local
adjective OPAL W
/ˈləʊkl/
/ˈləʊkl/
[usually before noun]地方的;当地的;本地的 - local people/residents/businesses
当地人/居民/企业 - members of the local community
本地社区的成员 - the local police
当地警方 - local elections
地方选举 - A local man was accused of the murder.
有一本地男子被指控为这起谋杀案的凶手。 - Our children go to the local school.
我们的小孩在本地学校就读。 - a local newspaper (= one that gives local news)
地方报纸 - decisions made at the local level
在地方一级做出的决定 - It was difficult to understand the local dialect.
当地的方言很难懂。
- local people/residents/businesses
- affecting only one part of the body
(身体)局部的 - Her tooth was extracted under local anaesthetic.
她的牙齿是局部麻醉下拔出的。
- Her tooth was extracted under local anaesthetic.
词源late Middle English: from late Latin localis, from Latin locus ‘place’.