n.鄰近；鄰里關(guān)系

Our neighbourhood police are very friendly. 我們鄰近的警察非常友善。

The whole neighbourhood was reduced to ashes. 整個(gè)鄰近一帶被化為灰燼。

neighbourhood是可數(shù)集合名詞,意思是“鄰近地區(qū),近鄰,四鄰,街坊”等。當(dāng)以其單數(shù)形式作主語(yǔ)時(shí),如強(qiáng)調(diào)一個(gè)整體,謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞用單數(shù)形式,如強(qiáng)調(diào)其成員,謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞用復(fù)數(shù)形式。

neighbourhood是英式拼法，美式拼法為neighborhood。