n.鄰近;鄰里關系
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。當以其單數(shù)形式作主語時,如強調(diào)一個整體,謂語動詞用單數(shù)形式,如強調(diào)其成員,謂語動詞用復數(shù)形式。
neighbourhood是英式拼法,美式拼法為neighborhood。