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

• 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。
• 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。
• Really? We have a dentist in our neighborhood?
  真的吗？我们这里有牙医了？
• 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。
• Her children had the best, most elaborate birthday parties in the neighborhood
  她的孩子们的生日聚会在街坊四邻里是最好、最讲究的。
• 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。
• 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。
• Mother hated to move from such a nice neighborhood.
  母亲不愿意搬离这样好的街坊。
• 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。
• 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。