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

• I have few friends in the neighborhood.
  我在附近没有几个朋友。
• 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。
• He was from an iffy neighborhood.
  他来自一个不怎么好的社区。
• It is in a quiet, desirable neighborhood that they live.
  他们住在一个安静、理想的区域。
• How do you feel about going back to the neighborhood?
  对回到这个街区你有何感想？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Really? We have a dentist in our neighborhood?
  真的吗？我们这里有牙医了？