environmentally-friendly

IPA/ɪnˌvaɪrənmentəli ˈfrendli/
IPA/ɪnˌvaɪrənmentəli ˈfrendli/

environmentally-friendly — 形容詞

1. describing products, practices, or behaviours that cause little or no damage to

1.形容詞B2
釋義

環保的

對環境無害或減少汙染的

describing products, practices, or behaviours that cause little or no damage to the natural world, or that are designed to reduce pollution and waste.

例句

The hotel uses solar panels and serves locally grown food to be more environmentally friendly.

這家飯店使用太陽能板並供應在地食材，以實踐環保理念。

predicative use: be + environmentally friendly

More shoppers now look for environmentally-friendly cleaning products made with natural ingredients.

越來越多的消費者尋找以天然成分製成的環保清潔產品。

attributive use: environmentally-friendly + noun

常見搭配
  • environmentally-friendly + product / packaging / material / energy / transport / building / policy / practice / option / alternative
同義詞
  • eco-friendly

    more informal and commonly used in marketing; shorter and more casual in tone

  • sustainable

    broader meaning that also covers social and economic responsibility, not just environmental impact

  • green

    informal and sometimes vague; a company may claim to be 'green' based on a single initiative

反義詞

文法句型

be environmentally friendly

environmentally-friendly + noun

用法筆記

The hyphen is optional after a linking verb (e.g. "The building is environmentally friendly") but common when the compound appears before a noun ("an environmentally-friendly option").

常見錯誤

This product is environmental friendly.
This product is environmentally friendly.
'friendly' is an adjective, so it needs the adverb 'environmentally' to modify it, not the adjective 'environmental'.
They chose a friendly-environmental solution.
They chose an environmentally-friendly solution.
the adverb must come before 'friendly', not after it.

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常用片語

  • be kind to the planet
  • reduce one's carbon footprint