vicinity
nounusually the vicinity
[usually singular] (plural vicinities)
(rather formal)the area around a particular place 周围地区;邻近地区;附近 - in the vicinity (of something)
Crowds gathered in the vicinity of Trafalgar Square. 成群结队的人聚集在特拉法尔加广场周围。 There is no hospital in the immediate vicinity. 附近没有医院。
Extra ExamplesThe police suggested that he leave the vicinity of the property. 警方建议他离开这房子的附近地区。 He usually objected strongly to anyone smoking in his vicinity (= near him). 他通常强烈反对有人在他周围抽烟。
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘proximity’): from Latin vicinitas, from vicinus ‘neighbour’.- in the vicinity (of something)