AREAthe objects, buildings, natural things etc that are around a person or thing at a particular time 环境;周围的事物
somebody’s surroundings
He switched on the light and examined his surroundings.
他打开灯,查看了周围的情况。
I need to work in pleasant surroundings.
我需要在舒适的环境下工作。
Examples from the Corpus
surroundings• The house is set in beautifulsurroundings near Lake Coniston.• Long enough that he stopped looking around, stopped measuring his relationship to his surroundings.• Gandhi always cravedharmony with his surroundings.• Everyone involved in the filming has enjoyed working in such idyllicsurroundings.• Therefore puppies housed after weaning in insanitarysurroundings are at greatest risk from this vice.• The mountaintop provides a spectacular view of Innsbruck and its surroundings.• It took me a few weeks to get used to my new surroundings.• I suppose they're dumbfounded by their surroundings.• They feel that the more control they can exercise over their surroundings, the safer life will be for them.• Unlikemechanicalclocks, which are completely blind to their surroundings, a biological clock gets reset every day by the sun.