neigh‧bour‧hood S3 W3 British English , neighborhood American English / neɪbəhʊd $ -ər- / 名词 [可数名词]

1 an area of a town or city :

She grew up in a quiet neighborhood of Boston.

The hotel is situated in a peaceful residential neighbourhood (= area where there are houses rather than factories or shops ) .

a neighbourhood school

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In everyday British English, instead of saying in my neighbourhood , people often say where I live :

There aren’t many bookshops where I live .

2 the neighbourhood the area around you or around a particular place, or the people who live there :

Be quiet! You’ll wake up the whole neighbourhood !

in the neighbourhood

Is there a good Chinese restaurant in the neighbourhood?

3 (something) in the neighbourhood of £500/30% etc a little more or a little less than a particular number or amount 同义词 approximately :

The painting is worth something in the neighborhood of $3,000.

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