喜樂美語
  1. 1rA2/ˌdaʊnˈtaʊn/到市中心 / 在市區

    To or in the main business area or center of a town or city.

    示範例句 · Example

    I have to go downtown later to buy some books.

    逐字我等一下必須去市中心買一些書。

    downtown（美式）當副詞是「往市中心」或「在市中心」，也就是商店、公司、劇院集中的那一區。英式英語同樣的意思常說 in town、into town 或 the city centre。最常見的說法是 go downtown（去市中心）。

    常見搭配

    • go downtown

      去市中心

      to travel to the city center

      We often go downtown on weekends.

    • work downtown

      在市中心工作

      to have a job in the city center

      Both my parents work downtown.

    • live downtown

      住在市中心

      to live in the city center

      They live downtown, so they walk everywhere.

    意思相近

    in towncity centretown centre

    意思相反

    uptownsuburbsoutskirts

core核心畫面

Picture the part of a city where the tall office buildings, the big shops and the main stations are — and picture yourself heading there. The word carries both the place and the going: go downtown, work downtown. It is mainly American; in Britain the same idea is usually 'in town' or 'the city centre'.

可以想成：城市裡辦公大樓、大百貨和主要車站集中的那一區，而且畫面裡通常還有「你正往那邊去」的意思。這個字同時裝著地點和方向：go downtown（進市區）、work downtown（在市區上班）。它主要是美式用法，英國人講同一件事多半說 in town 或 the city centre。

容易混在一起的字在訂閱裡。容易混在一起的字需要訂閱帳號。

意思相近

in towncity centretown centre

意思相反

uptownsuburbsoutskirts

原始詞典資料6 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

downtownadj/ˈdaʊ̯nˌtaʊ̯n/

  • 1

    Of, relating to, or situated in the central business district.

    • John walked every day to his downtown job.
    • “Human flesh got stuck to me,” he recalls now, as we sit in the ambulance control centre in downtown Karachi.

downtownadv/ˈdaʊ̯nˌtaʊ̯n/

  • 1

    In or towards the central business district.

    • You need to go downtown four blocks.
    • A storekeeper downtown was shot dead last evening.
  • 2

    ball-gamesbasketballgamesOutside the three-point line, or generally far from the basket.

    • That shot came from way downtown!

downtownnoun/ˈdaʊ̯nˌtaʊ̯n/

  • 1

    The main business part of a city or town, usually located at or near its center.

  • 2

    slangThe human genitalia.

  • 3

    slangHeroin.

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。