greenwash

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A false or misleading picture of environmental friendliness used to conceal or obscure damaging activities.
    — People can be cynical about companies hiding behind green ideals, their radars finely tuned to detect a greenwash.
动词 v.
  1. To portray with a false or misleading image of environmental friendliness so as to conceal or obscure damaging activities. intransitive,transitive
    — But what happens more often is that media “greenwashes” dirty energy sources (coal, gas, nuclear power) as “clean”—a particularly dangerous notion because it belies the threat they pose to our planet and human health.

词形变化

greenwashes plural greenwashes present,singular,third-person greenwashing participle,present greenwashed participle,past greenwashed past

词源

词源 1
Blend of green (“environmentally friendly”) + whitewash (or green + -wash), coined by Jay Westerveld in 1986.
词源 2
Blend of green (“environmentally friendly”) + whitewash (or green + -wash), coined by Jay Westerveld in 1986.
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