前不久，雅思和托福写作都考到了关于绿色环保的写作话题。环境类写作话题，怎么少的了Green呢？再加上Pantone(潘通)官方发布了2017年流行色—— GREENERY(草木绿)，继2013年的祖母绿(Emerald)、2014年的兰花紫(Radiant Orchid )、2015年的马沙拉酒红(Marsala)、2016年被时尚圈炒得沸沸扬扬的粉水晶和静谧蓝(Rose Quartz and Serenity)之后，这个来自大自然的颜色有哪些英文表达呢?
01、GREENERY
先来说说这个“草木绿”：
greenery( /ˈɡriː.nər.i/)是名词，(尤指剪下来做装饰物的)青枝绿叶，绿色植物。
英文释义：green plants or branches, especially when cut and used as decoration
Pantone 中国官网翻译的 Greenery 中文是草木绿，象征着新的开始：
Greenery is symbolic of new beginnings.
除了草木绿，关于绿色还有哪些英文表达呢?
02关于 green 的词组
绿色深浅的英文表达：
● light / pale green 浅绿色
● dark / bottle green 深绿色
提到绿色(green)，可能你能联想到环保~~
● go green 大力保护自然环境
英文释义：to do more to protect nature and the environment
e.g. The Chancellor proposed a crackdown on car and plane emissions, and the introductionof tax incentives to go green. 总理提议打击汽车及飞机的尾气排放并为保护环境设立激励性税收。
除了保护自然环境的含义之外，go green / turn green 还表示脸色发青，脸色苍白，病容满面。
英文释义：to look pale and ill as if you are going to vomit
● green belt (城镇周围的)绿化带
英文释义：a strip of countryside round a city or town where building is not allowed
● green card (美国)绿卡
英文释义：a document giving someone who is not a US citizen permission to live and workin the US
● green card (英国)在国外开车需要的绿色保险证，汽车国外事故保险证
英文释义：uk a document that insures your car against accidents
(= protects you financially if you have a car accident) when travelling in other countries
● green fingers 园艺技能;种植技能
英文释义：the ability to make plants grow
03关于 green 的习语
● be green with envy 眼红、忌妒
虽然这个习语里面有green，但它的意思是“眼红，十分忌妒、非常嫉妒”
英文释义：to be very unhappy because someone has something that you want
e.g. Chad is heading off to Spain for the week, and I'm green with envy.本要去西班牙呆上一星期，真让我眼红。
● give the green light to sth 给…开绿灯;准许;许可
英文释义：to give permission for someone to do something or for something to happen
e.g. The council has given the green light to the new shopping centre.政务委员会已经准许建设新购物中心。
● be green around the gills 脸露病容;脸色苍白 (是一个老式的幽默，开玩笑用的)
英文释义：old-fashioned humorous , to look ill and pale
e.g. Some of the passengers looked kind of green around the gills after the trip!
马特昨晚去外面喝酒作乐，直到今天上午脸还有点发青!
● put more green into something 追加投资
英文释义：To put more green into something is to spend more or to increase investment in it.
● The grass is greener on the other side of the fence 这山望着那山高
英文释义：This means that people think they would be happier if their lives were different.
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