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neighborhood

/ney-ber-hood/US // ˈneɪ bərˌhʊd //

邻居,邻里,街坊,街坊邻居

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the area or region around or near some place or thing; vicinity: the kids of the neighborhood; located in the neighborhood of Jackson and Vine streets.
    • : a district or locality, often with reference to its character or inhabitants: a fashionable neighborhood; to move to a nicer neighborhood.
    • : a number of persons living near one another or in a particular locality: The whole neighborhood was there.
    • : neighborly feeling or conduct.
    • : nearness; proximity: to sense the neighborhood of trouble.
    • : Mathematics. an open set that contains a given point.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nouncommunity, surroundings

Examples

  • These days, being a “Noma alum doing your own thing” is almost a cliche, but Puglisi was the first when he opened Relæ in 2010 in the residential neighborhood of Nørrebro.

  • Those leaders, in turn, can uplift communities, right societal wrongs, build wealth for historically disenfranchised neighborhoods, and create quality jobs.

  • Technically, the Set is both, and it’s become my do-everything pair, from running in the neighborhood to knocking out upriver miles on the paddleboard.

  • So whether you’re new to the sport or have been biking for years, your assignment this week is to go for a neighborhood ride, tackle some singletrack, or simply teach your kid how to ride a bike.

  • A decade after kind-hearted billionaires like Charles and David Koch, Betsy Devos and John Walton have carved out niches for school choice, I have seen schools open and close in my neighborhood.

  • A car mechanic who goes by the name “Big Perm” said he noticed a change in the neighborhood.

  • Does all this mean that a robo-Jurassic Park is coming soon to a neighborhood near you?

  • Somebody had hung an American flag and people of the neighborhood had placed bouquets and candles.

  • That was standard operating procedure in the neighborhood at the time.

  • “It devolved from a very poor neighborhood to a very lawless one,” says Randall, who is refreshingly unsentimental.

  • And he was inclined to believe that it was Grandfather Mole that was to blame for the scarcity of worms in the neighborhood.

  • And Flora devoutly kissed her, then gossipped pleasantly about the other guests and the people in the neighborhood.

  • But the house will rarely be empty now that the shooting has begun, and there is always something going on in the neighborhood.

  • One would have thought that half the dogs in the neighborhood had relatives coming from Columbia.

  • He talked a good deal on various topics, a little politics, some city news and neighborhood gossip.