| 词汇 | out-of-town |
| 释义 | out-of-town adjective[ before noun ] uk /ˌaʊt.əvˈtaʊn/ us /ˌaʊt̬.əvˈtaʊn/ in a place outside the main part of a town: （商店或其他服务设施）城外的，市郊的，郊野的 an out-of-town shopping centre市郊购物中心 coming from outside a town or from another town: 来自外地的 an out-of-town visitor/businessman来自外地的访客／商人 Towns & regions: the countryside AONB Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty backcountry countrified countryman countrywoman cross-country greenfield greenfield site hillbilly hinterland land rural rusticate rusticity stick the backwoods upstate wild woodsy out-of-town | Business Englishout-of-town adjective[ before noun ] uk /ˌaʊtəvˈtaʊn/us COMMERCE an out-of-town shopping area or store is outside a town or city, rather than in the centre: out-of-town shopping centres/retail parks/superstores Examples of out-of-townout-of-town Further, the development of out-of-town supermarkets while neighbourhood shops close, especially in the countryside, will complicate shopping for older or frail people. These words, with their reliance on aural puns and exaggeration are often still semantically transparent enough to be understood in conversation by out-of-town couriers. During this outbreak it was noted that out-of-town guests at a wedding reception had a higher attack rate than local guests, presumably because of prior exposure. Not unnaturally, more shoppers choose to avail themselves of free parking in out-of-town centres, being unwilling to pay ever-increasing car parking charges in our towns. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Data are not available on the number of car journeys made to out-of-town supermarkets. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Should we say that high street shops must remain closed, but that the out-of-town shopping centres can remain open? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What sane company would store millions of pounds in £5 notes in a factory on an out-of-town industrial estate? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What sane company would store millions of pounds worth of £5 notes in an out-of-town industrial estate? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No fewer than 7.7 million sq m of out-of-town shopping centres and retail parks were built between 1979 and 1997. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The growth of out-of-town shopping has had an enormous impact on the diets of the poorest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The growth of out-of-town shopping developments over the past 20 years has had a traumatic effect on town centres, villages and corner shops. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That led to some of the worst out-of-town planning, and one or two other bits went wrong. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not talking about a motorway service station or other out-of-town area, but of a room where records can be kept and verified. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Another boom following the recession of the early 1990s brought another surge of out-of-town development. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They then spent the next ten years campaigning against it, and saying how bad out-of-town shopping was for the existing town centres. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of out-of-town These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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