单词 | precinct |
释义 | precinct['pri:siŋkt]n. 区域, 管理区, 管辖区域【法】 管辖区, 选区, 分界 precinct pre.cinct AHD: [pr¶“s¹ngkt”] D.J. [6pri87s!0kt]K.K. [6pri7s!0kt]n.(名词)1. A subdivision or district of a city or town under the jurisdiction of or patrolled by a specific unit of its police force.管辖区:城市或城镇的分区或地区,由警察机构的特定单位对其进行管辖或巡逻2. The police station situated in and having jurisdiction over such a district.警察分局:位于管区内并对其行使管辖权的警察局3. An election district of a city or town.选区:城市或城镇的选区4. Often precincts 常作 precincts 5. A place or an enclosure marked off by definite limits, such as walls:围地:由明显界限,如墙划出的地方或围占地:the mysterious precincts of the old monastery.老修道院的神秘围地6. A boundary:范围:Hunting is not allowed within the precincts of the estate.在这片领地范围内不准打猎7. precincts The neighborhood or surrounding area; the environs.precincts 附近:相邻或周围地区;附近地区8. precincts An area of thought or action; a province or domain:precincts 境界领域:思想或行为的领域;范围或领域:“It was in these spacious precincts that Dryden's imagination was most at home”(&b{Mark Van Doren})“只有在这些特殊领域内,德莱登才可以最为自由地想象”(马克·万·多雷恩)语源:1. Middle English precincte [a defined district or area] 中古英语 precincte [划定的地区或区域] 2. from Medieval Latin praecinctum 源自 中世纪拉丁语 praecinctum 3. from Latin [neuter past participle of] praecingere [to encircle] 源自 拉丁语 [] praecingere的中性过去分词 [环绕] 4. prae- [pre-] prae- [前缀,表“先于…”] 5. cingere [to gird] * see kenk- cingere [围绕] *参见 kenk- |
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