region

英 ['riːdʒ(ə)n] 美['ridʒən]
  • n. 地区;范围;部位

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词态变化


复数: regions;

中文词源


region 地方,区域

来自拉丁语 regere,统治,管理,词源同 regulate.即管理区域。

英英释意


1. the extended spatial location of something;
"the farming regions of France"
"religions in all parts of the world"
"regions of outer space"
2. a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve;
"in the abdominal region"
3. a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth;
"penguins inhabit the polar regions"
4. the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of');
"it was going to take in the region of two or three months to finish the job"
"the price is in the neighborhood of $100"
5. a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about;
"it was a limited domain of discourse"
"here we enter the region of opinion"
"the realm of the occult"

英文词源


region (n.)
c. 1300, "tract of land of a considerable but indefinite extent," from Anglo-French regioun, Old French region "land, region, province" (12c.), from Latin regionem (nominative regio) "a district, portion of a country, territory, district; a direction, line; boundary line, limit," noun of state from past participle stem of regere "to direct, rule" (see regal). Phrase in the region of "about" (of numbers, etc.) is recorded from 1961.

同义词辨析


district, region, area, section, zone, belt, quarter, neighbourhood

这些名词均有"地区"之意。

district: 多指由政府等机构出于行政管理等目的而明确划分的地区。

region: 普通用词,常指地球上、大气中具有自然分界线的区域,特指按照气候、人体或其他特征鲜明、自成一体的地区。

area: 普通用词,指整体中较大的,界线不分明的一部分。

section: 普通用词,指城市、国家或天然界线形成的地区。

zone: 科技用词,指圆形或弧形地带,尤指地图上按温度划分的五个地带。用作一般意义时,也可指具有某种特征的其它地区。

belt: 从本义"带,带状物"引申而指任何广阔的长条地带,也可指种植某种作物的地区。

quarter: 指城市里具有相同性质或独特风味的地区,比section范围小,但划分更精确。

neighbourhood: 指比section的划定更清楚,范围更小。具体指城市中的住宅区,也可指附近一带。

考试真题


The  Scottish Environment Protection Agency has issued more than 35 flood warnings  covering several regions, as Scotland continues to clean up after Storm Frankhit the country last Wednesday.

出自-2016年12月听力原文

a political scientist at the University of Colorado, Boulder, who studies disaster trends, said the Forum's report was "a methodological embarrassment" because there was no way to distinguish deaths or economic losses related to human-driven global warming amid the much larger losses resulting from the growth in populations and economic development in vulnerable (易受伤害的) regions.

出自-2011年6月阅读原文

Annan stressed the need for the negotiations to focus on increasing the flow of money from rich to poor regions to help reduce their vulnerability to climate hazards while still curbing the emissions of the heat-trapping gases

出自-2011年6月阅读原文

How rich and poor regions can share responsibility in curbing global warming.

出自-2011年6月阅读原文

How rich countries can better help poor regions reduce climate hazards

出自-2011年6月阅读原文

Well, the main activities in the region were historically steel and paper processing, I think.

出自-2012年6月听力原文

But it's no longer what it once was in the region

出自-2012年6月听力原文

Now, to get back to what I was saying, there's a lot of unemployment as well as geographical problems in the region.

出自-2012年6月听力原文

So I was about to say something about the work force in the region and the level of training and education

出自-2012年6月听力原文

What does the woman say about the steel-related manufacturing in the region?

出自-2012年6月听力原文

Barley was an unexpected find: the crop was domesticated in Western Eurasia and didn't become a staple food in central China until about 2,000 years ago, according to the researchers.Based on that timing, they indicate barley may have 34 arrived in the re

2017年6月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section A

Continuous fighting in the region has made surveys difficult.

2017年12月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section A

Storms and floods in its main potato growing region last year caused the worst harvest in more than 3 decades.

2018年12月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section A

The letter was written by Darwin to thank an American geologist, Dr.Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden, for sending him copies of his research into the geology of the region that would become Yellowstone National Park.

2018年6月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

There are lots of different dishes to try and every region has its own special food.

2018年12月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section B

The recent discovery of the giant Zohr gas field off the Egyptian coast will eventually have impact on pricing in the Mediterranean region and Europe, and there is significant development potential in many other places, notably Argentina.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

In poor, dry regions, untreated wastewater is the only viable irrigation source to keep farmers in business.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

If there was a greater coordination of technology transfer offices within regions and a simultaneous investment in the scale and functions of our graduate schools, universities could, and should, play a key role in positioning the UK for the next growth cycle.

出自-2011年12月阅读原文

Applicants from less developed regions and areas.

出自-2011年6月阅读原文

India, China, Japan, and other regions seem to be seizing technological leadership.

出自-2010年12月阅读原文

Every year in the late summer, monarch begin their migration to the south, those heading for Mexico go first for the Louisiana Mississippi region.

出自-2014年6月听力原文

Skilled workforce in the hilly region

出自-2014年6月听力原文

The whole Antarctic region will be submerged.

出自-2010年12月听力原文

The West Antarctic region was once an open ocean

出自-2010年12月听力原文

The West Antarctic region used to be warmer than today.

出自-2010年12月听力原文

They found fossils of microscopic marine plants which suggest that the region was once open ocean not solid ice

出自-2010年12月听力原文

A global campaign has been launched to create a network of ocean sanctuaries to protect the seas in the region and Greenpeace is calling for an immediate halt to fishing in areas being considered for sanctuary status.

2019年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

If the people of the Cascadia region have anything to do with it, they won't be caught unawares?

2019年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section C

More recently, as he reported in a 2012 review, lieberman has discovered that this region may be part of a distinct network involved in socially motivated learning and memory.

2018年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

Our long-term operation in the region depends on a healthy and thriving Antarctic marine ecosystem, which is why we have always had an open dialogue with the environmental non-governmental organisations.

2019年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

Parts of the Balkan region and Turkey follow the diet, as well as middle Eastern countries like Lebanon and Syria.

2017年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C

Satellite observations and submarine surveys over the past few years had shown less ice in the polar region, but the recent measurements show the loss is more pronounced than previously thought.

2016年6月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C

The Mediterranean diet is based upon the eating patterns of traditional cultures in the Mediterranean region.

2017年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C

The Mediterranean region is warm and sunny, and produces large supplies of fresh fruits and vegetables almost year round that people eat many times a day.

2017年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C

The region is engaged in a multi-day earthquake-and-tsunami drill involving around 20, 000 people.

2019年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section C

The study by Greenpeace analysed the movements of krill fishing vessels in the region and found they were increasingly operating "in the immediate vicinity of penguin colonies and whale feeding grounds" It also highlights incidents of fishing boats being

2019年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

There's something in the region of six or seven thousand pounds a year, which is not high.

2016年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section A

They're primarily designed for Low Earth Orbit(LEO) an easily accessible region of space from around 200 to 800 miles above Earth, where human-tended missions like the Hubble Space Telescope and the International Space Station(ISS) hang out.

2019年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

wine, bread, olive oil, and nuts are other staples of the region, and the Mediterranean Sea has historically yielded abundant quantities of fish.

2017年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C

Chewang norphel lives in a mountainous region in india, where he is known as the ice man.

2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

First celebrated in 1970, the day now includes events in more than 190 countries and regions.

2019年高考英语北京卷 语法填空 原文

From 2004 to 2013, agricultural land values doubled, and they continue to rise in many regions.

2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

Furthermore, around 50% of the world's population live in regions where the figure is now below the replacement level.

2017年高考英语江苏卷 任务型阅读 原文

In southern Spain the sudden increase of greenhouses which reflect light back to space has changed the warming trend locally, and actually cooled the region.

2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Many young people, most of whom were well-educated, headed for remote regions to chase their dreams.

2016年高考英语江苏卷 单项填空 原文

And also, the Middle East excepted, Europe is the most monarch-infested region in the world, with 10 kingdoms ( ' , not counting Vatican City and Andorra).

出自-2015年考研阅读原文

And so, the middle East excepted, Europe is the most monarch-infested region in the world, with 10 kingdoms.

2015年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

词组搭配


in the region of

approximately

大约,接近

annual sales in the region of 30 million.

每年大约3,000万的销售额。

实用场景例句


the Arctic/tropical/desert, etc. regions
北极、热带、沙漠等地区

牛津词典

one of the most densely populated regions of North America
北美人口最为稠密的地区之一

牛津词典

the Basque region of Spain
西班牙的巴斯克区

牛津词典

pains in the abdominal region
腹部的疼痛

牛津词典

He earns somewhere in the region of €50 000.
他大约赚5万欧元。

牛津词典

...Barcelona, capital of the autonomous region of Catalonia.
加泰罗尼亚自治区首府巴塞罗那

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...a remote mountain region.
边远山区

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...London and the regions...
伦敦和外省地区

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...the pelvic region.
骨盆区

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...the frontal region of the brain.
大脑的额区

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The scheme will cost in the region of six million pounds.
这个计划将耗资大约600万英镑。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He will go up to the Arctic Region.
他将到北极地区去.

《简明英汉词典》

The potential of hydroelectricity of one region varies from that of another.
水电的潜力因地而异.

《简明英汉词典》

Burmese troops successfully recaptured the region.
缅甸军队成功地重新占领了这个地区.

《简明英汉词典》

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.

《简明英汉词典》

Such a hailstorm was a rarity in that region.
这样的冰雹在那个地区可是希罕.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

Pioneers from the East settled in this region in 1875.
1875年,来自东部的拓荒者在这个地区定居下来.

《简明英汉词典》

The botanist introduced a new species of plant to the region.
那位植物学家向该地区引入了一种新植物.

《简明英汉词典》

The warm region is crowded with birds.
温暖的地区鸟类云集.

《简明英汉词典》

This wine is typical of the region.
这种酒是本地区的特产.

《简明英汉词典》

Coal gave the region industrial supremacy.
煤炭给这个地区带来了工业上的优势.

《简明英汉词典》

This region is becoming increasingly important both strategically and economically.
这个地区的战略地位和经济地位变得越来越重要了.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

Rainfall is abundant in the region.
该地区降雨丰沛.

《简明英汉词典》

the battle for supremacy in the region
争夺地区霸权的较量

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

The power stations burn coal from the Ruhr region.
发电站烧的煤产自鲁尔地区。

柯林斯例句