喜樂美語
  1. 1nB2/səˈraʊndɪŋz/周遭環境

    the things that are around a person or a thing in a place at a particular time, such as buildings, furniture, trees, or hills.

    示範例句 · Example

    It took Mei a few weeks to get used to her new surroundings after her family moved to a different town.

    逐字這花了美幾個星期去習慣她的新周遭環境，在她的家人搬到另一個城鎮之後。

    surroundings 指的是「此時此刻圍在你身邊、看得到的那些東西」——房子、家具、樹、山、街上的招牌都算，都是你環顧四周就能指出來的。它可以想成「圍在你四周的那一圈東西」，就像從動詞 surround（圍繞）長出來的名詞；圍著你的東西本來就不只一樣，所以這個字永遠是複數，一定帶 -s，也沒有 a surrounding 這種說法。跟 environment 容易搞混——environment 範圍更大也更抽象，包含空氣、水、氣候，或一個地方整體的氛圍；surroundings 是你當下看得到、指得出來的具體東西。

    常見搭配

    • familiar surroundings

      熟悉的環境

      a place where you know everything around you

      After two weeks away, it felt good to be back in familiar surroundings.

    • get used to your new surroundings

      習慣新環境

      to slowly stop feeling that everything around you is new

      The puppy needed a few days to get used to its new surroundings.

    • beautiful surroundings

      美麗的環境

      very pleasant things and views around a place

      The school is small, but it sits in beautiful surroundings.

    • natural surroundings

      自然環境

      the trees, water, and land that are around a living thing in the wild

      At the wildlife park you can watch the animals in their natural surroundings.

    • comfortable surroundings

      舒適的環境

      things around you that make you feel relaxed

      Guests can sit and read in the comfortable surroundings of the hotel lobby.

    • elegant surroundings

      典雅的環境

      beautiful and expensive-looking things around you

      You can have afternoon tea there in elegant surroundings.

    • blend into your surroundings

      融入四周、不易被發現

      to look so much like the things around you that people do not notice you

      The little brown bird blends into its surroundings so well that we walked straight past it.

    意思相近

    environmentsettingsurrounding areabackdrop

core核心畫面

Picture yourself standing still and turning slowly all the way round — everything your eyes pass over is your surroundings: the buildings, the furniture, the trees, the hills. Not one place, but the whole ring of things around you.

可以想成你站著不動，慢慢轉一圈——眼睛掃過的每一樣東西就是你的 surroundings：建築、家具、樹、山。它指的不是某一個地點，而是圍在你四周的那一整圈東西。因為總是一整圈，所以這個字習慣用複數。

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。

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意思相近

environmentsettingsurrounding areabackdrop

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。

surroundingsnoun/səˈɹaʊndɪŋz/

  • 1

    The area surrounding someone or something, together with the objects and circumstances in the vicinity; the environment or ambiance.

    • His tall, gaunt, stringy figure is insensible to fatigue, and his dry, half-sarcastic, and often wholly unsympathetic manner is uninfluenced by any change in his surroundings.
    • We like the way they live, in their penthouselike surroundings filled with fake ferns and goldfish.
  • 2

    natural-sciencesphysical-sciencesphysicsAll parts of the universe that are not within the thermodynamic system of interest.

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