dis‧trict S3 W2 / dɪstrɪkt / 名词 [可数名词]
1 an area of a town or the countryside, especially one with particular features
rural/financial/theatre etc district
a house in a pleasant suburban district
2 an area of a country, city etc that has official borders :
a postal district
COLLOCATIONS
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + district
a rural district (= in the countryside ) There are few schools in the rural districts of Bangladesh.
an urban district (= in a town ) In 1911 over three-quarters of the British people lived in urban districts.
the surrounding districts (= in the area around or next to something ) The market attracts farmers from the surrounding district.
a financial/business/commercial district (= where there are a lot of banks and other businesses ) He works in San Francisco’s financial district.
a shopping district The bomb exploded in a crowded shopping district.
an entertainment district (= where there are a lot of bars, clubs etc ) Visitors to Roppongi, Tokyo’s entertainment district, come to experience the latest fashions and have fun.
a theatre district British English , a theater district AmE: The restaurant is located in the middle of New York’s theater district.
a residential district (= where people live rather than work ) It is one of Paris’ most exclusive residential districts.
a poor/wealthy district (= where a lot of people are poor/rich ) He lived in one of London’s poorest districts.
a slum district (= where poor people live in very bad conditions ) Rats were running all over the slum districts.
a fashionable district (= popular with rich or well-known people ) Brompton became a fashionable district to live in.
THESAURUS
area a part of a town or country, or of the world : They live in a very wealthy area. | coastal areas
region a large area of a country or the world : the northwest region of Russia | desert regions
zone an area that is different from other areas around it in some way : a war zone | a no-parking zone | We crossed two different time zonesareas where there is a particular time compared to the rest of the world.
district one of the areas a city or town is officially divided into, or an area of a city where a particular group live or an activity happens : the Chelsea district of Manhattan | the business/financial/theatre etc district : the financial district of London
neighbourhood British English , neighborhood American English / neɪbəhʊd $ -ər- / an area of a town where people live : a friendly neighbourhood | There are lots of trees in our neighborhood.
suburb an area outside the centre of a city, where people live : a suburb of Boston
quarter an area of a town or city where people of a particular nationality live : the French quarter of New Orleans
slum an area of a city that is in very bad condition, where many poor people live : He grew up in the slums of East London.
ghetto an area of a city where poor people of a particular race or class live : a black baby born in the ghetto