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a commercial area in a town where cars cannot go 步行商业区 a pedestrian/shopping precinct 步行区；购物区
Extra ExamplesTopics Shoppingc2I rented a shop in a local precinct. 我在当地租了一家商店。 the £1.3-million redevelopment of the shopping precinct 花费 130 万英镑重建的购物区 the town's main pedestrian precinct 该镇的主要步行区
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- shopping
- pedestrian
- town-centre
- …
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one of the parts into which a town or city is divided in order to organize elections 选区 voters in key precincts 关键选区的选民
Extra ExamplesCampaigners walked door-to-door in targeted precincts. 竞选者们在目标选区进行了挨门挨户的走访。 Did you walk your precinct on the day of the vote? 选举日那天你在你的选区巡查过了吗？ Republicans have targeted precincts throughout the country. 共和党人在全国各地都选定了目标选区。 The precinct returns show that the support received by both men was remarkable. 选区的统计显示，两人都得到了显着的支持。 We're literally organizing leadership down to the precinct level. 实际上我们把指导工作都组织到了选区。 You can register to vote in your precinct by showing proof of residence. 你只要出示居住证明就可以在你的选区登记投票。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- key
- targeted
- Democratic
- …
- walk
- target
- caucus
- captain
- chairman
- …
- in precinct
- the precinct level
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a part of a city that has its own police station; the police station in this area 警区；分区警察局；派出所 Detective Hennessy of the 44th precinct 第 44 警区的亨尼西警探 The murder occurred just a block from the precinct. 谋杀案就发生在和警察分局相隔一个街区的地方。
Extra ExamplesHe was handcuffed and taken down to the police precinct. 他被戴上手铐，带到了辖区警察局。 He wrote yesterday from a police precinct house in New Orleans. 他昨天在新奥尔良警察分局的房子里写的。 I went down to my local precinct to make a report. 我去当地的警察分局作了报告。 The former Queens precinct commander has slashed crime. 前王后区警方指挥官抨击了犯罪。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- police
- 17th
- 102nd
- …
- house
- commander
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the area around a place or a building, sometimes surrounded by a wall （建筑物等的）外围，围墙内区域 the cathedral/college precincts 大教堂／学院周围 within the precincts of the castle 在城堡的围墙内
Extra ExamplesAll this took place within the precincts of Westminster Abbey. 所有这一切都发生在威斯敏斯特教堂的范围内。 He took up residence in chambers within the precinct of a monastery. 他在一个修道院院落内的寝室里住了下来。 It was forbidden to enter the temple precincts. 禁止进入寺庙院落。 The event was held in the precincts of the parish church. 该行动是在教区教堂周围举行的。 The school uses many of the splendid medieval buildings in the cathedral precincts. 那所学校占用了大教堂周围许多壮观的中世纪建筑。 They had wandered beyond the precincts of the camp. 他们已经超出了营地的范围。 the sacred precinct of Apollo 阿波罗的圣地
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- sacred
- inner
- outer
- …
- enter
- in precinct
- within precinct
Word Originlate Middle English (denoting an administrative district): from medieval Latin praecinctum, neuter past participle (used as a noun) of praecingere ‘encircle’, from prae ‘before’ + cingere ‘gird’.