| 词汇 | environs |
| 释义 | environs noun[ plural ] formaluk /ɪnˈvaɪ.rənz/ us /ɪnˈvaɪ.rənz/ the area surrounding a place, especially a town（尤指城镇）附近的地方，周边地区 Towns & regions: environments & localities arrondissement backyard belt census tract conservation area demesne locale locality localize localized locally Milton Keynes neck neighbourhood non-local non-metro quarter this, our, etc. neck of the woodsidiom turf vicinity The town, and its green environs, shortly receded, the distant hills faded in the horizon, and the emerald isles lay, like specks, on the bosom of the ocean. The young rogue was taking a walk, exploring the environs, his fair scanty locks blowing in the breeze, his eyes blinking as they beheld the immensity of Paris. There were now and then most gleeful excursions in the environs of Paris, when she and Hugh found in earth and air a world of delights more than they could tell anybody but each other. This extends for some three or four miles, and is skirted by charming villages, which render the environs of Bristol so far-famed for beauty. We reached the environs of Cincinnati about ten o'clock at night, and were not clear of them until after daybreak. environs | American Dictionaryenvirons plural noun us/ɪnˈvɑɪ·rənz, -ˈvɑɪ·ərnz/ the area surrounding a place, esp. a town Examples of environsenvirons Detailed anatomical examination of the oval fossa and its environs relative to placement of the device is obviously of great practical importance. The plan which bore his name would come to have a powerful influence on the city and its environs. Minimizing any such "laboratory-fatigue" confound constitutes further argument for longitudinal awakenings to be performed in the more comfortable environs of the home. This chapter provides a valuable summary for researchers unfamiliar with the polar environs. When those people became sedentary, the environs of their early villages soon became severely contaminated by faeces of dogs, and cases of cystic echinococcosis occurred. But many of the couples who left the survey area did not settle in its immediate environs. How did the organism protect itself in its environs? It is a sonic footprint of the outdoors and indoors, the mesmerising or intruding voice of the immediate environs of human activity. The rulers however did not live here permanently but in seasonal palaces in the environs of the city. By 1991 clashes between rival youth gangs frequently took place in the environs of the school. Regional trade united the city to its rural environs, increasing demand for domestic manufacturers and paper money, and enlivening colonial discussions of the potential for commercial autonomy and self-regulation. A very large number of settlement refugees are involved in day wage labour, and this takes most of them out into the environs of the settlement on a regular basis. By most accounts these draftees and volunteers were quite anxious to escape the rotting remains of former battlefronts and to return to the coveted comfort of their familial environs. The underlying assumption was that a harmful act done against the physical environs is not punishable in and of itself; rather, the criminality lies in the deaths of villagers. They have little experience of any place other than the village and its environs, and so their usage does not seem to correlate with extensive travel. 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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