re‧gion S1 W1 AC / ridʒ ə n / 名词 [可数名词]
1 a large area of a country or of the world, usually without exact limits 同义词 area :
efforts to bring peace to the region
region of
the Choco region of Columbia
coastal/border/central etc region
Flooding is likely in some coastal regions of the Northeast during the early part of the week.
2 a particular part of someone’s body 同义词 area :
the lower back region
region of
a region of the brain
3 (somewhere) in the region of something used to describe an amount of time, money etc without being exact :
a grant somewhere in the region of £2,500
4 the regions British English the parts of a country that are away from the capital city :
a government policy to relocate jobs from the capital to the regions
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