neighbourhood

柯林斯词典

AM neighborhood

1. N-COUNT A neighbourhood is one of the parts of a town where people live. 居住區
There is no neighbourhood which is really safe. 沒有一個真正安全的居住區。
2. N-COUNT The neighbourhood of a place or person is the area or the people around them. 附近
...a suburban Boston neighbourhood close to where I live. …離我住処較近的波士頓城郊。
3. PHRASE In the neighbourhood of a number means approximately that number. 大約爲
The album's now sold something in the neighbourhood of 2 million copies. 該唱片目前已賣出了大約兩百萬張。
4. PHRASE A place that is in the neighbourhood of another place is near it. 在…附近
We went to visit two charming young ladies who lived in the neighbourhood of our camp. 我們去拜訪了住在我們營地附近的兩位年輕迷人的女士。

We live in a middle class neighbourhood.
The police have taken fingerprints from every man in the neighbourhood.
The neighbourhood is populated mainly by whites .
There have been reports of a masked man prowling in the neighbourhood.
Plans to build a new nightclub in the neighbourhood have enraged local residents .