landscape

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land·scape1 /ˈlændskeɪp/ W3 noun

1 [countableC]COUNTRYSIDE an area of countryside or land of a particular type, used especially when talking about its appearance 〔陆上的〕风景，景致，景色

the beauty of the New England landscape

新英格兰风光之美

rural/industrial/urban etc landscape 乡村/工业/都市等景观

► see thesaurus at country →4 See picture of 见图 landscape

2 [countableC]PICTURE a picture showing an area of countryside or land 风景照；风景画

English landscape artists

英国风景画画家

→4 See picture of 见图 PAINTING →5 see picture at 见图 painting

3 the political/social landscape SITUATIONthe general situation in which a particular activity takes place 政治/社会形势

Recent electoral shocks have shaken the European political landscape.

最近的选举风波撼动了欧洲政坛。

Examples from the Corpus

the political/social landscape• In the public sphere, women must assume sufficient power to change the cultural imagery and the political landscape.• Women, who had up to 1945 been barred from participating in elections, changed the political landscape by becoming voters.• A minority government would represent a change in the political landscape.• Large-scale, bureaucratic organizations are the dominant features of the political landscape.• Such commentators have argued that the breakdown of morality in the 1960s has had lasting effects on the social landscape.• This gap is one of the most prominent features on the political landscape at the dawn of 1996.• His words transformed the political landscape.• In the name of democracy, they are transforming the political landscape to make democracy marginal.

4. [uncountableU]TCN a way of printing a document in which the long sides are horizontal and the short sides are vertical 横向打印格式 → portrait

→ a blot on the landscape at blot2(2)

Examples from the Corpus

landscape• Landscape, in a blend of Eastern and Western styles, is his main subject.• After another mile, Chapel-le-Dale is reached, an oasis of greenery in a bleak landscape.• Constable is probably England's most famous landscape artist.• Adams is best know for his landscapes of Yosemite National Park.• "What kind of photographs do you take?" "Mostly landscapes, and some portraits."• the rugged landscape of the West• Yet even here the actual extent to which the rural landscape was altered is considerably less than we might suppose.• The island's landscape is similar to Hawaii's.• The construction of dams has changed the character of the landscape.• The landscape itself indicates the extent of the danger.• The landscape of parliamentary enclosure at Oare on Exmoor Somerset.• an urban landscape of glittering modern buildings• The ecology movement often works best in behalf of winsome landscapes and wildlife.

rural/industrial/urban etc landscape• Above the desk hung a rural landscape which I was able to recognize as the work of Mrs Nugent.• Even in today's greatly changed urban landscape, the K ppersm hle in Duisburg is still a striking city landmark.• The second type of rural landscape is the traditional mixed farm ... but mechanised and often enlarged.• This splendid lithograph by Bourne gives one a vivid idea of the impact of the railway on urban landscapes.• On the walls, now, hung simple rural landscapes.• By the end of the seventeenth century the industrial landscape was much more evident.• The cycle of death leads us on towards the urban landscape that follows.• Yet even here the actual extent to which the rural landscape was altered is considerably less than we might suppose.

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