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vicinity

noun
🔊/vəˈsɪnəti/
🔊/vəˈsɪnəti/
usually the vicinity
[usually singular]
(plural vicinities)
(rather formal)
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  1. the area around a particular place周围地区；邻近地区；附近
    • in the vicinity (of something) Crowds gathered in the vicinity of Trafalgar Square.成群结队的人聚集在特拉法尔加广场周围。🔊🔊
    • There is no hospital in the immediate vicinity.附近没有医院。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • The police suggested that he leave the vicinity of the property.警方建议他离开这房子的附近地区。
    • He usually objected strongly to anyone smoking in his vicinity (= near him).他通常强烈反对有人在他周围抽烟。
    Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘proximity’): from Latin vicinitas, from vicinus ‘neighbour’.