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neighborhood

英 ['neɪbə(r)ˌhʊd]

美 ['neɪbərˌhʊd]

n.  地区;某地区的人;与某处邻近的地区

复数:neighborhoods 

CET4考研TEM8

BNC.49659 / COCA.1134

英英释义

noun

  • people living near one another
    1. it is a friendly neighborhood
    2. my neighborhood voted for Bush
    Synonym:neighbourhood
  • a surrounding or nearby region
    1. the plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville
    2. it is a rugged locality
    3. he always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood
    4. I will drop in on you the next time I am in this neck of the woods
    Synonym:vicinitylocalityneighbourhoodneck of the woods
  • an area within a city or town that has some distinctive features (especially one forming a community)
    1. an ethnic neighborhood
  • the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of')
    1. it was going to take in the region of two or three months to finish the job
    2. the price is in the neighborhood of $100
    Synonym:region

双语例句

  • The rabbits in our backyard were a magnet that attracted all the children in the neighborhood.
    我家后院的兔子像磁铁一样吸引着邻居所有的孩子。
  • But then, a greedy young man in his neighborhood heard the news.
    但是,他邻居的一个贪婪的年轻人听到了这个消息。
  • I had forgotten that the neighborhood children would not be in school that day.
    我忘记了街坊的孩子们那天不上学。
  • It is in a quiet, desirable neighborhood that they live.
    他们住在一个安静、理想的区域。
  • Our neighborhood has recently become a yuppie gathering place.
    我们附近最近变成了一个雅皮士聚集的场所。
  • Their neighborhood is being inundated by the rising waters of the Colorado River.
    他们的街区正被科罗拉多河上涨的河水淹没。
  • It is a neighborhood beset by all the usual inner-city problems
    这是个为各种内城常见问题所困扰的社区。
  • Each neighborhood had its own organization of snoops who reported strangers to the authorities.
    每个居民区都有自己的侦探组织,他们向当局汇报陌生人的情况。
  • The neighborhood is given over to performers, stilt walkers and drag queens.
    社区变成了玩杂耍的、踩高跷的和扮装皇后的天地。
  • Kids in his neighborhood clipped his picture from the newspaper and carried it around.
    附近的孩子们从报纸上剪下他的照片,到哪儿都带着。