green ban

短语

发音

AU

词形变化

green bans 复数 green bans

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A ban instigated by a trade union on construction or demolition work on a site deemed to be of cultural, historical or environmental significance.

    澳大利亚 英国

    1978 June, Harvey Wasserman, Unionizing Ecotopia, Mother Jones, page 32, A unique and important coalition between environmentalists and labor unions has come about in Australia, in a movement known as “the Green Bans.” […] Essentially the Green Ban is a labor veto of socially and ecologically unsound plans. […] After careful consideration and a public meeting, the union posted a Green Ban, refusing to build on Kelly′s Bush.

词源

From green (“environmentally friendly”) + ban. First attested in Australia in 1973.

来源：wiktionary