英语单词 | enclave |
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英美音标 | 英 ['enkleɪv] 美 ['enkleɪv] |
中文释义 | n.飞地;被包围的领土 |
英语例句 | (1) But California is not America's only green enclave. (2) Switzerland was an enclave of peace in war-torn Europe. |
中文例句 | (1) 不过加里福利亚州并不是美国唯一的绿色领地。 (2) 在饱经战争磨难的欧洲,瑞士是和平的世外桃源。 |
vocabulary简明 | An enclave is a separate space or group within a larger one. Imagine an enclave as a cave carved out of a big mountain. All of the bears live in the cave or enclave, while the people live on the mountainside. |
vocabulary扩展 | Groups of like people often form an enclave within a country or region. There is probably an enclave of Africans, Cubans, Russians, or other ethnic group in or near your hometown. It isn't usually enclosed, but it's a place where people of the same background gather and live together, such as a Chinatown or a Little Budapest. An enclave of a country may have boundaries, making it clear that it's a distinct part — and sometimes under separate government — from the larger territory it's within. |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词](国家或城市中隶属另一民族或文化的)飞地,孤立地区 An enclave is an area within a country or a city where people live who have a different nationality or culture from the people living in the surrounding country or city. [usu with supp]
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