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

• He had a beautiful house in a beautiful neighborhood.
  他的一座漂亮的房子和漂亮的社区。
• It is in a quiet, desirable neighborhood that they live.
  他们住在一个安静、理想的区域。
• Really? We have a dentist in our neighborhood?
  真的吗？我们这里有牙医了？
• 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。
• Mother hated to move from such a nice neighborhood.
  母亲不愿意搬离这样好的街坊。
• That's why you were in the neighborhood.
  这就是你住在这附近的原因。
• When I was quite young my family had one of the first telephones in our neighborhood.
  当我十分小的时候，我的家有了在我家附近最早的一部电话。
• 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。
• He was from an iffy neighborhood.
  他来自一个不怎么好的社区。
• 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。