From the view of constructivism of ecofeminist, this paper argues that the subordination and oppression of women and Nature is structured and perpetuated through language. Through an examination of several common idioms and metaphors within environmental discourse, such as ＂rape of the land＂, ＂virgin forest＂, ＂＇Mother Earth＂ and the term ＂Gaia＂, one can find that these expressions reinforce patriarchal dualisms and hier- archical traditions, which continue to objectify women and Nature, and perpetuate the separations of humans from each other and the non-human world, and such would be at odds with the aims of the environmental movement. And therefore, this paper proposes that we should continuously question our andro-anthropocentrism language so as to create a progressive, imaginative and ecological egalitarian environmental discourse.%从建构主义的生态女性主义观点出发,本文认为女人和自然的从属和压抑通过语言被结构化和永恒化了。通过对环境话语中的几个隐喻和习语,诸如＂土地的强暴＂、＂处女森林＂、＂地球母亲＂以及＂该亚＂的批判考察可以发现,这些表达都加强了父权制的二元论和等级制的传统,它继续把妇女和自然对象化,并且使人与人之间、人与非人类世界之间的分离永恒化,它与环境运动的目标是不一致的。因此本文主张,应对我们所使用的＂男性人类中心主义＂的语言进行持续的质疑,以创造一种进步的、富有想象力的、能让包括平等的人类群体在内的自然世界的神奇性和多样性都得到表达的环境话语。
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