In everyday British English, instead of saying in my neighbourhood, people often say where I live: 在日常英语中,人们经常说where I live,而不说in my neighourhood
There aren’t many bookshops where I live.
我住的地方书店不多。
2the neighbourhoodAREAthe area around you or around a particular place, or the people who live there 附近地区(的居民)
Be quiet! You’ll wake up the whole neighbourhood!
安静点!你会把邻居全都吵醒的!
in the neighbourhood
Is there a good Chinese restaurant in the neighbourhood?
这附近有没有好的中餐馆?
Examples from the Corpus
the whole neighbourhood• So Robert was whipped, . in he cried so loud with the pain that the whole neighbourhood could hear him.• Our nightlypromenade up and down the road has put us on speakingterms with the whole neighbourhood.
3(something) in the neighbourhood of £500/30% etcAPPROXIMATELYa little more or a little less than a particularnumber or amount 大约500英镑/30%等SYN approximately
The painting is worth something in the neighborhood of $3,000.
(BrE) (NAmEneighborhood) ADJECTIVE | VERB + NEIGHBOURHOOD/NEIGHBORHOOD | NEIGHBOURHOOD/NEIGHBORHOOD + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤friendly, nice友好的鄰里;好街坊➤safe安全的鄰里➤quiet安靜的鄰里➤vibrant充滿活力的鄰里➤bad, dangerous, rough, tough糟糕的/危險的/充滿暴力的/兇惡的鄰里◇I lived in a tough neighbourhood.我曾住在一個罪案叢生的社區。➤crime-ridden犯罪猖獗的社區➤affluent, respectable, upscale, wealthy富裕的/體面的/高檔的/有錢人的社區➤depressed, disadvantaged, impoverished, low-income, poor, run-down不景氣的/貧困的/窮困的/低收入者的/貧窮的/破敗的社區➤downtown, inner-city, suburban, urban位於鬧市區的/位於內城的/位於郊區的/位於城區的社區➤immediate, local, nearby, surrounding近鄰;當地鄰里;附近的鄰里◇They often got together with other parents in the local neighbourhood.他們經常與當地鄰里的其他家長聚會。➤residential居民區➤middle-class, working-class中產階級居住區;工薪階層聚居區➤good, great良好的/很棒的社區➤ethnic, minority少數民族社區➤diverse各種人混居的社區➤gay同性戀街區◇a bar located in the middle of Chicago's gay neighbourhood一家位於芝加哥同性戀社區中央的酒吧➤Asian, black, Latino, white, etc.亞洲人、黑人、拉丁美洲人、白人等社區➤real (especially NAmE) 真正的社區◇The place feels like a real neighbourhood.這個地方感覺像是真正的社區。➤entire, whole整個/全部社區◇Before long the whole neighbourhood knew about it.不久,整個社區都知道了這件事。➤segregated(種族)隔離的社區➤historic有歷史意義的街區VERB + NEIGHBOURHOOD/NEIGHBORHOOD➤build, create, establish建立/創立/創建社區◇Our health depends on creating neighbourhoods that are conducive to walking.我們的健康有賴於建立起適宜散步的社區。➤move into搬進社區◇A lot of new families have moved into the neighbourhood.這個街區搬進很多新住戶。➤improve, revitalize, transform改進/振興/改造社區➤destroy破壞社區◇the criminals who are destroying our neighbourhood破壞着我們小區的犯罪分子➤visit參觀社區◇Tourists rarely visit that neighbourhood.遊客很少光顧該小區。➤explore考察社區➤canvass (especially NAmE) 到社區游說➤patrol在社區巡邏◇They hired a private police force to patrol the neighbourhood.他們雇傭了私人警察在小區巡邏。➤roam, wander在社區遊蕩/閒逛◇stray dogs who roam the neighbourhood在小區裏遊蕩的流浪狗➤populate在社區居住◇a neighbourhood populated mainly by Mexican Americans主要由墨西哥裔美國人居住的社區NEIGHBOURHOOD/NEIGHBORHOOD + NOUN➤resident社區居民➤boy, children, kid (informal) 小區的男孩/兒童/孩子➤bully社區的惡霸➤leader社區領袖➤community社區居民➤association, council, group, organization社區協會/委員會/團體/組織➤watch (= an arrangement by which people watch each other's houses to prevent crime)鄰里值巡▸➤police, policing社區警察;社區治安維護➤cat, dog社區的貓;社區的狗➤bar, pub, restaurant, school, shop, store (NAmE) , etc.社區酒吧、社區酒館、社區飯店、社區學校、社區商店等➤centre/center社區中心➤park社區公園➤street社區街道➤party (especially NAmE) 社區聚會◇She volunteered to make a potato salad for the neighbourhood party.她自願為社區聚會做土豆色拉。PREPOSITION➤around the neighbourhood, round the neighbourhood (especially BrE) 街區周圍◇There were various parks around the neighbourhood.這個小區周圍有各種公園。◇We used to ride bikes around the neighbourhood.我們過去常在小區周圍騎自行車。➤in a/the neighbourhood在住宅區裏◇There was a large school in the neighbourhood.這個住宅區裏有一個規模挺大的學校。➤outside a/the neighbourhood街區外◇It was a car from outside the immediate neighbourhood.這輛車不是附近街區的。