NIMBY

发音

/ˈnɪmbi/

词形变化

NIMBYs 复数 NIMBYs more NIMBY 比较级 most NIMBY 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Opposition to something deemed harmful or unpleasant being located in one's own neighborhood.

    不可数 可数
  2. 2.

    Synonym of nimby.

    可数 不可数
adj.
  1. 1.

    Synonym of nimby.

phr.
  1. 1.

    Alternative letter-case form of nimby.

    英国 美国

词汇关系

名词

上位词 5

contestant dissident protester dissenter objector

词源

Was used in a 1980 article by British writer Emilie Travel Livezey; popularized by British politician Nicholas Ridley, who was Conservative Secretary of State for the Environment. Prior to that, Joseph A. Lieberman, a member of the US Atomic Energy Commission, gave a keynote address in early 1979 at the Fort Magruder Conference Center in which he reportedly asserted that "the 'nimby' (not in my backyard) syndrome must be eliminated." As reported in the Newport News (Virginia) Daily Press, Tuesday, February 13th, 1979, "Radioactive Waste: National Regulations Needed." Source: WorldHistories.net.

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