region
n. 地區,行政區域; (首都以外的)各地區; 身體部位
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.
加泰羅尼亞自治區首府巴塞羅那
...a remote mountain region.
邊遠山區
The regions are the parts of a country that are not the capital city and its surrounding area.
...London and the regions...
倫敦和外省地區
Tax incentives would be used to attract firms to the regions, away from the South-East.
將採取稅收優惠政策把公司吸引到東南部以外的各地區。
You can refer to a part of your body as a region.
...the pelvic region.
骨盆區
...the frontal region of the brain.
大腦的額區
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.
這個計劃將耗資大約600萬英鎊。
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
這些名詞均有"地區"之意。
in the region of
大約,接近
He will go up to the Arctic Region.
他將到北極地區去.
The potential of hydroelectricity of one region varies from that of another.
水電的潛力因地而異.
Burmese troops successfully recaptured the region.
緬甸軍隊成功地重新佔領了這個地區.
Lack of confidence is the biggest barrier to investment in the region.
缺乏信心是在這一地區投資的最大障礙.
Such a hailstorm was a rarity in that region.
這樣的冰雹在那個地區可是希罕.