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

• Aunt Chen from the neighborhood committees often helps to resolve disputes among the dwellers.
  居委会的陈大妈经常为大家排忧解纷。
• 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。
• Today, I was jogging around the neighborhood when I went past a bar.
  今天我慢跑的时候，路过了一个酒吧。
• 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。
• In Los Angeles, the neighborhood known as Watts erupted into riots
  在洛杉矶，一个叫做沃茨的街区爆发了动乱。
• How do you feel about going back to the neighborhood?
  对回到这个街区你有何感想？
• 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。
• But then the neighborhood started to change, and I needed more space, and I wanted a corner.
  但是后来那个地方开始发生变化，我需要更大的空间，我想要一个街角的房子。
• He is street smart and is not afraid of this neighborhood.
  他有都市人的精明劲儿，不怕在这附近混。
• Most of the families in this neighborhood are on welfare.
  这一带的大多数家庭都接受政府的福利救济。