Yuval Noah Harariの "Sapiens" を読んでいます。 'Noah's Ark' の章から引用します。
The First Wave Extinction, which accompanied the spread of the foragers, was followed by the Second Wave Extinction, which accompanied the spread of the farmers, and gives us an important perspective on the Third Wave Extinction, which industrial activity is causing today. Don't believe tree-huggers who claim that our ancestors lived in harmony with nature.
"tree-hugger" は木をハグする人なので、森林伐採などの環境破壊に反対している様な人達を指しているに違いありません。辞書で確認します。
・Collins Dictionary: informal, derogatory; an environmental campaigner; a jocular or pejorative usage: also written tree hugger
・Urban Dictionary: An environmentalist or one who believes trees and all living things should not be cut down or harmed. Someone who works to protect the environment from destruction or pollution.: Suzie's such a tree hugger she chained herself to a redwood to keep the loggers from cutting it down.
The First Wave Extinction, which accompanied the spread of the foragers, was followed by the Second Wave Extinction, which accompanied the spread of the farmers, and gives us an important perspective on the Third Wave Extinction, which industrial activity is causing today. Don't believe tree-huggers who claim that our ancestors lived in harmony with nature.
"tree-hugger" は木をハグする人なので、森林伐採などの環境破壊に反対している様な人達を指しているに違いありません。辞書で確認します。
・Collins Dictionary: informal, derogatory; an environmental campaigner; a jocular or pejorative usage: also written tree hugger
・Urban Dictionary: An environmentalist or one who believes trees and all living things should not be cut down or harmed. Someone who works to protect the environment from destruction or pollution.: Suzie's such a tree hugger she chained herself to a redwood to keep the loggers from cutting it down.
トータル
