英语词汇nimby的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	nimby
词源	nimby. An American acronym that has been common since the late 1980s. It appears to have been coined by American sci- entist Walter Rodger and means “not in my back yard,” refer- ring to objection by residents to the establishment in their neighborhoods of dangerous, unsightly, or other undesirable projects, such as shelters for the homeless, prisons, landfills, and incinerators. The people often don’t mind if such projects are built elsewhere.
随便看	the square circle the squeaky wheel gets the most grease the stagira the stendhal syndrome the sticks the stolen generation the stories get passed on and the truth gets passed over the strand the strenuous life the sun don’t shine on the same dog-s ass each day the sun never sets on the british empire the swan of usk the sweet blood the sweet death the tenderloin the third world the three wise monkeys the thug the tomatina the tombs the top five languages spoken worldwide the two-mile movie the village idiot the wailing wall the way of all flesh

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