单词 | region |
释义 | regionre‧gion /ˈriːdʒən/ ●●● S1 W1 AWL noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINregion ExamplesOrigin: 1300-1400 Old French, Latin regio, from regere; ➔ REGENTEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Thesaurus
THESAURUS► area Collocations a part of a town or country, or of the world: · They live in a very wealthy area.· coastal areas ► region a large area of a country or the world: · the northwest region of Russia· desert regions ► zone an area that is different from other areas around it in some way: · a war zone· a no-parking zone· We crossed two different time zones (=areas where there is a particular time compared to the rest of the world.) ► district one of the areas a city or town is officially divided into, or an area of a city where a particular group live or an activity happens: · the Chelsea district of Manhattanthe business/financial/theatre etc district: · the financial district of London ► neighbourhood, neighborhood British English American English an area of a town where people live: · a friendly neighbourhood· There are lots of trees in our neighborhood. ► suburb an area outside the centre of a city, where people live: · a suburb of Boston ► quarter an area of a town or city where people of a particular nationality live: · the French quarter of New Orleans ► slum an area of a city that is in very bad condition, where many poor people live: · He grew up in the slums of East London. ► ghetto an area of a city where poor people of a particular race or class live: · a black baby born in the ghetto Longman Language Activatorapproximately a large number or amount► something/somewhere in the region of · The business is worth something in the region of $25m.· The universe is estimated to be somewhere in the region of eleven billion years old.· A typical price would be somewhere in the region of £2,500 per person. ► something like spoken · Smith is already something like $10,000 in debt.· In the USA something like 4000 such accidents occur each year. ► an estimated: an estimated 3000 people/one million pounds/90% of profits etc approximately that number or amount - use this when you have no exact or detailed figures on which to calculate the exact number: · The event was seen on television by an estimated 250 million people worldwide.· An estimated 10% of new mothers suffer from severe depression.· By the end of the month an estimated 1000 people had been killed and 42,000 left homeless. ► some: some 100 people/50 years/2000 establishments etc approximately that number or amount - use this especially when you think it is impressive or surprising: · Among the 11 factory sites across Europe, some 2,600 jobs are to be eliminated this year.· He lectured at the Institut Pasteur for some 50 years. ► or more: 5000 people/20%/9 days etc or more use this when the total may be a lot more, and you want to emphasize that this is a large number or amount: · How can you be tired? You slept for ten hours or more last night.· There were a thousand or more fans at the airport to welcome the band. an area of the world or a country► area an area of land that is part of the world or part of a country: · Police think the crime was committed by someone from outside the area.area of: · There is a shortage of water in many areas of the world.· Hannah grew up in a beautiful area of Ireland.somebody's area (=the area where someone lives): · The cost of electricity has risen in our area. ► region a large area that is part of a country or of the world: · There have been reports of fighting in the region.region of: · For several years they lived in a remote region of Kenya.· Severe winter weather is expected in the northeast region of the country. ► zone an area that is in some way special or different from the areas around it, for example because it has a particular type of problem: · San Francisco and Tokyo are both located in earthquake zones.· Half of the community lies in a flood zone.war/battle zone: · UN troops are unwilling to enter the battle zone. ► country an area of land that is of a particular type or that is used for a particular activity, lived in by particular people etc: · The Midwest is largely farming country.· Not many people live in the hill country any more. ► locality formal a small area of a country: · In some localities the price of housing has risen by more than fifty percent in the last decade.· The city council is responsible for providing police protection in each locality. WORD SETS► Geographyabyss, nounalluvial, adjectivealluvium, nounalpine, adjectiveAmerican, adjectiveAntarctica, anticyclone, nounarchipelago, nounArctic, adjectivearid, adjectiveAsia, atlas, nounatoll, nounAustralasia, Australasian, adjectiveAustralia, avalanche, nounaxis, nounbank, nounbarometer, nounbarrier reef, nounbasin, nounbay, nounbayou, nounbeach, nounbearing, nounbed, nounbight, nounbluff, nounborder, nounborder, verbborderland, nounborderline, nounborough, nounbox canyon, nounBritish, adjectivebutte, nouncanyon, nouncape, nouncapital, nouncardinal point, nounCaribbean, adjectivecartography, nouncay, nounchain, nounchaparral, nounchart, nounchasm, nounchimney, nounChinese, adjectivecirrus, nounCIS, nouncliff, nounclimate, nounclimatic, adjectivecoastal, adjectivecoastline, nouncockney, nouncol, nouncold front, nouncommuter belt, nouncompass, nounconfluence, nouncontinent, nouncontinental, adjectivecontinental shelf, nouncontour, nounconurbation, nouncoordinate, nouncorridor, nouncorrie, nouncoterminous, adjectivecouncil estate, nouncountry, nouncounty, nouncounty town, nouncourse, nouncove, nouncrag, nouncraggy, adjectivecreek, nouncrevasse, nouncrevice, nouncumulus, nouncyclone, noundateline, noundelta, noundesert, noundesert island, noundevelopment, noundistrict, noundivide, noundown, adverbdune, noundust bowl, nouneast, nouneast, adjectiveeast, adverbeastbound, adjectiveeasterly, adjectiveeasterly, nouneastern, adjectiveEasterner, nouneasternmost, adjectiveeastwards, adverbelevation, nouneminence, nounenvirons, nounequatorial, adjectiveerode, verberosion, nounescarpment, nounestuary, nounEurope, nounextraterritorial, adjectiveeyot, nounface, nounfarmland, nounfeeder, nounfiord, nounfirth, nounfjord, nounflood plain, nounfluvial, adjectivefrontier, nounfrontiersman, noungale force, adjectivegap, noungeo-, prefixgeography, noungeophysics, noungeopolitics, noungeyser, nounglacial, adjectiveglaciation, nounglacier, nounglobe, noungoldfield, noungorge, noungrassland, nounGrecian, adjectivegreen belt, noungrid, noungrotto, noungroundwater, noungulch, noungulf, noungully, nounhead, nounheadland, nounheadwaters, nounheartland, nounhemisphere, nounhighland, adjectivehighlands, nounhigh water mark, nounhinterland, nounHome Counties, the, homeland, nounhurricane, noun-i, suffixIberian, adjectiveiceberg, nounice cap, nounice floe, nounice pack, nounice sheet, nouninhabitant, nouninland, adjectiveinland, adverbinlet, nouninner city, nouninshore, adverbinsular, adjectiveintercontinental, adjectiveInternational Date Line, nounisland, nounisle, nounislet, nounisobar, nounIsraeli, adjectiveIsraeli, nounisthmus, nounItalian, adjectiveItalianate, adjectiveItalo-, prefixJapanese, adjectivekey, nounknoll, nounlagoon, nounlake, nounlandlocked, adjectivelandmass, nounlandslide, nounlandslip, nounlat., Latin, adjectiveLatin America, nounLatin American, adjectivelatitude, nounlevee, nounlittoral, nounlong., longitude, nounlongitudinal, adjectivelough, nounlowlands, nounlow-lying, adjectivelow water mark, nounmagnetic north, nounmagnetic pole, nounmarsh, nounmarshland, nounmeander, verbMediterranean, adjectiveMercator projection, nounmeridian, nounmesa, nounMiddle America, nounmidtown, adjectivemonsoon, nounmoorland, nounmorass, nounmountain, nounmountainside, nounmountaintop, nounmouth, nounmudslide, nounmull, nounnarrows, nounnavigation, nounNE, neck, nounnor'-, prefixnorth, nounnorth, adjectivenorth, adverbNorth America, nounnortheast, nounnortheast, adjectivenortheasterly, adjectivenortheastern, adjectivenortheastwards, adverbnortherly, adjectivenorthern, adjectivenortherner, nounnorthernmost, adjectivenorthwards, adverbnorthwest, nounnorthwest, adjectivenorthwesterly, adjectivenorthwestern, adjectivenorthwestwards, adverbnotch, nounNW, NZ, oasis, nounoccidental, nounocean, nounonshore, adjectiveopenness, nounOrdnance Survey map, nounoriental, adjectiveoutcrop, nounoverspill, nounpack ice, nounpaddy, nounpalisade, nounpan-, prefixpanhandle, nounparallel, nounpeak, nounpeninsula, nounPersian, adjectivephysical geography, nounplain, nounplateau, nounpoint, nounpolar, adjectivepole, nounpolitical geography, nounpollutant, nounpop., populate, verbpopulation, nounprairie, nounprecipice, nounprecipitation, nounPrime Meridian, principality, nounprojection, nounpromontory, nounprovince, nounprovincial, adjectivepueblo, nounR, rainfall, nounrain forest, nounrain gauge, nounrainstorm, nounrange, nounravine, nounreef, nounreference, nounregion, nounregional, adjectiverelief map, nounreservoir, nounresettle, verbresidential, adjectiveresource, nounridge, nounrift valley, nounrise, verbriver, nounriver basin, nounriver bed, nounRoman, adjectiverotation, nounrugged, adjectiverun-off, nounrural, adjectivesand, nounsand bar, nounsandstorm, nounsandy, adjectivesavanna, nounScandinavian, nounscar, nounscarp, nounscree, nounscrubland, nounSE, seaboard, nounsea breeze, nounseafront, nounsea level, nounseaport, nounseaward, adjectivesection, nounsemitropical, adjectiveshelf, nounslough, nounsmog, nounsnowfield, nounsource, nounsouth, nounsouth, adjectivesouth, adverbSouth America, adjectivesoutheast, nounsoutheast, adjectivesoutheasterly, adjectivesoutheastern, adjectivesoutheastwards, adverbsoutherly, adjectivesouthern, adjectivesouthernmost, adjectivesouthwards, adverbsouthwest, nounsouthwest, adjectivesouthwesterly, adjectivesouthwestern, adjectivesouthwestwards, adverbspeleology, nounspit, nounspur, nounstrait, nounsubcontinent, nounsubtropical, adjectivesuburb, nounsuburban, adjectivesummit, nounsurvey, nounsurvey, verbSW, swamp, nountableland, nounterrain, nounterritory, nountidal, adjectivetidal wave, nountidewater, nountime zone, nountop, nountopography, nountor, nountornado, nountown, nountown centre, nountowpath, nountrack, nountract, nountrade route, nountrail, nountransatlantic, adjectivetranscontinental, adjectivetributary, nountropic, nountropical, adjectivetundra, nountyphoon, nounUK, the, uncharted, adjectiveup, adverbup-country, adjectiveuplands, nounupper, adjectiveupriver, adverbupstate, adjectiveupstream, adverbuptown, adverburban, adjectiveurbanized, adjectiveurban renewal, nounurban sprawl, nounUS, the, adjectivevalley, nounW, warm front, nounwaste, adjectivewasteland, nounwater, verbwatercourse, nounwaterfall, nounwaterfront, nounwaterhole, nounwatering place, nounwater meadow, nounwatershed, nounwater table, nounwaterway, nounweather vane, nounwest, nounwest, adjectiveWest, nounwestern, adjectiveWesterner, nounwesternmost, adjectivewestward, adverbwilderness, nounwolds, nounzoning, noun COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► coastal/border/central etc region Phrases Flooding is likely in some coastal regions of the Northeast during the early part of the week. COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► arid regions Water from the Great Lakes is pumped to arid regions. ► an autonomous region/state/republic etc Galicia is an autonomous region of Spain. ► a border area/region· The Afghan border area is open and wild. ► a desert area/region· A hot dry wind blows from the desert areas of North Africa. ► far-flung corners/places/regions etc expeditions to far-flung corners of the globe people flying to far-flung destinations ► hilly region/area/terrain etc► nether regions exploring the nether regions of East Sussex ► somewhere in the region of We have somewhere in the region of 500 firefighters in this area. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► arid· In order to overcome the problem of an inadequate water supply, many parts of the arid and semi-arid regions have been irrigated.· The concentration on arid and glacial regions was probably also partly instrumental in the development of climatic geomorphology.· In arid and semi-arid regions leaching may be minimal and solutions in the weathering mantle can attain high concentrations of dissolved constituents.· The pattern of light and dark areas represents variation in rock type and surface weathering in this arid region.· In arid regions, rainfall above the average one year will produce a particularly thick annual ring. ► central· Indeed, there are no taste buds in this central region.· In construction, the number of commercial and residential starts and their value rose only in the Central and Northeast regions.· The image of the insect may pass over the edge of my retina rather than the more acute central region.· The many crevices once hid hundreds of the venomous snake indigenous to the Central Maryland region.· This batch is expected to include all the main hospitals in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Lanarkshire and Central region.· Read in studio Crime recorded in the Central South region last year rose by more than the national average.· In many cases the headquarters were retained in the central region and only the production processes were decentralized.· A number of military commanders from the southern, central and northern regions were appointed as ministers on Sept. 24. ► coastal· Meanwhile Grom's attentions had turned to the west and to the coastal regions of the Empire.· For two days, police in the remote coastal region around Sodwana Bay had stumbled and fumbled their way into the case.· An estimated 2,000,000 people either fled or were evacuated from the coastal regions in advance of the hurricane.· The coastal regions, those richest in marine life, were found to have the highest concentrations.· It comes from coastal regions of Sierra Leone, again in soft, acid water.· Unless expensive sea defences were built, low-lying coastal regions would be permanently submerged.· These forests vary in character from closed forests to open woodlands and include mangrove forests that occur in coastal regions.· Yesterday, Coun Davies said she understood that bids had been invited for exploration of the coastal region which included Aberconwy. ► different· In Tasmania aborigine hunters led a nomadic life to take advantage of the seasonal food supply in different regions.· This must be done in the local market area because market conditions vary in the different regions of the United States.· Their differing concerns have led the two groups to dwell upon different regions of the Empire.· Clearly, different regions are choosing different paths.· These larger companies often own plants in different regions of Britain, as well as in other countries.· Particular metals are concentrated in different regions of the micro-organisms.· There are different styles of singing in different regions, and we balance the programme to include different songs from different regions.· The war has accentuated the disparities both in educational level and general economic status between different regions of the country. ► northern· There are 120 competitors entered in this year's events coming from clubs throughout the Northern region.· The first dives will be in the northern region, at the Flow Site, where the lavas escaped on to the seafloor.· Pruning will also delay the flowering while new shoots grow - a very important point in northern wine regions like Champagne.· Relatively few students reach secondary school, with a substantial proportion of these being in the Khartoum and Northern regions.· In the key northern industrial region of Lombardy official unemployment fell to 1.7 percent in 1962 and 1963.· Nevertheless, it is an early maturing variety well suited to the long ripening period of a northern wine region. ► other· Low levels of hybridization are also detectable in other regions of the spinal cord.· But lions and elephants exist in other zoogeographical regions, too.· Some, such as the civets, are represented in other zoogeographical regions.· This deal was subsequently accepted in the other regions, which had hitherto failed to reach settlements.· The main rebel movements represent other regions.· The other eight regions recorded significantly smaller changes - some good, some bad.· A similar situation is to be found in other regions of the world. ► temperate· In Temperate regions there are regular seasonal cycles, ultimately driven by the regular cycling of the Earth around the sun.· The difficulty is greater in relation to overseas markets having temperatures and humidities higher than those of temperate regions.· In more temperate regions, sunlight and temperature may he more critical than rainfall in affecting a tree's growth. ► whole· Food and medical supplies are desperately needed in the whole eastern region.· If one town benefits, the whole region benefits, he said.· This book is the most up-to-date and comprehensive volume on the whole region.· He succeeded so well that the people crowned him king of this whole region!· However, for funding reasons this centre was to be for the whole region.· Milosevic is the last Communist-era leader of the whole region.· Before this, in a period called the Carboniferous, the whole region was under the sea.· A few days later, the chaplain wrote: The whole region seems literally filled with soldiery. NOUN► border· Members of its executive council have been collecting signatures in the border region.· However, subsequent days saw mutual accusations of firing on the border region.· The wild whooper swan is a bird of great beauty and, I think, on the increase in the Border region.· To the east lay border regions - Berry and Auvergne - where even the Duke's nominal suzerainty was at times doubtful. PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► (somewhere) in the region of something Word family
WORD FAMILYnounregionregionalismadjectiveregionaladverbregionally 1a large area of a country or of the world, usually without exact limits SYN area: efforts to bring peace to the regionregion of the Choco region of Columbiacoastal/border/central etc region Flooding is likely in some coastal regions of the Northeast during the early part of the week.► see thesaurus at area2a particular part of someone’s body SYN area: the lower back regionregion of a region of the brain3(somewhere) in the region of something used to describe an amount of time, money etc without being exact: a grant somewhere in the region of £2,5004the regions British English the parts of a country that are away from the capital city: a government policy to relocate jobs from the capital to the regions |
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