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an area of a country or town, especially one that has particular features 地区；区域 the City of London’s financial district 伦敦市中心的金融区 Every city has its central business district. 每座城市都有中心商业区。 The house is in a historic district. 这座房子位于一个历史街区。 Milan's most fashionable shopping district 米兰最时尚的购物区 a poor district of the city 城市的贫困地区 rural/urban districts 农村/城市地区
Extra ExamplesTopics Geographyb2, Buildingsb2The apartment is approximately fifteen minutes from the downtown district. 从该公寓到闹市区大约要花 15 分钟。 The hotel is located within Beijing's business district. 该宾馆坐落在北京商业区内。 Times Square is the entertainment district of New York. 时报广场是纽约的娱乐区。 a new railway station to help people commuting from outlying districts 方便郊区居民通勤的新火车站 efforts to create a single business district in downtown Beijing 在北京闹市区创建一个单一商业区的努力 the shacks in the poorest districts of the city 城市最贫困地区的棚屋 The financial district of London is usually referred to as ‘the City’. 伦敦的金融区通常称为the City。 The house was like all the others in this exclusive residential district. 在这个高档住宅区，这所房子跟所有其他房子都一样。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- neighbouring/neighboring
- surrounding
- central
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- create
- draw
- redraw
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- stretch
- include something
- offer something
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- authority
- council
- attorney
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- in a/the district
- within a/the district
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one of the areas that a country, town or state is divided into for purposes of organization, with official boundaries (= borders) 区；管区；行政区 a tax/postal district 税务区；邮政区 a village in the Darjeeling district 大吉岭区的一个村庄 a district judge 区法官 the district health authority 地区卫生局
Extra ExamplesTopics Geographyb2Delivery is free within the London postal district. 伦敦邮政区内免费送货。 a federal district court in New York 纽约市联邦管区法庭 They redrew districts to make sure Republican candidates would win. 他们重新划分了选区，以确保共和党候选人能够获胜。 The hospital is only responsible for patients within its own district. 该医院只对辖区内的病人负责。 Redrawing district boundaries would change the election results. 重新划分辖区边界会改变选举结果。 It's a heavily Democratic district. 这个区大多数人支持民主党。 He represented his district in Congress. 他在国会中代表他的选区。 He hasn't yet registered to vote in his home district. 他还没在原属区注册投票。 He has been transferred to a hospital in a different health district. 他被转送到另一个医疗区的医院。 Clinton barely won the district in 1996. 克林顿在 1996 年险胜赢得了该区。 Fire crews from all the surrounding districts helped to fight the fires in the city. 来自周围各区的消防人员帮助扑灭了城里的大火。 The district includes much of the Ribault River. 该区包含里博河的大部份河段。 Their district stretches nearly 150 miles, from the mountains to the sea. 他们的管区延伸近150 英里，从山区直到海边。 The district council granted planning permission for ten new houses. 区政务委员会颁发了十座新房屋的建筑许可证。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- neighbouring/neighboring
- surrounding
- central
- …
- create
- draw
- redraw
- …
- stretch
- include something
- offer something
- …
- authority
- council
- attorney
- …
- in a/the district
- within a/the district
Word Originearly 17th cent. (denoting the territory under the jurisdiction of a feudal lord): from French, from medieval Latin districtus ‘(territory of) jurisdiction’, from Latin distringere ‘draw apart’.