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单词 surroundings
释义
surroundings
noun[plural]
uk
/səˈraʊn.dɪŋz/us
/səˈraʊn.dɪŋz/
B2
theplacewhere someone or something is and the things that are in it:
周围环境，周围事物
Somebutterfliesblendin withtheirsurroundings so that it'sdifficulttoseethem.有些蝴蝶能和周围的环境融为一体，所以很难看见它们。
B2
theplacewhere someonelivesand theconditionstheylivein:
生活环境，生活条件
Theylivein verycomfortable/pleasant/drab/bleaksurroundings.他们生活的环境很舒适／惬意／单调／荒凉。
More examples
  • Thebrickworkwillmellowover theyearsso that itblendswith the surroundings.
  • Absorbed in herwork, she wastotallyobliviousof her surroundings.
  • A goodarchitecttakesintoaccountthe building's surroundings.
  • She used themaptodiscoverwhere she was inrelationto her surroundings.
  • She wasstruckby thestrangenessof her surroundings.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Towns & regions: environments & localities
  • arrondissement
  • backyard
  • belt
  • demesne
  • exclave
  • hardscape
  • inyourbackyardidiom
  • locale
  • locality
  • manor
  • neck
  • neighbourhood
  • non-local
  • non-metro
  • non-metropolitan
  • quarter
  • shtetl
  • this, our, etc.neck of the woodsidiom
  • turf
  • vicinity
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(Definition ofsurroundingsfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

surroundings| American Dictionary

surroundings
plural noun
us
/səˈrɑʊn·dɪŋz/
theplacewhere youliveand theconditionsin which youlive:
Everyonewantssafe,comfortablesurroundings.
(Definition ofsurroundingsfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsurroundings

surroundings
Infrared sensors are used to build a description of the robot'ssurroundings.
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The precise point at which coloratura assumes this new meaning depends, however, on the historical and musicalsurroundingsin which the passage is heard.
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Because the latter phenomenon is so closely tied to environmental attributes, the physicalsurroundingsof germinating seeds will be discussed first.
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Since communication interfaces are local and ambients may migrate, ambients must be able to increase their local knowledge of theirsurroundings.
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The extravagant costume evidently fit more conveniently into their exotic notions of theirsurroundings.
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We have long recognized the value of domiciliary consultations as a means of seeing people in their naturalsurroundings.
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Agitated and confused patients may misinterpret theirsurroundingsand try to escape from perceived threat.
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Patients have difficulty negotiating the environment, become lost in theirsurroundings, and spatially disoriented even within their own home.
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Western garb, his coat draped over his arm, and relaxed on his walking cane, the subject is clearly confident in hissurroundings.
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They depend on the resources of actors in theirsurroundingsfor political support, information, expertise or implementation of policies.
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Indeed, we are forced to describe molecular processes in such terms as long as we cannot treat all the quantum states of thesurroundingsexplicitly.
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The first one included the foyer, the cavea, itssurroundings, and the exhibition area, and focused on electroacoustic pieces by various authors.
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Hersurroundingsare utterly symmetrical, in a quasi-classicizing fashion.
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In looking at itssurroundings, the developed working class they encountered consisted mainly of white immigrants.
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In this section, we will derive the distribution of photons in an electromagnetic field in thermal equilibrium with itssurroundings.
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Collocationswithsurroundings

surroundings

These are words often used in combination withsurroundings.

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comfortable surroundings
The home was opened about five years ago and thirty-six people are housed there in warm,comfortablesurroundingswith everything catered for.
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familiar surroundings
Under these circumstances, infants are put down, but in thefamiliarsurroundingsof a home base, not in random points in the bush.
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immediate surroundings
In what are people to participate in fashioning their ownimmediatesurroundingswithin a conceived overall framework?
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