environment

英 [ɪn'vaɪrənm(ə)nt; en-] 美[ɪn'vaɪrənmənt]

• n. 环境，外界

1. the totality of surrounding conditions;

"he longed for the comfortable environment of his livingroom"

2. the area in which something exists or lives;

"the country--the flat agricultural surround"