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a district or an area of a town; the people who live there 街区；城区；（统称）某街区（或城区）的居民 We grew up in the same neighbourhood. 我们小时候同在一个街区。 a poor/quiet/residential neighbourhood 贫困的街区；安静的城区；居民区 an old working-class neighbourhood 旧的工人阶级社区 Manhattan is divided into distinct neighborhoods. 曼哈顿分为几个区，风格各异。 the neighbourhood police 社区警察 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。
Extra ExamplesBefore long the whole neighbourhood knew about it. 不久，整个社区都知道了这件事。 The school is situated in the most affluent neighbourhood of the city. 这所学校位于该市最富裕的街区。 I lived in a tough neighbourhood. 我曾住在一个罪案丛生的社区。 Our health depends on creating neighbourhoods that are conducive to walking. 我们的健康有赖于建立起适宜散步的社区。 She volunteered to make a potato salad for the neighbourhood party. 她自愿为社区聚会做土豆色拉。 The place feels like a real neighbourhood. 这个地方感觉像是真正的社区。 There was a large school in the neighbourhood. 这个住宅区里有一个规模挺大的学校。 There were various parks around the neighbourhood. 这个小区周围有各种公园。 They hired a private police force to patrol the neighbourhood. 他们雇佣了私人警察在小区巡逻。 They often got together with other parents in the local neighbourhood. 他们经常与当地邻里的其他家长聚会。 Tourists rarely visit that neighbourhood. 游客很少光顾该小区。 We used to ride bikes around the neighbourhood. 我们过去常在小区周围骑自行车。 a bar located in the middle of Chicago's gay neighbourhood 一家位于芝加哥同性恋社区中央的酒吧 a neighbourhood populated mainly by Mexican Americans 主要由墨西哥裔美国人居住的社区 stray dogs who roam the neighbourhood 在小区里游荡的流浪狗 the criminals who are destroying our neighbourhood 破坏着我们小区的犯罪分子 We live in a quiet, residential neighbourhood in the south of the city. 我们住在城南一个安静的居民区。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- friendly
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the area that you are in or the area near a particular place 所在地；邻近的地方 We searched the surrounding neighbourhood for the missing boy. 我们在附近寻找失踪的男孩儿。 It was a car from outside the immediate neighbourhood. 这辆车不是附近街区的。 - in the neighbourhood of…
Houses in the neighbourhood of Paris are extremely expensive. 巴黎附近一带的住房极其昂贵。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- friendly
- nice
- safe
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- build
- create
- establish
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- resident
- boy
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- around the neighbourhood
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(of a number or an amount 数量 approximately; not exactly 大约；上下
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