vicinity
noun /vəˈsɪnəti/
/vəˈsɪnəti/
usually the vicinity
[usually singular] (plural vicinities)
(rather formal)- the area around a particular place
周围地区；邻近地区；附近 - in the vicinity (of something) Crowds gathered in the vicinity of Trafalgar Square.
成群结队的人聚集在特拉法尔加广场周围。 - There is no hospital in the immediate vicinity.
附近没有医院。
- The police suggested that he leave the vicinity of the property.
警方建议他离开这房子的附近地区。 - He usually objected strongly to anyone smoking in his vicinity (= near him).
他通常强烈反对有人在他周围抽烟。
词源mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘proximity’): from Latin vicinitas, from vicinus ‘neighbour’. - in the vicinity (of something) Crowds gathered in the vicinity of Trafalgar Square.