neighborhood

• n. 附近；街坊；接近

neighbor,鄰居，-hood,名詞後綴。引申詞義街區。

neighborhood (n.)

mid-15c., "neighborly conduct, friendliness," from neighbor (n.) + -hood. Modern sense of "community of people who live close together" is first recorded 1620s. Phrase in the neighborhood of meaning "near, somewhere about" is first recorded 1857, American English. The Old English word for "neighborhood" was neahdæl.

1. It is a neighborhood beset by all the usual inner-city problems.

這是個為各種內城常見問題所困擾的社區。

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2. Her children had the best, most elaborate birthday parties in the neighborhood.

她的孩子們的生日聚會在街坊四鄰裏是最好、最講究的。

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3. The neighborhood is given over to performers, stilt walkers and drag queens.

社區變成了玩雜耍的、踩高蹺的和扮裝皇後的天地。

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4. He is street smart and is not afraid of this neighborhood.

他有都市人的精明勁兒，不怕在這附近混。

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5. In Los Angeles, the neighborhood known as Watts erupted into riots.

在洛杉磯，一個叫做沃茨的街區爆發了動亂。

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