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.
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1. Outside the protected environment of institutional care he could not survive.
离开福利机构的照顾，离开这种受保护的环境，他将难以生存下去。
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2. His independence had been forged on the anvil of a harsh environment.
他的独立性是在艰苦的环境中锤炼出来的。
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3. The plans will be examined by EU environment ministers.
欧盟各国环境部部长将仔细研究这些计划。
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4. I have no doubt that we are polluting the environment beyond redemption.
我丝毫都不怀疑我们对环境的污染是不可挽回的。
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5. There is little assessment of the damage to the natural environment.