neighbourhood

noun

1. 街区；城区；（统称）某街区（或城区）的居民
   a district or an area of a town; the people who live there
   1. We grew up in the same neighbourhood.
      我们是在同一条街上长大的。
   2. a poor/quiet/residential neighbourhood
      贫困的街区；安静的城区；居民区
   3. Manhattan is divided into distinct neighborhoods.
      曼哈顿分为几个区，风格各异。
   4. the neighbourhood police
      社区警察
   5. He shouted so loudly that the whole neighbourhood could hear him.
      他叫得那么大声，整条街的人都能听到。
2. 所在地；邻近的地方
   the area that you are in or the area near a particular place
   1. We searched the surrounding neighbourhood for the missing boy.
      我们在附近寻找失踪的男孩儿。
   2. Houses in the neighbourhood of Paris are extremely expensive.
      巴黎附近一带的住房极其昂贵。

in AM, use 美国英语用 neighborhood


1. 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.
   1. 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。
2. 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.
   1. 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。
   2. I feel a part of my immediate neighbourhood.
      我觉得自己是周围社区中的一分子。
3. PREP-PHRASE 大约;在…左右
   In the neighbourhood of a number means approximately that number.
   1. He's won in the neighbourhood of four million dollars...
      他已经赢了约400万美元。
   2. 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。
4. PHRASE 在…附近;靠近
   A place in the neighbourhood of another place is near it.
   1. ...the loss of woodlands in the neighbourhood of large towns.
      大城镇附近林地的丧失

1. The local neighbourhood, like so many areas of Manhattan, is gradually being gentrified.
   同曼哈顿的许多地区一样，当地街区正逐渐贵族化。
2. A resident of his neighbourhood had let off fireworks to celebrate the Revolution.
   他家附近的一个居民燃放了烟花庆祝革命胜利。
3. 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。
4. 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。
5. I feel a part of my immediate neighbourhood.
   我觉得自己是周围社区中的一分子。
6. He's won in the neighbourhood of four million dollars
   他已经赢了约400万美元。
7. 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。
8. Nobody else in the neighbourhood can help.
   邻居中找不到谁还能帮忙。
9. The patriarch of the house, Mr Jawad, rules it with a ferocity renowned throughout the neighbourhood
   那户人家的家长贾瓦德先生治家严苛，名闻乡里。
10. The neighbourhood really is going to pot.
    这个街区确实在走向败落。
11. In my neighbourhood, the local crack dealers would have taken him out a long time ago.
    我们这片的本地毒贩早就想废了他了。
12. Councillors say plastic-framed windows lower the tone of the neighbourhood.
    市政会委员说塑料框架的窗户让这个社区掉份儿了。
13. She doesn't seem cut out for this tough neighbourhood
    她似乎不适合在这个治安恶劣的社区生活。
14. She was also warned it was unsafe to run early in the morning in the neighbourhood.
    她还被告诫大清早在附近跑步是不安全的。
15. In the larger neighbourhood, I felt very unsafe.
    在大一点的小区里，我感到很不安全。
16. Good fishing may be obtained in this neighbourhood.
    这一带可以捕捉到许多鱼。
17. He lives somewhere in this neighbourhood.
    他住在附近某处。
18. Her bad cooking has become the neighbourhood joke.
    她那糟糕的烹调技术成了邻居的笑料。
19. The repeated siftings have brought the number of possible stories to the neighbourhood of one hundred.
    经过反复筛选，选出近一百篇可能入选的小说。
20. The fire alarmed the whole neighbourhood.
    火灾使整个街坊邻里都惊恐起来。
21. There's no post office in the neighbourhood.
    邻近没有邮局。
22. We patronize our neighbourhood stores.
    我们通常到邻近的商店采买。
23. In this neighbourhood, every family loves growing flowers.
    小区里家家都爱养花。
24. We have many acquaintances in our neighbourhood.
    我们在邻近有很多熟人。
25. The whole neighbourhood is 〔 are 〕 stirred.
    整个街坊都动起来了。
26. 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。
27. He lives in a working-people neighbourhood.
    他住在劳动人民聚居区内。
28. These are the neighbourhood bums who loaf around all day.
    这几个人整天无所事事，是这一片儿的下三烂。
29. He knows everyone in the neighbourhood.
    方圆左近的人，他都认识。
30. The retired engineer takes an active part in neighbourhood affairs.
    这位退休工程师积极参加街道活动。

  neighbourhood environs surroundings【导航词义：周围环境】

  neighbourhood n. 邻近地区

〔辨析〕指社区、住宅小区，也指街坊、四邻。

  environs n. 〈正式〉周围地区

〔辨析〕只用复数，指环绕某处的附近区域。

  surroundings n. 环境

〔辨析〕只用复数，指某人、某物在某一时间所处的周围环境。

n.

in the neighbourhood of

• 大约；上下
  approximately; not exactly
  1. It cost in the neighbourhood of $500.
     这大约花费了500元。

noun

1. people living near one another
   1. it is a friendly neighborhood
   2. my neighborhood voted for Bush

   Synonym:    neighborhood

2. 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:    vicinitylocalityneighborhoodneck of the woods