area

英[ˈeəriə]
美[ˈeriə]

基本释义

n.
地区,区域; 地方; 范围; 面积

词性变化

实用例句

Finance is Mark's area.

财务是马克负责的范围。

牛津词典

The big growth area of recent years has been in health clubs.

健身俱乐部是近年来发展迅速的领域。

牛津词典

the area of a triangle

三角形的面积

牛津词典

The room is 12 square metres in area.

这个房间面积是12平方米。

牛津词典

He shot from just outside the area.

他就在禁区外边拔脚射门。

牛津词典

the areas of training and development

训练和发展方面

牛津词典

a play/parking/dining area

游戏场地;停车场;用餐处

牛津词典

Move the cursor to a blank area of the computer screen.

把光标移至电脑屏幕的空区。

牛津词典

The tumour had not spread to other areas of the body.

肿瘤尚未扩散到身体其他部位。

牛津词典

The farm and surrounding area was flooded.

农场和周围地区遭洪水淹没。

牛津词典

the hotel reception area

旅馆接待处

牛津词典

Wreckage from the plane was scattered over a wide area .

飞机失事残骸散落在一个广阔地域。

牛津词典

mountainous/desert areas

山区;荒漠地域

牛津词典

rural/urban/inner-city areas

农村 / 城市地区;内城区

牛津词典

There is heavy traffic in the downtown area tonight.

今夜闹市区交通繁忙。

牛津词典

She knows the local area very well.

她非常了解这地区的情况。

牛津词典

John is the London area manager.

约翰是伦敦地区经理。

牛津词典

You will notice that your baby has two soft areas on the top of his head.

你会注意到你的宝宝头顶上有两处柔软的地方。

The islands cover a total area of 625.6 square kilometers...

这些岛屿总面积为625.6平方公里。

Although large in area, the flat did not have many rooms.

这套公寓虽然面积很大,但并没有太多房间。

...the politically sensitive area of old age pensions.

有关养老金的政治敏感话题

...the internationalization of the economy and all other areas of society...

社会的经济和其他领域的国际化

Local authorities have been responsible for the running of schools in their areas...

地方当局一直负责管理本地区的学校。

If there is an election in your area, you should go and vote.

如果你所居住的地区进行选举,你应该去参加投票。

...a picnic area.

野餐区

...the main check-in area located in Terminal 1.

位于1号候机厅的主检票区

...the large number of community groups in the area...

该地区大量的社团

60 years ago half the French population still lived in rural areas.

60年前有一半法国人仍然生活在乡村地区。

真题例句

The Cleveland Clinic, a hospital operator, has reorganised its medical staff into teams to focus on particular treatment areas; consultants, nurses and others collaborate closely instead of being separated by speciality and rank.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

Nicaraguan naval authorities had banned sea travel in the area because of bad weather and strong winds, but the tour boat proceeded anyway.

出自-2017年6月听力原文

This boosts the local economy considerably because tourists not only buy crafts, but they also use the restaurants and hotels and other services of the area.

出自-2016年12月听力原文

He has been growing tea in the Kerugoya area for 40 years.

出自-2016年12月听力原文

Likewise, theimpactof this warming will be very different depending on where you are—coastal areas must worry about rising sea levels, while Siberia and northern Canada may become more habitable (宜居的) andappealingfor humans than these areas are now.

出自-2014年6月阅读原文

Vast areas of the United States are off-limits to oil exploration and production in the name of environmental protection.

出自-2014年6月阅读原文

Among them: Density restrictions: licenses to sell alcohol aren't handed out unplanned to all comers but are allotted(分配)based on the number of places in an area that already sell alcohol

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

To prevent possible traffic jams in nearby areas.

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

A great variety of schools have sprung up in urban and suburban areas.

出自-2012年6月阅读原文

But when a grassy area was planted with bushes, the children got much more into fantasy play, and the social hierarchy was now based on imagination and creativity.

出自-2010年12月阅读原文

Most bullying (恃强凌弱) is found in schools where there is a tarmac (柏油碎石) playground; the least bullying is in a natural area that the children are encouraged to explore

出自-2010年12月阅读原文

In wider and more difficult areas of life, there is evidence to indicate that natural surroundings improve all kinds of things.

出自-2010年12月阅读原文

Children who have chances to explore natural areas tend to develop a strong love for science

出自-2010年12月阅读原文

Some areas of inquiry have few prospects of a commercial return, and Lee's is one of them.

出自-2010年12月阅读原文

Early models often failed to withstand crashes, however, so in 1965 the device was completely redesigned and moved to the rear of the plane – the area least subject to impact – from its original position in the landing wells (起落架舱).

出自-2010年6月阅读原文

Well, what I mean is the area is very hilly, mountainous in parts.

出自-2012年6月听力原文

I've heard that at a factory in the area two pregnant women who were working with paint requested a transfer to a safer department, because they wanted to prevent damage to their unborn babies.

出自-2011年6月听力原文

He owns a piece of land in the downtown area.

出自-2010年12月听力原文

And that's the probe Songdo has become a popular Korean city —more popular as a residential area than a business one.

2019年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

Andorra, with an area of some 200 square miles, is considerably larger than Monaco.

2016年12月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

Days after the deadly 2017 wildfires in Santa Rosa, California, a drone (无人机) caught footage (连续镜头) of a USPS worker, Trevor Smith, driving through burned homes in that familiar white van, collecting mail in an affected area.

2019年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

During its flight it reached 3000 feet and performed a series of gentle turns all over a safe area.

2018年6月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section A

Each episode will focus on a different area of science, and tell us what we know, how we know it, and what we still don't know.

2019年12月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section B

I won't be in the area tomorrow, as I have some other deliveries to make on the other side of the town.

2019年6月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section B

If the destruction is extreme, mail addressed to the area will get sent elsewhere.

2019年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

In academic circles, people take aging research as just an interest area where they can try to develop interventions.

2017年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

Indoor pollution, which includes sources like home heating and cooking, has remained constant over the past several decades despite advances in the area.

2018年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section A

It has all the information on local events within the column code area.

2018年12月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section B

Museum's special exhibition area will now be free of charge.

2019年12月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section A

nicaraguan naval authorities had banned sea travel in the area because of bad weather and strong winds, but the tour boat proceeded anyway.

2017年6月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section A

Not only will the sunken plane create the perfect skeleton for artificial reef growth, but authorities hope this new underwater attraction will bring tourists to the area.

2019年6月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section A

Obviously, when driving through a residential area or where there's a school, you've got to have speed policemen.

2016年6月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section B

Police eventually trapped the cow between two vehicles parked on either side of a baseball field's bench area.

2019年12月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section A

Police frequent the area day and night, as two months ago, a young man was shot just down the street.

2019年6月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section C

Such a system could, if necessary, move troops quickly from one area to another.

2018年6月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

The insect-spraying over the weekend left more than 2 million bees dead on the spot in Dorchester County, South Carolina, where four travel-related cases of zika disease have been confirmed in the area.

2018年6月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section A

The International Union for Conservation of Nature had previously considered the area a "possible range" for the species, and local people had reported seeing lions in the area, but no one presented convincing evidence.

2017年12月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section A

The Tunisian military has sent reinforcements and helicopters to the area.

2016年12月四级真题(第二套)听力

When the body realizes the muscles are hurt, the response is to increase blood flow to the area and increase body heat, damaged cells are then cleaned up and the body sends cells specially designed to break down the large muscle fiber fragments.

2019年12月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section C

You have to get across what it is about a particular area that has inspired you.

2016年6月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section C

Teachers in low-income urban and rural areas with no history of participating in math competitions may not know about advanced-math opportunities like MathCounts—and those who do may not have support or feel trained to lead them.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

None of the chain's stores in the Washington metropolitan area are to be closed.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

You will hear more and more about migration between countries and between rural areas and cities.

出自-2017年6月听力原文

We are very proud of our accomplishments under the Greenlist system and we believe that we will prevail in these cases, Christopher Beard, director of public affairs for SC Johnson, said, while acknowledging that this has been an area that is difficult to navigate.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

Unlike developed cities, however, these areas lack advanced water-treatment facilities, and rivers effectively become sewers .

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

The report focused on poor urban areas, where farms in or near cities supply relatively inexpensive food.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

The researchers also acknowledged that there are a few areas where race as a construct might still be useful in scientific research: as a political and social, but not biological, variable.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

That, too, explains the heavy Washington presence at this year's show, as these new technologies intrude upon heavily regulated areas.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

Professor Henderson, could you give us a brief overview of what you do, where you work and your main area of research? I have many Business English students.

出自-2016年12月听力原文

The application of a technology can impact areas beyond itself.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

So what factors, at the community level, do predict if poor children will move up the economic ladder as adults? What explains, for instance, why the Salt Lake City metro area is one of the 100 largest metropolitan areas most likely to lift the fortunes of the poor and the Atlanta metro area is one of the least likely?Harvard economist Raj Chetty has pointed to economic and racial segregation, community density, the size of a community's middle class, the quality of schools, community religiosity, and family structure, which he calls the single strongest correlate of upward mobility.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

It is highly important to expand the metropolitan areas.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

However, a further increase in farming area without impacting unfavourably on what remains of the world's natural ecosystems appears unlikely.

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

A further expansion of farming area will adversely impact on the world's natural ecosystems

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

Globally, knowing more than one language is viewed as an asset and even a necessity in many areas.

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

Newsweek ranked 165 countries, looking at five areas that affect women's lives; treatment under the law, workforce participation, political power, and access to education and health care

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

They say that if Monsanto wins, the impact will extend far beyond agriculture―locking up property rights in an array of important areas.

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

Many cell phones allow users to surf the Web, but only some newer ones are capable of wireless connection to the local area computer network.

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

The changed patterns of winds and rains in the Amazon area

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

They should also be seeking individuals who have backgrounds in areas such as political science, the creative arts, history or philosophy, which will allow them to put business decisions into a wider context.

出自-2011年6月阅读原文

Applicants from less developed regions and areas

出自-2011年6月阅读原文

Tom, one of the things visitor notices about Harrogate is the large area of open park land right down into the middle of the town.

出自-2012年6月听力原文

What does the man say about the area called the Stray

出自-2012年6月听力原文

Specifically she covers crime in the Green Ville area.

出自-2011年6月听力原文

What do we learn about crimes against property in the Green Ville area

出自-2011年6月听力原文

For instance, even though more women than men are still homemakers without paying jobs, women have been taking over more responsibility in the business world, earning higher salaries than ever before and entering fields of work that used to be exclusively male areas.

出自-2011年6月听力原文

There isn't much violent crime in a small town like Green Ville, or at least not as much as in the large urban areas

出自-2011年6月听力原文

Rapes rarely occur in the downtown areas.

出自-2011年6月听力原文

But as it ages, these conditions may change and the area around it may no longer be suitable for its offspring.

2016年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section A

Frida Bengtsson from Greenpeace's Protect the Antarctic campaign said: "If the krill industry wants to show it’s a responsible player, then it should be voluntarily getting out of any area which is being proposed as an ocean sanctuary, and should instead

2019年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

When a tree first starts growing in a certain area, it's likely that the 27 climatic envelope—the temperature, humidity, rainfall patterns and so on—suits it.

2016年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section A

In addition to supplying milk from their own 85-head herd, they began to help other farmers in the area convent from conventional to certified organic and grass-fed in order to enter the Maple Hill supply chain.

2019年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

One was created in the Ross Sea in 2016, another reserve is being proposed in a vast area of the Weddell Sea, and a third sanctuary is under consideration in the area west of the Antarctic Peninsula—a key krill fishing area.

2019年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

Professor Henderson, could you give us a brief overview of what you do, where you work and your main area of research?

2016年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section A

Such courses, Hacker argues, are a remedy for the numerical illiteracy of adults who have completed high-level math like algebra but are unable to calculate the price of, say, a carpet by area.

2018年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

The Cascadia Rising drill gives area residents and emergency responders a chance to practice what to do in case of a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami along one of the nation’s dangerous—and underestimated—faults.

2019年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section C

They can usually be found in the ticket counter area interacting with travelers.

2019年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section B

Through satellite tracking of both the herd and the lions in the area, they will be able to determine if their psychological trickery will work to help keep farmers from shooting lions.

2018年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section A

with so much stuff in space, and a limited area around our planet, the government wants to reduce the chances of a collision.

2019年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

A build-it-yourself solar still is one of the best ways to obtain drinking water in areas where the liquid is not readily available.

2017年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

A friend of mine owns an area of land in western victoria.

2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

A study from California polytechnic university found more hummingbirds in areas with heavy industrial machinery.

2015年高考英语四川卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

According to the Dallas area cultural advocacy coalition, arts agencies employ more than 10, 000 people as full-or part-time employees or independent contractors.

2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 填空题 原文

An area where no driving is permitted.

2017年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读C 选项

And yet, people in this area are in fact French citizens because it has been a colony of the French republic since 1946.

2016年高考英语四川卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

But in some waters, such as those of the Arctic, a warming will make conditions riper for phytoplankton, and these areas will turn greener.

2019年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

But rather I see it as an area of freedom.

2016年高考英语四川卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

By choosing to keep the outside of the home in great shape, you will help to improve the look and feel of the area.

2018年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 七选五 原文

By the 1920s, wolves had practically disappeared from the Yellowstone area.

2017年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

Climate change will fuel the growth of phytoplankton in some areas, while reducing it in other spots, leading to changes in the ocean's appearance.

2019年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Coastal areas will be warmer and can expect a fair amount of sunshine in the morning.

2016年高考英语浙江卷(10月) 听力 原文

Dartmoor has 1, 000 or so ponies, who play a critical role in creating the diversity of species in this area.

2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

Designers have also created informal gathering places, and upgraded employees' access to heavily trafficked areas such as copy and coffee rooms.

2015年高考英语上海卷 选词填空 原文

Gin spent five months in early 2015 exploring the most remote corners of this area, which sits on the edge of the Amazon rainforest, with half its population of only 250, 000 living in its capital, Cayenne.

2016年高考英语四川卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

Gray wolves once were seen here and there in the Yellowstone area and much of the continental united states, but they were gradually displaced by human development.

2017年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

Hannah's place is divided into several areas, providing shelter for people when it is so cold that sleeping outdoors can mean death.

2017年高考英语北京卷 完形填空 原文

Hilversum is a medium-sized city between the major cities of Amsterdam and utrecht in the Gooi area of north Holland, the netherlands.

2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

Hilversum is different from most of the Netherlands in that it is in a hilly area with sandy soil.

2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读C 题设

How will the day start in coastal areas tomorrow?

2016年高考英语浙江卷(10月) 听力 题设

However, by midday, it will become cloudy in most areas, with rain spreading generally from the west.

2016年高考英语浙江卷(10月) 听力 原文

However, once I worked with statewide and local government, I realized that a better fit for me would be public policy, and now I am in the process of changing my area.

2016年高考英语浙江卷(6月) 阅读理解 七选五 原文

I asked around and found out that my mum was very well known in the area.

2016年高考英语上海卷 语法填空 A 原文

I think that living in an area where everyone was just like me would quickly become dull.

2014年高考英语全国卷1 听力 原文

In 2005, when the Bishop Arts Theatre was donated to our town, the location was considered a poor area of town.

2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 填空题 原文

In a further twist, birth rate is highest in poorly educated rural areas and lowest in highly educated urban areas.

2017年高考英语江苏卷 任务型阅读 原文

In history, Hilversum was largely an agricultural area.

2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

In the early afternoon, when he was planning to go home, a fierce snowstorm swept into the area.

2015年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

In theory, they should live by the French law is often ignored or unknown, thus making them into an interesting area of "lawlessness" in the world.

2016年高考英语四川卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

It is thought that they are capitalising on their predators天敌fleeing to quieter areas.

2015年高考英语四川卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Modem methods of/for tracking polar bear populations have been employed only since the mid-1980s, and are expensive to perform consistently over a large area.

2019年高考英语全国卷I 语法填空 原文

Most radio stations settled in the large villas in the leafy areas of the town.

2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

Never allow dogs or other pets to run freely in areas of nesting bird, other wildlife, or where signposted.

2015年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

No area was spared or unaffected, from the foggy northern coast to the Sierra Nevada mountains to the San Gabriels above Los Angeles.

2019年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

Not until recently did they encourage the development of tourist-related activities in the rural areas.

2016年高考英语江苏卷 单项填空 原文

Of course, safety should be considered, and that's one area where small towns are better than big cities.

2014年高考英语全国卷1 听力 原文

Office designers' response to this change has been to move open-plan areas to more desirable locations within the office and crate fewer formal private offices.

2015年高考英语上海卷 选词填空 原文

Our standard course guarantees a significant increase in your confidence in a foreign language, with focused teaching in all 4 skill areas----speaking, listening, reading and writing.

2016年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

Some light showers have been forecast since last month, but all of them have been effective in surrounding areas.

2017年高考英语江苏卷 听力 原文

Tall poles, placed in large training areas, teach the birds to stay clear of electrical lines by giving them a painful but undeadly electric shock.

2016年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

The foods we eat—and when and how we eat them—are often unique to a particular culture or may even differ between rural and urban areas within one country.

2015年高考英语安徽卷 阅读理解 阅读E 原文

The loss of big trees was greatest in areas where trees had suffered the greatest water shortage.

2019年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

The model projects that currently blue areas with little phytoplankton could become even bluer.

2019年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

The proposal attempts to deal with what some call the "death valley" of autonomous vehicles: the grey area between semi-autonomous and fully driverless cars that could delay the driverless future.

2017年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

The purpose of a pony drift is to gather them up so their health can be checked, the baby ones can be stooped from feeding on their mother's milk, and those who've gone beyond their limited area can be returned to their correct area.

2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

The reason why the ponies here are naughty is that Haytor is a tourist-heavy area and tourists are constantly feeding the ponies foods, despite signs asking them not to.

2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

They reflect a concentrated beam of light onto the town's central square, creating an area of sunlight roughly 600 square meters.

2019年高考英语全国卷3 完形填空 原文

This meeting room is a non-smoking area.

2015年高考英语湖北卷 单项选择 原文

This small act will let your neighbors know that you care about the area.

2018年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 七选五 原文

Tomorrow will start off dry and bright in most areas, with temperatures slightly above normal for this time of year.

2016年高考英语浙江卷(10月) 听力 原文

Try to make the hole in a damp area to increase the water catcher's productivity.

2017年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Unlike most of the netherlands, Hilversum is actually in a hilly area with the soil mostly consisting of sand.

2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

Whenever you move to a new area, you should locate the fire alarm pull stations and the two exits nearest your room.

2018年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

Progress in both area is undoubtedly necessary for the social, political and intellectual development of these and all other societies; however, the conventional view that education should be one of the very highest priorities for promoting rapid economic development in poor countries is wrong.

出自-2009年考研阅读原文

The researchers mapped not only the city’s vast and ornate ceremonial areas, but also hundreds of simpler apartment complexes where common people lived.

出自-2014年考研阅读原文

How do archaeologists know where to find what they are looking for when there is nothing visible on the surface of the ground? Typically, they survey and sample large areas of terrain to determine where excavation will yield useful information.

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Aerial surveys locate general areas of interest or larger buried features, such as ancient buildings or fields.

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We do not ruin urban conservation areas.

出自-2016年考研阅读原文

The London agents Stirling Ackroyd recently identified enough sites for half a million houses in the London area alone,with no intrusion on green belt.

出自-2016年考研阅读原文

Yes , there has been a budding economic recovery since the 2008 global crash , but in key indicators in areas such as health and education , major economies have continued to decline.

出自-2017年考研阅读原文

At its best, the European project is remarkably liberal: built around a single market of 27 rich and poor countries, its internal borders are far more open to goods, capital and labour than any comparable trading area.

2011年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

finally, assuming you're lost in an area humans tend to frequent, look for the mark we leave on the landscape.

2019年考研真题(英语一)完形填空 Section Ⅰ

If you've explored the area before, keep an eye out for familiar sights—you may be surprised how quickly identifying a distinctive rock or tree can restore your bearings.

2019年考研真题(英语一)完形填空 Section Ⅰ

Sure enough, firms'investment and R&D intensity were correlated with the happiness of the area in which they were headquartered.

2016年考研真题(英语二)完形填空 Section Ⅰ

The London agents Stirling Ackroyd recently identified enough sites for half a million houses in the London area alone, with no intrusion on green belt.

2016年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

英英释义

Noun
  • 1. a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography);

    "it was a mountainous area"

    "Bible country"

  • 2. a particular environment or walk of life;

    "his social sphere is limited"

    "it was a closed area of employment"

    "he's out of my orbit"

  • 3. a subject of study;

    "it was his area of specialization"

    "areas of interest include..."

  • 4. a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function;

    "the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants"

  • 5. a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve;

    "in the abdominal region"

  • 6. the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary;

    "the area of a rectangle"

    "it was about 500 square feet in area"

同义词辨析

district, region, area, section, zone, belt, quarter, neighbourhood

这些名词均有"地区"之意。

  • district: 多指由政府等机构出于行政管理等目的而明确划分的地区。
  • region: 普通用词,常指地球上、大气中具有自然分界线的区域,特指按照气候、人体或其他特征鲜明、自成一体的地区。
  • area: 普通用词,指整体中较大的,界线不分明的一部分。
  • section: 普通用词,指城市、国家或天然界线形成的地区。
  • zone: 科技用词,指圆形或弧形地带,尤指地图上按温度划分的五个地带。用作一般意义时,也可指具有某种特征的其它地区。
  • belt: 从本义"带,带状物"引申而指任何广阔的长条地带,也可指种植某种作物的地区。
  • quarter: 指城市里具有相同性质或独特风味的地区,比section范围小,但划分更精确。
  • neighbourhood: 指比section的划定更清楚,范围更小。具体指城市中的住宅区,也可指附近一带。