region
n. 地区,行政区域; (首都以外的)各地区; 身体部位
A region is a large area of land that is different from other areas of land, for example because it is one of the different parts of a country with its own customs and characteristics, or because it has a particular geographical feature.
...Barcelona, capital of the autonomous region of Catalonia.
加泰罗尼亚自治区首府巴塞罗那
...a remote mountain region.
边远山区
The regions are the parts of a country that are not the capital city and its surrounding area.
...London and the regions...
伦敦和外省地区
Tax incentives would be used to attract firms to the regions, away from the South-East.
将采取税收优惠政策把公司吸引到东南部以外的各地区。
You can refer to a part of your body as a region.
...the pelvic region.
骨盆区
...the frontal region of the brain.
大脑的额区
You say in the region of to indicate that an amount that you are stating is approximate.
The scheme will cost in the region of six million pounds.
这个计划将耗资大约600万英镑。
1. the extended spatial location of something;
2. a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve;
3. a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth;
4. the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of');
5. a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about;
district, region, area, section, zone, belt, quarter, neighbourhood
这些名词均有"地区"之意。
in the region of
大约,接近
He will go up to the Arctic Region.
他将到北极地区去.
The potential of hydroelectricity of one region varies from that of another.
水电的潜力因地而异.
Burmese troops successfully recaptured the region.
缅甸军队成功地重新占领了这个地区.
Lack of confidence is the biggest barrier to investment in the region.
缺乏信心是在这一地区投资的最大障碍.
Such a hailstorm was a rarity in that region.
这样的冰雹在那个地区可是希罕.