nimby
['nɪmbi]
- adj. 对本地发展持反对态度的
- n. 强烈反对在自己住处附近设立任何有危险性事物
英英释义
- 1. someone who objects to siting something in their own neighborhood but does not object to it being sited elsewhere; an acronym for not in my backyard
中文词源
nimby 不得在我家后院论者
来自短语not in my back yard.用来调侃希望国家修建垃圾场,核电站等有利于国计民生但不要在我家附近修就行的人。
英文词源
- nimby
- acronym for not in my back yard, 1980, American English, supposedly coined by Walter Rodgers of the American Nuclear Society.