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单词 suburb
释义
suburb
noun
uk
/ˈsʌb.ɜːb/us
/ˈsʌb.ɝːb/
B2[C]
anareaon theedgeof alargetownorcitywherepeoplewhoworkin thetownorcityoftenlive:
城郊；近郊住宅区
BoxHillis a suburb of Melbourne.博士山属于墨尔本的近郊住宅区。
Wedrovefrommiddle-classsuburbs to a verypoorinner-cityarea.我们从中产阶级的近郊住宅区驱车前往市中心的贫民区。
the suburbs[plural]
theouterareaof atown,ratherthan theshoppingandbusinesscentrein themiddle:
郊区，城外
Thecompanydecidedtorelocateto the suburbs because therentwas muchcheaper.公司决定搬到城郊去，因为那里的租金便宜得多。
More examples
  • aleafysuburb
  • amiddle-classsuburb of New York
  • It's a suburb of Manchester really - I wouldn'tcallit Manchesterproper.
  • Welivein a suburb of London.
  • Igrewup in a verymiddle-classsuburb of Birmingham.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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(Definition ofsuburbfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

suburb| American Dictionary

suburb
noun[C]
us
/ˈsʌb·ɜrb/
anareaoutsideacitybut near it and consistingmainlyofhomes, sometimes also havingstoresandsmallbusinesses:
[pl]Most of thepeoplewholivein the suburbsworkin thecity.

suburban

adjectiveus
/səˈbɜr·bən/
Hegrewup in awealthysuburbancommunitynear Chicago.
(Definition ofsuburbfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

suburb| Business English

suburb
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsʌbɜːb/us
anareaon theedgeof alargetownorcitywherepeoplewhoworkin thetownorcityoftenlive:
Thepublishingcompanyrelocatedout ofcentralLondon tothe suburbs.
Sheopeneda newlocationin the Dallas suburb of Richardson.
(Definition ofsuburbfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsuburb

suburb
Studies of suburbs and cities must combine the mutual interaction of socio-cultural formations and the built form.
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All participants attended preschool programmes in the suburbs of a major metropolitan area.
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All of us believe that restrictive covenants were a critical element in the social composition and design of the suburbs.
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During the 1930s a powerful stimulus to the rise of post-war corporate suburbs was initiated.
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A new building type was coming to the suburbs.
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There seem to have been at least four bakehouses within the town walls, and two more in the northern suburbs.
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Attitudes to the suburbs were expressed in discussions related to piped water supply and sewerage, especially the extension of water.
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Nevertheless, the city's population continued to increase and new suburbs developed outside the original town walls.
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The city pursued parallel programmes of building high-rise flats both in the central areas on slum cleared land and in its suburbs on greenfield sites.
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Despite having removed to the suburbs, nonconformists continued to worship in city centre chapels.
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Immigrants living on these streets moved to the newly built suburbs or elsewhere in town.
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Owning a car made it possible to live in the suburbs and drive to work.
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As for samples collected in the city centre, those from western suburbs in residential districts remain differentiated whatever the period examined.
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Most inhabitants of the new suburbs, however, were not foreign-born.
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The monolingual children were attending childcare programs in middle-class suburbs of a large city.
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Collocationswithsuburb

suburb

These are words often used in combination withsuburb.

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affluent suburb
Environmental disaster makes no distinction, for example, between the sink estate and theaffluentsuburb.
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eastern suburbs
These sub-loops allowed more direct journeys to the city centre from the eastern suburbs giving the overall scheme greater viability.
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Wikipedia
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industrial suburb
Rocklea is a mostlyindustrialsuburb, being the home to many large firms from a range industries.
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