environmentalist
gb/ɪnvˌaɪɹənmˈɛntəlɪst/ us/ɪnvˌaɪɹənmˈɛntəlɪst/
B2
Anglų
~ 8800
Reikšmės
0 reikšmių
Daiktavardis
B2
entity
1
person who cares about the environment
A person who cares a lot about nature and wants to protect the Earth from damage.
Vartosenos šablonas:
[someone] is an environmentalist
Dažna klaida:
Learners sometimes confuse "environmental" (an adjective) with "environmentalist" (a person). For example, "She is very environmental" is incorrect; it should be "She is an environmentalist" or "She cares about the environment." Another mistake is using it for things instead of people, like "an environmentalist problem" instead of "an environmental problem."
Sinonimai
conservationist (Often focuses more on protecting wildlife and natural resources; slightly less political-sounding than environmentalist in some contexts.)
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eco-activist (Emphasizes active campaigning and protest; sounds more strongly activist than environmentalist.)
Antonimai
polluter (Refers to a person, group, or company that causes environmental damage instead of trying to prevent it.)
Kolokacijos
environmentalist groups
|environmentalist movement
|environmentalist policies
|radical environmentalist
|prominent environmentalist
|environmentalist agenda
Temos
environment
|politics
|society
|nature
Pavyzdžiai
- She has been an environmentalist since college and now works to protect local rivers.
- Many environmentalists are calling for stricter laws on plastic waste.
- The mayor describes himself as an environmentalist but also supports new industrial projects.
- Young environmentalists organized a march to demand action on climate change.
- Some politicians accuse environmentalists of caring more about trees than about jobs.
Mokymuisi skirti pavyzdžiai
- My sister is an environmentalist and does not use plastic bags.
- Many environmentalists want people to drive less.
- The city invited an environmentalist to talk about air pollution.
- He became an environmentalist after seeing dirty water in the river.
Daiktavardis
technical
C1
entity
2
environment expert or specialist
A person whose job is to study the environment or to plan how to reduce damage to it.
Vartosenos šablonas:
an environmentalist [advises/assesses/studies] [something]
Dažna klaida:
Learners may not realize that this professional/scientific sense is more narrow and technical. In everyday speech, "environmentalist" usually means anyone who cares about the environment, not only trained experts. In formal job descriptions, prefer terms like "environmental scientist" or "environmental consultant" if the role is strictly professional.
Sinonimai
environmental scientist (More specific and clearly scientific; does not include non-scientist activists, while environmentalist sometimes does in this sense.)
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environmental consultant (Refers especially to a paid professional who advises companies or governments on environmental issues.)
Antonimai
industrial developer (A professional focused on building or expanding industry, often creating environmental impacts that environmentalists assess or criticize.)
Kolokacijos
consulting environmentalist
|government environmentalist
|environmentalist report
|environmentalist assessment
Temos
environment
|science
|professional
|nature
Pavyzdžiai
- The company hired an environmentalist to evaluate the impact of the new factory.
- Government environmentalists warned that the project could harm the wetlands.
- As an environmentalist with twenty years of field experience, she advised the mining firm on best practices.
- Several environmentalists contributed to the climate risk section of the report.
Mokymuisi skirti pavyzdžiai
- The city asked an environmentalist to study the air quality.
- An environmentalist wrote a report about the new road and the trees.
- He works as an environmentalist for the government.
- The company paid an environmentalist to check the river near the plant.
Gramatika
Pagrindinė forma
environmentalist
IPA
GB/ɪnvˌaɪɹənmˈɛntəlɪst/
US/ɪnvˌaɪɹənmˈɛntəlɪst/
Skiemenys ir kirčiavimas
en - vir - on - ment - al - ist (6 skiemenys)
Stress on 4th syllable (ment)
Žodžio formos
Noun
- Base: environmentalist
- Plural: environmentalists
Žodžių šeima
Forms
environmentalists
noun
Core family
Related words
environmentalism
noun
Negative and opposite forms
anti-environmental
adjective
Posakiai
environmentalist lobby
1/ɪnvˌaɪɹənmˈɛntəlɪst lˈɑbi/
fixed phrase
environmental pressure group(s)
Environmental groups that try to change government policy by talking to politicians and giving them pressure.
Pavyzdžiai
- The environmentalist lobby has opposed the construction of the new oil pipeline.
- Some lawmakers say the environmentalist lobby has too much influence on energy policy.
- The report was welcomed by the environmentalist lobby but criticized by industry groups.
environmentalist movement
1/ɪnvˌaɪɹənmˈɛntəlɪst mˈuvmənt/
fixed phrase
social movement for the environment
All the groups and people who work together in society to protect the environment and change laws or behavior.
Pavyzdžiai
- The environmentalist movement gained strength in the 1960s and 1970s.
- Many young people today see themselves as part of the global environmentalist movement.
- The environmentalist movement has pushed governments to set limits on carbon emissions.