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preservationist

/prez-er-vey-shuh-nist/US // ˌprɛz ərˈveɪ ʃə nɪst //

保护主义者,保护主义者,保存者,保全主义者

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who advocates or promotes preservation, especially of wildlife, natural areas, or historical places: A group of historic preservationists is working to keep the old meeting house intact by turning it into a haven for scholars, researchers, and academics.

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Examples

  • In 2015, the lot went up for sale for potential use as a single-use family home, and the mural was whitewashed over, to the dismay of preservationists.

  • Bronze, an alloy of copper, tin and occasionally lead, and trace metals like aluminum and arsenic, is particularly exciting to preservationists because of its chemistry.