单词 | twilight area |
释义 | > as lemmastwilight area twilight area n. = twilight zone n. (a). ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > part of town or city > [noun] > decrepit or unsightly cardboard city1876 twilight zone1909 blight1938 grey area1959 twilight area1960 1960 Daily Tel. 18 June 8/3 Where debate begins and should be encouraged is over the question whether redevelopment of what Sir Keith Joseph called the ‘twilight areas’ must wait entirely on these other two housing operations. a1974 R. Crossman Diaries (1975) I. 44 A Labour Minister should impose central leadership, large-scale state intervention, in these blighted areas of cities, the twilight areas, which were once genteelly respectable and are now rotting away. < as lemmas |
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