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单词 housing estate
释义
housing estate
noun[C]
UK
uk
/ˈhaʊ.zɪŋ ɪˌsteɪt/us
/ˈhaʊ.zɪŋ ɪˌsteɪt/
(UShousing development);(USalsosubdivision)
anareacontainingalargenumberofhousesorapartmentsbuiltclosetogether at the sametime:
（统建的）住宅区，住宅群
Theyliveon/inahousingestate.他们住在一个住宅区里。
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(Definition ofhousing estatefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

housing estate| Business English

housing estate
noun[C]
PROPERTY,GOVERNMENTUK
uk
us
agroupofhousesbuilttogether in aplannedway, sometimes by thelocalgovernmentof anareainordertoprovidehousesforpeopletorentorbuyat alowcost:
The Prime Ministervisiteda Londonhousingestatetopublicizethe police's newpowerstotackleanti-socialbehaviour.
(Definition ofhousing estatefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofhousing estate

housing estate
Behind the cellar, the communal pipework is easily accessible through a corridor which runs along the whole length of thehousingestate.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Correlation of mortality risks can also occur at an areal level, for example, at village orhousingestatelevel.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Two notable ' super-spreading ' events were reported, one inside a teaching hospital and the other in a privatehousingestate.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Two soil samples were taken from eachhousingestate, one from the front garden and one from the backyard.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Eighty-three women (76 per cent) were selected from a publichousingestateand 26 from an adjoining private estate (24 per cent).
From theCambridge English Corpus
Even here, the team noted that the main office block was purposely burnt down and thehousingestatelooted and damaged.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The school also draws from a more deprived area of the town, particularly from ahousingestate.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The different views from four houses on ahousingestate.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Rather than building a 'housingestate', developers are being asked to create the conditions for a sustainable community, made up of the new and the old.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Fortunately, such a system failed to be implemented on this particularhousingestatealthough, worryingly, the designers are still continuing to search for a social application of their new technology.
From theCambridge English Corpus
With the advent of the largehousingestatenearby, it was completely inadequate and had to be extended.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
There is a very strong case for bringing the whole of thishousingestatewithin one local authority area.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
However, this parade took place on a newhousingestatealong a hammerhead cul-de-sac 150 yd long.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The local authority then decided to develop ahousingestateon a position embodying the farm.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
One of the essential features of a new town is that it is not merely anotherhousingestate.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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