喜樂美語
  1. 1nB2/ˈsʌbɝːb/ · /ˈsʌbɜːb/郊區

    An area outside the centre of a town or city where people live, often with houses and quieter streets.

    示範例句 · Example

    Mei lives in a quiet suburb of Taipei with her family.

    逐字美跟她的家人住在台北的一個安靜郊區。

    「suburb」是「城市中心外面、人住的區域」。a suburb of Taipei 指台北市外圍的某一塊住宅區；the suburbs 常指城市周圍那一整圈外圍住宅區。跟 neighbourhood 比：neighbourhood 是城裡或城外任何一塊住家區域；suburb 特別標出「離市中心較遠、偏外圍」。跟 outskirts 比：outskirts 偏「城市邊緣」；suburb 更常指有房子、有鄰居、適合住的外圍區。核心畫面可以想成「城市中心外面、人住的那一圈」。

    常見搭配

    • a suburb of (a city)

      某城市的郊區

      a residential area that belongs to a named city but is outside its centre

      Amy teaches at a school in a suburb of Atlanta.

    • the suburbs

      郊區（城市外圍住宅區的總稱）

      the areas around the edges of a city where many people live

      My family moved to the suburbs when I was ten.

    • live in the suburbs

      住在郊區

      to have your home in a residential area outside the city centre

      Aisha lives in the suburbs and takes the train to school.

    • move to the suburbs

      搬到郊區

      to leave the city centre and go to live in an outer residential area

      More and more people are moving to the suburbs every year.

    • a leafy / quiet suburb

      綠意／安靜的郊區

      an outer residential area with many trees or calm streets

      They bought a house in a leafy suburb near the park.

    • a wealthy / exclusive suburb

      富裕／高級的郊區

      an outer residential area where richer families often live

      They live in a wealthy suburb on the north side of the city.

    意思相近

    outskirtsneighbourhoodresidential areaborough

    意思相反

    city centredowntowninner city

core核心畫面

Picture the ring around a city centre: the shops and offices thin out, the buildings get lower, there are gardens and schools and parked cars, and the people living there mostly travel into the centre to work. Still part of the city, just not the middle of it.

可以想成：城市中心外面那一圈。商店和辦公大樓變少了，房子變矮了，多了院子、學校和停在路邊的車，住在這裡的人多半每天往市中心通勤上班。它還屬於這座城市，只是不在正中間。台灣人習慣說的「郊區」大致就是這個位置，只是英美的 suburb 更偏向住宅區的感覺，不是鄉下。

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。

同家族的字

複數 suburbs

意思相近

outskirtsneighbourhoodresidential areaborough

意思相反

city centredowntowninner city

原始詞典資料3 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。

suburbnoun/ˈsʌbɝb/

  • 1

    A residential area located on the outskirts of a city or large town that usually includes businesses that cater to its residents; such as schools, grocery stores, shopping centers, restaurants, convenience stores, etc.

    • And the Lord spake vnto Moses in the plaines of Moab by Iordane, neere Iericho, saying, Command the children of Israel, that they giue vnto the Leuites of the inheritance of their possession, cities to dwell in: and yee shall giue also vnto the Leuites suburbs for the cities round about them.
    • These two circumstances, however, happening both unfortunately to intervene, our travellers deviated into a much less frequented track; and after riding full six miles, instead of arriving at the stately spires of Coventry, they found themselves still in a very dirty lane, where they saw no symptoms of approaching the suburbs of a large city.
  • 2

    The outer part; the environment.

    • the suburbs […] of sorrow
    • the suburb of their straw-built citadel
  • 3

    Any subdivision of a conurbation, not necessarily on the periphery.

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。