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单词 inner city
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inner citynoun [ C ]

uk​/ˌɪn.ə ˈsɪt.i/us​/ˌɪn.ɚ ˈsɪt̬.i/

the central part of a city where people live and where there are often problems because people are poor and there are few jobs and bad houses:

a child from the inner city

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Towns & regions: areas in towns & cities

  • arrondissement
  • backstreets
  • barrio
  • block
  • botanic garden
  • concrete jungle
  • council estate
  • dormitory suburb
  • estate
  • exurb
  • ghetto
  • precinct
  • red-light district
  • slum
  • suburbia
  • the outskirts
  • the wrong/other side of the tracks idiom
  • town
  • trading estate
  • warren

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inner-cityadjective [ before noun ]

in the central part of a city where people live and where there are often problems because people are poor and there are few jobs and bad houses, or relating to areas like this:

Many inner-city areas have struggled with decline and decay.
She teaches at an inner-city school.

inner-cityadjective [ not gradable ]

us​/ˈɪn·ər ˌsit̬·i/

found in or involving the older, central part of a city where there are poor people and bad housing:

There are more problems in large, inner-city school districts.
inner city
noun [ C ] us​/ˈɪn·ər ˈsit̬·i/

The program gives kids from the inner city a taste of the wilderness.

inner citynoun [ C ]

uk​us​

the central part of a city where there are often problems because the people who live there are poor and the conditions they live in are bad:

At the top of his agenda is economic development in the nation's inner cities.
The plan will transform a depressed inner city area into a community with a new sense of optimism.
inner-city communities/neighbourhoods/schools
inner-city regeneration/revitalization
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