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pre·cinct AHD[prēʹsĭngkt'] D.J.[ˈpriːˌsɪŋkt]K.K.[ˈpriˌsɪŋkt]n.（名词）- A subdivision or district of a city or town under the jurisdiction of or patrolled by a specific unit of its police force.管辖区：城市或城镇的分区或地区，由警察机构的特定单位对其进行管辖或巡逻
- The police station situated in and having jurisdiction over such a district.警察分局：位于管区内并对其行使管辖权的警察局
- An election district of a city or town.选区：城市或城镇的选区
- Often precincts 常作 precincts
- A place or an enclosure marked off by definite limits, such as walls:围地：由明显界限，如墙划出的地方或围占地：the mysterious precincts of the old monastery.老修道院的神秘围地
- A boundary:范围：Hunting is not allowed within the precincts of the estate.在这片领地范围内不准打猎
- precincts The neighborhood or surrounding area; the environs. precincts 附近：相邻或周围地区；附近地区
- precincts An area of thought or action; a province or domain: precincts 境界领域：思想或行为的领域；范围或领域："It was in these spacious precincts that Dryden's imagination was most at home"(Mark Van Doren)“只有在这些特殊领域内，德莱登才可以最为自由地想象”(马克·万·多雷恩)
- Middle English precincte [a defined district or area] 中古英语 precincte [划定的地区或区域]
- from Medieval Latin praecinctum 源自 中世纪拉丁语 praecinctum
- from Latin [neuter past participle of] praecingere [to encircle] 源自 拉丁语 praecingere的中性过去分词 [环绕]
- prae- [pre-] prae- [前缀，表“先于…”]
- cingere [to gird] * see kenk- cingere [围绕] * 参见 kenk-
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