suburbia
发音
英 [səˈbɜ:biə]
美 [səˈbɜrbiə]
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- n.
- <贬>郊区及其居民，郊区习俗
单词词源
suburbia 郊区，城乡结合部居民及习俗
suburb,郊区，-ia,抽象名词后缀。用于指城乡结合部居民及不好的习惯，习俗等，含贬义。
双语例句
- 1. For half a century , strip malls were the commercial heart of suburbia .
- 半个世纪以来，路边商城一直都是郊区居民的商服中心。
- 2. Part of suburbia 's challenge is creating a sense of community while still preserving privacy .
- 对郊区居民来说，部分挑战就要自己创造一种仍能保留隐私的社区感。
- 3. Hard times have brought a new twist to the home - product demonstration parties that have long been a fixture of north american suburbia .
- 艰难时势给家用产品展示聚会带了新的变化，长期以来，这一直是北美郊区居民的固定活动。
- 4. One reason is that suburbia is now an economic powerhouse : decaying cities , such as detroit , are surrounded by hives of industry .
- 还有一个原因，那就是郊区居民已然成为经济动力源：败落的城市已被工业基地包围，如detroit。
- 5. Unlike the residents of great northern cities , or gilded areas of the south , middling suburbia has no tribal or historical link with either labour or the conservatives .
- 不同于北方大城市的居民，或者南方富有区域的居民，中产阶层的郊区居民跟工党和保守党都没有血缘和历史上的关系。