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单词 neighbouring
释义
neighbouringneigh‧bour‧ing British English, neighboring American English /ˈneɪbərɪŋ/ ●○○ adjective [only before noun] Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • The fair attracted thousands of people from neighbouring areas.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • A neighbouring farmer had a lucky escape.
  • But it was a time of several kingdoms and Princess Thanew was proposed to by a neighbouring king.
  • Guests are welcome to use the facilities of the neighbouring Hotel Maria Theresia which include free sauna and steambath.
  • Mike Chittenden staggered in flames into a neighbouring office where terrified workers doused the flames.
  • Moktadir, who was seriously threatened by the neighbouring kingdoms of Navarre and Aragon, gladly accepted.
  • Pray that the conflict would not spread to neighbouring countries.
  • The thieves led the horses out of the stable into the neighbouring country park, where they had vehicles waiting.
  • Their craggy Nab, poised above the Tees estuary, was as proud a landmark as neighbouring Roseberry Topping.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatornot far away
only a short distance from a person, place, or thing: · We camped in a forest near a large lake.· Don't go near the fire.· Have you ever been to Versailles? It's near Paris.· The place where we were going was much nearer than I thought.near enough to do something: · Bob was standing near enough to hear what they were saying.nearer to something/nearest to something: · If we moved to Dallas we'd be nearer to my parents.· Only the people who were nearest to the speaker could actually hear what he said.near here: · The accident happened somewhere near here.
very near to something or someone, or almost touching them: · As we approached Abbeville, the gunfire sounded very close.close to: · Don't drive so close to the edge of the road.close behind/beside: · Suddenly we heard footsteps close behind us.close together: · The houses were built very close together, and the gardens were rather small.· Nancy came over and sat close beside me on the bed.close by (=near where you are): · Is there a gas station close by?
used to say that something is quite near something or someone: a short distance away: · I'd parked my car a short distance away, just around the corner.a short distance from: · Harvard University is only a short distance from the center of Boston.a short distance to the south/north etc: · The source of the river is a short distance to the south of here.
not a very long distance away - use this about somewhere that is near enough to be easy to get to: · "How far's the station?" "Oh, not far - about ten minutes by car."not far from: · Asti is not far from the French border.not far away: · Our hotel was in the centre of town but the beach wasn't far away.
near the place where you are or the place you are talking about: · Dave, who was sitting nearby, laughed when he heard this.· The house is really nice, and a lot of my friends live nearby.· It was very convenient having the garage nearby.
British /neighboring American a neighbouring country, town, area etc is near the place where you are or the place you are talking about: · The fair attracted thousands of people from neighbouring areas.· Soldiers and firemen from 13 neighboring towns wrestled with the blaze for hours.
formal in the area around and near a particular place: · A white van was seen in the vicinity at about the time when the murder took place.in the vicinity of: · In the past ten years there have been more cases of cancer in the vicinity of nuclear installations.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
· Are we discussing implications of 192 with our neighbouring areas?· More striking still was the failure of the Green movement to link up with Kursk or any other neighbouring area.· So shopkeepers have joined forces to attract people into the town, with a special publication circulated in neighbouring areas.· In these cases, provision of public services in one area confers a beneficial externality on neighbouring areas.
· Considerable concern focused on the effect the change would have on neighbouring countries.· Other neighbouring countries hanged their criminals, of course.· The thieves led the horses out of the stable into the neighbouring country park, where they had vehicles waiting.· None the less, unofficial exports between neighbouring countries are likely to continue to increase, but to go largely unrecorded.· Pray that the conflict would not spread to neighbouring countries.· Most refugees go to neighbouring countries, which are often living at subsistence levels themselves.· On a far more extensive scale than we have done hitherto, we must help refugees in their own and neighbouring countries.
· Let us imagine two neighbouring houses.· On the left was the neighbouring house, on the right the front garden of the farm.· He had seen a few curtains moving in neighbouring houses.· The blaze also spread to a neighbouring house, damaging three windows and some plastic guttering.· Mrs Bahia lived in a neighbouring house.· It is probably not a coincidence that, where the song was recorded, a trimphone is installed in a neighbouring house.· Bomb wrecks Ulster hotel A bomb has wrecked a hotel in Ulster and damage neighbouring houses.· There was a party for the servants in a neighbouring house, and a few of us were invited to it.
· In his last years he lived in Wymondham and continued to preach in Wymondham Abbey and neighbouring parishes.· A neighbouring parish may have its last year's experience to report.· The priest obviously bussed in from the neighbouring parish to run the show here.· I took the bus to the neighbouring parish and told an unseen, unknown priest all that had happened.· It is often reflected in parishes or estates with detached portions elsewhere, or areas shared in common with neighbouring parishes.· Recent local studies have emphasized how different the fortunes of neighbouring parishes could be.
· Another example is where a burst pipe occurs in our policyholder's home causing water damage to neighbouring property.· This deals with those facilities enjoyed exclusively by the property to be sold over neighbouring property.· Due to the negligence of the defendant's employees, borstal trainees escaped and caused damage to neighbouring property.· I assure my hon. Friend that lighting schemes will be designed to minimise visual intrusion into neighbouring property.
· It's surprising how little most teachers know about neighbouring schools.· There is nothing wrong in seeking an invitation to go and look around a neighbouring school to explore possibilities of working together.· A useful activity is to pull together the governors of several neighbouring schools for training and updating on topical issues.· Defensive marketing check list Have you copies of the prospectuses of neighbouring schools including those in the private sector?· Exam results are looked at closely, subject by subject, and comparisons are made with previous years and with neighbouring schools.· Such development planning commits the school to improvement and to constructive competition against itself rather than against the neighbouring school.
· It covers fisheries, marine mammals and other resources within EEZs, providing for stocks that are shared by neighbouring states.· My best bet would probably be to fly into one of the neighbouring states and sneak over the border at night.· Relations between the two neighbouring states had been tense in recent years because of the Bougainville conflict.
· According to security sources, massive bombs which wrecked neighbouring towns, had been destined for Portadown.· The neighbouring town of Hesket New Market has a delightful pub with its own brewed beer.· On the day before Republic Day, the police presence around Bhilai and the neighbouring towns is heavy.· Other occupations are of necessity followed in the neighbouring towns so to some extent Lockington is a commuter village.
· Eventually the committee agreed to defer a decision to see if the school could team up with neighbouring villages to boost numbers.· Recently he moved to the neighbouring village of Griesbeckerzell with wife Gisela and their year-old son, Stefan.· She was admitted to an exclusive private clinic in a neighbouring village.· They had little in common with neighbouring villages whose squires kept the collieries and colliers out of sight.· The crowds were out in force to cheer home Jodami as he reached the neighbouring village of Stillington.· Strangers, surely, from other farms, neighbouring villages.· The neighbouring village of Kalami, once the home of naturalist Gerald Durrell, is worth a visit too.
near the place where you are or the place you are talking about SYN  nearbybordering:  The fair attracted hundreds of people from the neighbouring towns and villages.
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