hostile environment

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An immigration policy in which service providers such as doctors, landlords and banks must perform ID checks to verify that potential clients have legal right to remain. UK,uncountable
    — As Liberty (2018: 5) have argued: 'The hostile environment is a sprawling web of immigration controls embedded in the heart of our public services and communities.'
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hostile, environment. uncountable
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