英语词汇“precinct”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

A precinct is an area of town marked off for official purposes, often to vote, or to organize the police force. When a cop hears of a crime that's happening in her precinct, she knows to hop in her car and head over there.

The word precinct comes from the Latin precinctum meaning "enclosure, boundary line." A precinct is an area that has a clear boundary line around it, making it easier for the police to know where a crime is taking place, or where you should go to vote. The word precinct has also come to mean police headquarters in a particular district. If you're being held at the precinct, you're at the police station local to where you committed your crime.

WORD FAMILY

precinct: precincts

USAGE EXAMPLES

She is declared the winner of the Iowa caucuses via a controversial and confusing process that, in some precincts, involves dodgeball.

Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016)

By September, four of every five shootings in the precinct this year were unsolved.

New York Times(Dec 31, 2016)

“I’m tired of this,’’ she says during a brief morning “lunch” of cantaloupe and a Monster energy drink at the East Precinct on Capitol Hill.

Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016)

n a district of a city or town marked out for administrative purposes

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police precinct

a precinct in which law enforcement is the responsibility of particular police force

election district, voting precinct

one of several districts into which a city or town is divided for voting; each contains one polling place

city district

a district of a town or city

单词	precinct
释义	precinct (once / 1230 pages) n A precinct is an area of town marked off for official purposes, often to vote, or to organize the police force. When a cop hears of a crime that's happening in her precinct, she knows to hop in her car and head over there. The word precinct comes from the Latin precinctum meaning "enclosure, boundary line." A precinct is an area that has a clear boundary line around it, making it easier for the police to know where a crime is taking place, or where you should go to vote. The word precinct has also come to mean police headquarters in a particular district. If you're being held at the precinct, you're at the police station local to where you committed your crime. WORD FAMILY precinct: precincts USAGE EXAMPLES She is declared the winner of the Iowa caucuses via a controversial and confusing process that, in some precincts, involves dodgeball. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) By September, four of every five shootings in the precinct this year were unsolved. New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) “I’m tired of this,’’ she says during a brief morning “lunch” of cantaloupe and a Monster energy drink at the East Precinct on Capitol Hill. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) n a district of a city or town marked out for administrative purposes Hypo\|Hyper police precinct a precinct in which law enforcement is the responsibility of particular police force election district, voting precinct one of several districts into which a city or town is divided for voting; each contains one polling place city district a district of a town or city
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