[ADJ 形容词]商业区的;市中心的Downtown places are in or towards the centre of a large town or city, where the shops and places of business are.
[ADJ n]
[ADV after v]
[oft the N]
[mainly AM 主美]
...an office in downtown Chicago.
位于芝加哥市中心的办事处
Downtown is also an adverb.
By day he worked downtown for American Standard...
白天他在市中心为美标公司工作。
You have to be downtown in a hurry.
你得赶快去市中心。
Downtown is also a noun.
...in a large vacant area of the downtown.
在市中心的一大块空地上
...Ardastra Gardens, a short taxi ride from downtown.
阿德斯特拉公园,离市区车程不远
Oxford
down·town/ˌdaʊnˈtaʊn; NAmEˌdaʊnˈtaʊn/adverb( especially NAmE) in or towards the centre of a city, especially its main business area 在市中心,往市中心(尤指商业中心区)◆to go/work downtown到商业中心区去;在商业中心区工作☞collocationsat
town
☞compare
midtown
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town centre
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uptown
▶ˈdown·towndowntowndowntowns/ˌdaʊnˈtaʊn; NAmEˌdaʊnˈtaʊn/adjective◆a downtown store闹市区的商店ˈdown·towndowntowndowntowns/; NAmE/noun[uncountable ]◆a hotel in the heart of downtown市区中心的旅馆downtowndowntownsdown·town/ˌdaʊnˈtaʊn; NAmEˌdaʊnˈtaʊn/ˈdown·town/ˌdaʊnˈtaʊn; NAmEˌdaʊnˈtaʊn/
LDC
downtowndown‧town /ˌdaʊnˈtaʊn◂/ ●●●S3W3 adverb
Examples
Thesaurus
Collocations
to or in the centre or main business area of a town or city → uptown: I have to go downtown later.—downtown adjective [only before noun]: downtown restaurants She works for a law firm in downtown Miami.
WDF
downtown
[ˌdaʊnˈtaʊn]
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市中心(72%),市中心的(22%),市中心区(6%)
n.市中心区;三分线以外
adj.市中心的
adv.往闹市区;在市区
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