environment

Compared meaning: the conditions or place around a person (noun).

比较义项：周围的环境或条件（名词）。

• environment 本词

  Broader and more common term, often referring to the natural world, ecology, or overall living/working conditions; frequent in fixed phrases like 'protect the environment' or 'work environment'.

  范围更广、更常用的词，常指自然界、生态或整体的生活与工作条件；常见于固定搭配，如“保护环境”“工作环境”。

  Farmers are adopting new methods to protect the environment from pollution.

  农民们正在采用新方法保护环境，使其免受污染。

• surroundings

  Refers to the immediate physical place or objects around a person, often what one perceives with the senses; used when someone gets used to, explores, or notices a specific location.

  指一个人周围的具体场所或事物，往往是能直接感知到的；常用于描述某人逐渐熟悉、探索或注意到某个具体地方。

  He glanced around, taking in the quiet surroundings of the old library.

  他环顾四周，打量着这间古老图书馆里安静的周围环境。

Environment and surroundings both mean the conditions or place around someone. Environment is broader and more common, often about nature, ecology, or overall living and working conditions. Surroundings means the immediate physical place or things around a person, often what they can see or notice.

这两个词都指围绕着人或事物的条件或处所，但语气和使用范围不同：environment 更常指整体的自然、社会或工作条件，也可用于较抽象的意义；surroundings 更强调此时此地、可直接感知的具体处所。