英语单词 | district |
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英美音标 | 英 ['dɪstrɪkt] 美 ['dɪstrɪkt] |
中文释义 | n.地区;行政区 vt.把 ... 划分成区 |
英语例句 | (1) This district used to grow cotton on a large scale. (2) He was elected the district attorney. (3) The expressway rounded about the urban district. (4) The officials related have districted the city into three electoral districts. |
中文例句 | (1) 这个地区过去大量种棉花。 (2) 他被选为地方检察官。 (3) 高速公路环绕着市区。 (4) 相关官员把该市划分成三个选区。 |
vocabulary简明 | Use the word district to talk about a specific part of your city or town. Your school district, for example, is an officially marked area that designates which school students can attend. |
vocabulary扩展 | When a government outlines a region of a state, city, or town, that area is called a district. Besides school districts, there are also congressional districts and electoral districts, which are set up specifically for organizing voting and governing. In the 1600's, the word district was used for a feudal lord's territory, and it came from the Latin districtus, "territory of jurisdiction," with its root of distringere, "draw apart." |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]地区;区域 A district is a particular area of a town or country. [usu supp N]
2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]行政区;辖区;管区 A district is an area of a town or country which has been given official boundaries for the purpose of administration. [with supp]
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