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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He had a beautiful house in a beautiful neighborhood.
  他的一座漂亮的房子和漂亮的社区。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I have few friends in the neighborhood.
  我在附近没有几个朋友。