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单词 catchment area
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catchment area
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkætʃ.mənt ˌeə.ri.ə/us
/ˈkætʃ.mənt ˌer.i.ə/
(alsocatchment)
geographyspecialized
theareaoflandfrom whichwaterflowsinto ariver,lake, orreservoir:
There has been a lot ofrecentrainfallin the catchmentareaof theriver.
Deforestation in the lake's catchmentareasisendangeringthelake.
thelargeareaofnativeforestin the Georges River catchment
mainlyUK
theareaservedby aschool:
（学校的）招生地区；（医院的）服务地区，管片区域
Theywanttheirsonto go to St Mary's, but they're notin thecatchmentarea.他们想让儿子上圣玛丽学校，但是他们的家不在学校的招生地区内。
Theschoolhas a verysmallcatchmentareaof only about amileradius.
Catchments forlocalprimaryschoolsarefairlysmall.
theareaservedby ahospitalormedicalcentre:
If there's atreatmentcentreyou'drathergo to, don't be put off if you're told you're notin thecatchmentarea.
With somehospitalshaving a catchmentareaof more than one millionpatientsthis will be anexpensivesystem.
Patients wererandomlyselectedfrom ahospitalcatchmentpopulationof 250,000persons.
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  • The DartValleyis the catchmentareaof theriverfrom Dartmoor down to thesea.
  • They couldrunapipelinefrom theuppercatchmentareasof theriver.
  • Thisbeautifulreservoiranditscatchmentareaofheathermoorlandandconiferforestaremanagedby the Trust.
  • Being in the catchmentareafor a goodschoolcouldaddvaluetoyourhouse.
  • Theauthoritiesweretryingtofindout ifpeopleliedabout what catchmentareatheylivedin.
  • Iwantedtomovethechildrenout of this catchmentarea.
  • Theareais not within the catchmentareaof the doctor’spresentpractice.
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(Definition ofcatchment areafrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
catchment area
noun[C]
UK
uk
/ˈkætʃ.mənt ˌeə.ri.ə/us
/ˈkætʃ.mənt ˌer.i.ə/
theareaservedby aschool
（学校的）招生地区；（医院的）服务地区，管片区域
Theywanttheirsonto go to St Mary's, but they're notin thecatchmentarea.他们想让儿子上圣玛丽学校，但是他们的家不在学校的招生地区内。

catchment area| Business English

catchment area
noun[C]
uk
us
(alsocatchment)
theareaaround abusiness,school, etc. thatitscustomers,students, etc. come from:
Somehospitalshave a catchmentareaof more than one millionpatients.
catchment area for sthThesolutionfor manyfamiliesis tomoveto the catchmentareafor a goodstateprimaryschool.
(Definition ofcatchment areafrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcatchment area

catchment area
Most, if not all, of the centers provide outreach clinic services at smaller cities in distant parts of theircatchmentarea, for assessment and follow-up.
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This programme is part of the only acute care teaching general hospital facility for thiscatchmentareawith no competing private or public facility.
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They know the school'scatchmentareaand hence can make benchmark comparisons with outcomes from similar areas.
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An irregularcatchmentarea, based on actual travel times, could only be reconstructed by actively walking away from a site in different directions.
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The hospital maintains an annual census of all households in itscatchmentarea.
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The rest of the hospitalcatchmentareais less well-defined and overlaps a little with areas served by other hospitals.
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Thecatchmentareawas wide, based on religious denomination rather than solely geographical considerations.
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We identified all known cases of psychotic disorder within a definedcatchmentareabased on an exhaustive survey of available medical records.
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Thecatchmentareamust be clearly defined, with minimal movement of the population into and out of the region under study.
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Therefore, continuous weeding is required both in thecatchmentareaand in the infiltration pit.
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The county loosely defines the hospitals' role according to thecatchmentareait serves.
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The hospital serves a large municipal and suburbancatchmentareawith a non-selective admission policy.
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Hospitals have a societal duty to provide emergency care to patients in theircatchmentarea.
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This may have over-stated the extent of growth in the hospital'scatchmentarea.
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Unrelated healthy controls were sampled from the general population, using a mailing procedure to randomly selected households in the localcatchmentarea.
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