
2 the environment [sing]
natural conditions, eg land, air and water, in which we live (我們生活的)自然環境(如土地、 空氣、 水)
Many people are concerned about the pollution of the environment.許多人都關心環境污染問題.
measures to protect the environment, ie prevent spoiling it further 保護環境的措施(防止進一步污染)
the Department of the Environment, ie the British Government department responsible for land planning, transport, preservation of public amenities, pollution control, protection of the coast and countryside, etc 環境事務部(英國政府部門, 負責土地規劃、 運輸、 保護公共設施、 控制污染、 保護海岸和鄉村等).