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neigh.bour.hood Br and AusAm and Aus neigh.bor.hood H5neI7bE7hJd, $-bL-n [C]A neighbourhood is the area of a town that surrounds someone's home, or the people who live in this area.邻近地区，附近; 四邻，街坊This part of the town is quite poor. The wealthy neighbourhood is near the river.小城的这部分很穷，富裕的邻区靠近河边。She's well-known in the neighbourhood for her charity work.她在街坊中以慈善工作闻名。I wouldn't like to live in the neighbourhood of (= in the area around) an airport.我不喜欢住在飞机场附近。(fig.) We're hoping to get something in the neighbourhood of (= approximately) ￡70 000 for our house.我们希望我们的房子能卖大约7万英镑的钱。Neighbourhood watch is a way of reducing crime by organizing the people who live in an area to watch each other's property and tell the police about possible criminals.（为防止犯罪行为的）邻居互相照应，居民联防Burglaries in our area have fallen by 50% since the neighbourhood watch scheme was introduced.自从实施居民联防计划以来，我们地区的盗窃下降了50% 。
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