downtown
- adv. 往鬧市區(qū);在市區(qū)
- adj. 市中心的
- n. 市中心區(qū);三分線以外
中文詞源
通常認(rèn)為該詞來(lái)自早期紐約市的規(guī)劃,在1830年的時(shí)候,紐約城區(qū)集中在曼哈頓島南端,后來(lái),隨著經(jīng)濟(jì)的發(fā)展北擴(kuò),而up and down對(duì)應(yīng)于地圖上北和南。后來(lái),downtown就作為市中心的代稱,而uptown則作為居住區(qū)的代稱。
英文詞源
- downtown (n.)
- 1835, from down (adv.) + town. The notion is of suburbs built on heights around a city.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. There is heavy traffic in the downtown area tonight.
- 今夜鬧市區(qū)交通繁忙。
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 2. a downtown shopping plaza
- 市中心的購(gòu)物區(qū)
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 3. The city is providing free transportation to the stadium from downtown.
- 本市現(xiàn)在提供從市中心到體育場(chǎng)的免費(fèi)交通。
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 4. The councillors put the problem of downtown parking before the mayor.
- 議員們向市長(zhǎng)提出了市內(nèi)停車的問(wèn)題.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 5. This was, New York apart, the first American city I had ever been in where people actually lived downtown.
- 除了紐約,這是我到過(guò)的第一個(gè)人們確實(shí)住在市中心的美國(guó)城市。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句