neighbourhood
neighbourhood
英[ˈneɪbəhʊd]美[ˈneɪbərhʊd]
n.社区，居住区，周边地区；
复数：neighbourhoods;
例句
Most of the families in this neighbourhood are on welfare.这一带的大多数家庭都接受*府的福利救济。
The boy wandered the neighbourhood, looking for his dog.那男孩在附近徘徊, 寻找自己的狗。
The old man was the toast of the whole neighbourhood.这老人受到邻里的交口称赞。
After the shooting,it was some hours before the police could restore calm to the neighbourhood.*击事件后,**花了好几个小时才使那个地区重新平静下来。
The population of this city is in the neighbourhood of three million.本市人口接近300万。
They are neighbourhood paper.它们属于同一区域的报纸。
The rabbits in our backyard were a magnet that attracted all the children in the neighbourhood.我家后院的兔子像磁铁一样吸引着邻居所有的孩子。
She is a good aunt to all the children in the neighbourhood.她是街坊上所有孩子的好阿姨。
My mother became too ill to work and I began to do chores in the neighbourhood.妈妈病得不能上班了,我就开始在街坊里干些零碎事儿.
They live in the neighbourhood of the TV station.他们住在电视台附近.
同义词解析
以下这些名词均有"地区" 的意思
district：多指由*府等机构出于行*管理等目的而明确划分的地区。
region：普通用词，常指地球上、大气中具有自然分界线的区域，特指按照气候、人体或其他特征鲜明、自成一体的地区。
area：普通用词，指整体中较大的，界线不分明的一部分。
section：普通用词，指城市、国家或天然界线形成的地区。
zone：科技用词，指圆形或弧形地带，尤指地图上按温度划分的五个地带。用作一般意义时，也可指具有某种特征的其它地区。
belt：从本义"带，带状物"引申而指任何广阔的长条地带，也可指种植某种作物的地区。
quarter：指城市里具有相同性质或独特风味的地区，比section范围小，但划分更精确。
neighbourhood：指比section的划定更清楚，范围更小。具体指城市中的住宅区，也可指附近一带。
以下这两个名词均包含 "邻近，附近" 的意思
neighbourhood：指邻居或同居住者接近的地方，也指街坊四邻或居民点。
vicinity：侧重指距说话人很近的地方。
词组
in the neighbourhood of
approximately; about左右，大约，约为柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
N-COUNT
(城镇中的)居住区，地段，街坊
A neighbourhood is one of the parts of a town where people live.
例句
It seemed like a good neighbourhood to raise my children.它看起来像是一个有利于我的孩子们成长的理想居住区。N-COUNT
周边地区;邻居;社区
The neighbourhood of a place or person is the area or the people around them.
例句
He was born and grew up in the Flatbush neighbourhood of Brooklyn...他出生在布鲁克林的弗拉特布什一带，并在那儿长大成人。I feel a part of my immediate neighbourhood.我觉得自己是周围社区中的一分子。PREP-PHRASE
大约;在…左右
In the neighbourhood of a number means approximately that number.
例句
He's won in the neighbourhood of four million dollars...他已经赢了约400万美元。Its speed is probably in the neighbourhood of 380mph or even more.它的时速大约达到了380英里，或者更快。PHRASE
在…附近;靠近
A place in the neighbourhood of another place is near it.
例句
...the loss of woodlands in the neighbourhood of large towns.大城镇附近林地的丧失英汉词典释义
n.
地区; 某地区的人; 与某处邻近的地区
They are neighbourhood paper.它们属于同一区域的报纸。英英词典释义
Noun
1. a surrounding or nearby region;
"the plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville""it is a rugged locality""he always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood""I will drop in on you the next time I am in this neck of the woods"2. people living near one another;
"it is a friendly neighborhood""my neighborhood voted for Bush"行业词典
地理学： 邻里；
