environment

environment
noun
1) (natural surroundings)

the environment — die Umwelt

the Department of the Environment — (Brit.) das Umweltministerium

2) (surrounding objects, region) Umgebung, die; (social surroundings) Milieu, das

physical/working environment — Umwelt, die/Arbeitswelt, die

home/family environment — häusliches Milieu/Familienverhältnisse Pl.

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noun
((a set of) surrounding conditions, especially those influencing development or growth: An unhappy home environment may drive a teenager to crime; We should protect the environment from destruction by modern chemicals etc.) die Umgebung, die Umwelt
- academic.ru/24606/environmental">environmental
- environmentalist
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en·vi·ron·ment
[ɪnˈvaɪ(ə)rənmənt, AM enˈvaɪrən-]
n
1. (surroundings) Umgebung f
2. (social surroundings) Milieu nt, [soziales] Umfeld, [persönliche] Umgebung
family \environment familiäre Verhältnisse, Familienverhältnisse pl
heredity and \environment Vererbung f und Sozialisierung f
home \environment häusliches Milieu, häusliche Verhältnisse
professional \environment berufliches Umfeld
working \environment Arbeitsumfeld nt
3. no pl (natural surroundings)
the \environment die Umwelt
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[In'vaI\@rənmənt]
n
Umwelt f; (of town etc, physical surroundings) Umgebung f (also Comput); (= social, cultural surroundings) Milieu nt, Umwelt f

working-class environment — Arbeitermilieu nt

cultural/hostile environment — kulturelle/feindliche Umwelt

Department of the Environment (Brit) — Umweltministerium nt

of the Environment — Umweltminister(in) m(f)

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environment s
1. Umgebung f, SOZIOL auch Milieu n:
a happy home environment ein glückliches Zuhause;
in a natural environment in einer natürlichen Umgebung
2. Umwelt f (auch SOZIOL):
environment-friendly umweltfreundlich;
environment-saving umweltschonend
3. KUNST Environment n (illusionistisches Kunstobjekt, das Gegenstände alltäglicher Lebens- und Arbeitsbereiche in neue Beziehungen zueinander setzt)
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noun
1) (natural surroundings)

the environment — die Umwelt

the Department of the Environment — (Brit.) das Umweltministerium

2) (surrounding objects, region) Umgebung, die; (social surroundings) Milieu, das

physical/working environment — Umwelt, die/Arbeitswelt, die

home/family environment — häusliches Milieu/Familienverhältnisse Pl.

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n.
Ausstattung f.
Umgebung -en f.
Umwelt -en f.

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