- (British English)
a commercial area in a town where cars cannot go 步行商業區 a pedestrian/shopping precinct 步行區；購物區
Extra ExamplesTopics Shoppingc2I rented a shop in a local precinct. 我在當地租了一家商店。 the £1.3-million redevelopment of the shopping precinct 花費 130 萬英鎊重建的購物區 the town's main pedestrian precinct 該鎮的主要步行區
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- shopping
- pedestrian
- town-centre
- …
- (North American English)
one of the parts into which a town or city is divided in order to organize elections 選區 voters in key precincts 關鍵選區的選民
Extra ExamplesCampaigners walked door-to-door in targeted precincts. 競選者們在目標選區進行了挨門挨戶的走訪。 Did you walk your precinct on the day of the vote? 選舉日那天你在你的選區巡查過了嗎？ Republicans have targeted precincts throughout the country. 共和黨人在全國各地都選定了目標選區。 The precinct returns show that the support received by both men was remarkable. 選區的統計顯示，兩人都得到了顯着的支持。 We're literally organizing leadership down to the precinct level. 實際上我們把指導工作都組織到了選區。 You can register to vote in your precinct by showing proof of residence. 你只要出示居住證明就可以在你的選區登記投票。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- key
- targeted
- Democratic
- …
- walk
- target
- caucus
- captain
- chairman
- …
- in precinct
- the precinct level
- (North American English)
a part of a city that has its own police station; the police station in this area 警區；分區警察局；派出所 Detective Hennessy of the 44th precinct 第 44 警區的亨尼西警探 The murder occurred just a block from the precinct. 謀殺案就發生在和警察分局相隔一個街區的地方。
Extra ExamplesHe was handcuffed and taken down to the police precinct. 他被戴上手铐，帶到了轄區警察局。 He wrote yesterday from a police precinct house in New Orleans. 他昨天在新奧爾良警察分局的房子裏寫的。 I went down to my local precinct to make a report. 我去當地的警察分局作了報告。 The former Queens precinct commander has slashed crime. 前王後區警方指揮官抨擊了犯罪。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- police
- 17th
- 102nd
- …
- house
- commander
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the area around a place or a building, sometimes surrounded by a wall （建築物等的）外圍，圍牆内區域 the cathedral/college precincts 大教堂／學院周圍 within the precincts of the castle 在城堡的圍牆内
Extra ExamplesAll this took place within the precincts of Westminster Abbey. 所有這一切都發生在威斯敏斯特教堂的範圍内。 He took up residence in chambers within the precinct of a monastery. 他在一個修道院院落内的寝室裏住了下來。 It was forbidden to enter the temple precincts. 禁止進入寺廟院落。 The event was held in the precincts of the parish church. 該行動是在教區教堂周圍舉行的。 The school uses many of the splendid medieval buildings in the cathedral precincts. 那所學校佔用了大教堂周圍許多壯觀的中世紀建築。 They had wandered beyond the precincts of the camp. 他們已經超出了營地的範圍。 the sacred precinct of Apollo 阿波羅的聖地
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- sacred
- inner
- outer
- …
- enter
- in precinct
- within precinct
Word Originlate Middle English (denoting an administrative district): from medieval Latin praecinctum, neuter past participle (used as a noun) of praecingere ‘encircle’, from prae ‘before’ + cingere ‘gird’.