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

• This was a neighborhood where clearly you could be murdered for a pack of cigarettes, a fact that was not lost on me.
  显然，在这个街区你可能会因为一包香烟而遭人杀害。这个事实我不是没注意到。
• 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。
• The whole neighborhood have been hunting for the missing child.
  整条街的人都在寻找那个失踪的孩子。
• 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。
• 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。
• That's why you were in the neighborhood.
  这就是你住在这附近的原因。
• 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。
• Listen to the sounds of your house, and the sounds of the neighborhood outside.
  倾听你房子的声音，和邻居和外面的声音。
• How do you feel about going back to the neighborhood?
  对回到这个街区你有何感想？