c. 1600, "state of being environed" (see environ + -ment); sense of "the aggregate of the conditions in which a person or thing lives" first recorded 1827 (used by Carlyle to render German Umgebung); specialized ecology sense first recorded 1956.
雙語例句
1. Outside the protected environment of institutional care he could not survive.
離開福利機構的照顧，離開這種受保護的環境，他將難以生存下去。
來自柯林斯例句
2. His independence had been forged on the anvil of a harsh environment.
他的獨立性是在艱苦的環境中錘煉出來的。
來自柯林斯例句
3. The plans will be examined by EU environment ministers.
歐盟各國環境部部長將仔細研究這些計劃。
來自柯林斯例句
4. I have no doubt that we are polluting the environment beyond redemption.
我絲毫都不懷疑我們對環境的汙染是不可挽回的。
來自柯林斯例句
5. There is little assessment of the damage to the natural environment.