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Vicinity Neighborhood English Vi'siniti N.附近,接近 英 N.附近,接近(Proxim Ity;Neighborhood

单词 vicinity
音标 [vi'siniti]
解释 n.附近,接近
红宝书 【英】 n.附近,接近(proxim ity;neighborhood)
【记】 vicin(邻近)+ity→邻 近(地区);
【同】 参考:vicinage(周围 地区)
【例】 The vicinity of the apartment to his office was an advantage on rainy days.
字源 vicinity (n.)
1550s, "nearness in place," from Middle French vicinité and directly from Latin vicinitas "of or pertaining to neighbors or a neighborhood," as a noun, "neighborhood, nearness, proximity," from vicinus (adj.) "of the neighborhood, near, neighboring," as a noun "the neighborhood, a neighbor," from vicus "group of houses, village," related to the -wick, -wich in English place names, from PIE *weik- (1) "clan, social unit above the household" (see villa). Meaning "neighborhood, surrounding district" in English is attested by 1796.
不择手段背单词 n. 附近地区; (空间或者关系上)接近
【记】vic = vice(n 罪恶), in, ity-罪恶的小人一般都在邻近地区
【参】vicinage(n 周围地区)
趣味全助记 【记】province 省,地区,区域,都是附近的一片区域;音:威信 有了威信会有很多人在靠拢在你周围附近

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