district

• n. 區域；地方；行政區

dis-, 分開。-str, 拉緊，詞源同strict, stress. 即拉緊，包括，用來指地區，區域。

district

district: [17] District started life as the past participle of the verb which gave English distrain [13] and strain. It came via French district from medieval Latin districtus; this meant literally ‘seized, compelled’, and hence was used as a noun in the sense ‘seizure of offenders’, and hence ‘exercise of justice’, and finally ‘area in which justice is so exercised (in the feudal system)’.

This was the word’s meaning when it was first borrowed into English, and it was not really until the early 18th century that its much more general modern application developed. Districtus was the past participle of Latin distringere, a compound verb formed from the prefix dis- ‘apart’ and stringere ‘pull tight’ (source of English strain, strict, stringent, stress, etc).

In classical times it meant ‘draw apart, detain, hinder’, but by the Middle Ages this had moved on to ‘seize, compel’, which were the main senses in which it entered English as distrain (via Old French destreindre). Latin districtus was also the source of a Vulgar Latin noun *districtia ‘narrowness’, which passed via Old French destresse into English as distress [13].
=> distrain, distress, strain, stress, strict, stringent

district (n.)

1610s, "territory under the jurisdiction of a lord or officer," from French district (16c.), from Medieval Latin districtus "restraining of offenders, jurisdiction," then under the feudal system "area of jurisdiction," noun use of past participle of Latin distringere "hinder, detain" (see distress). Used vaguely of "any tract of land" from 1712. District attorney attested by 1789, American English.

1. The District Council made a weekly collection of refuse.

區政務委員會每周收取一次垃圾。

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2. The district council agreed with the objectors and turned down the application.

區政務委員會同意反對者的意見，拒絕了這一申請。

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3. The defense wants the district Judge to throw out the case.

辯護律師希望區法官不受理那個案子。

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4. Street committees keep a weather eye on the families in their district.

街道委員會留意所轄區域內的家家戶戶。

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5. The Los Alamos district is solidly Republican.

洛斯阿拉莫斯地區堅決支持共和黨。

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