area: [16] Area is a direct borrowing from Latin ārea, which simply meant ‘level piece of open ground, particularly one not built on in a city’. An alternative sense of the Latin word, ‘place where grain is threshed’, has suggested to some etymologists a derivation from the Latin verb ārēre ‘be dry’ (related to ardor and aridus, sources of English ardour and arid). => ardour, arid
area (n.)
1530s, "vacant piece of ground," from Latin area "level ground, open space," used of building sites, playgrounds, threshing floors, etc.; which is of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to arere "to become dry," on notion of a burned clearing or dry, bare space. The generic sense of "amount of surface (whether open or not) contained within any set of limits" is from 1845. Area code in North American telephone systems is attested from 1959.
权威例句
1. The study links the main living area to the kitchen.
书房把主要的生活区与厨房连在一起。
2. The spokesman confirmed that the area was now in rebel hands.
这位发言人证实该地区现已落入叛乱分子手中。
3. America has enough firepower in the area to mount sustained air strikes.
美国在该地区拥有足够的火力发动持续的空中打击。
4. For most of the year, the area is teeming with tourists.
一年中大部分时间里,这个地区游人如织。
5. The area has been the scene of fierce fighting for three months.
这一地区3个月以来不断发生激战。
词语辨析
【region, area, belt, district, zone】
region: 地区,指较大范围内的区域,一般按自然条件和自身特点划分。如:an autonomous region(自治区)
area: 面积,范围,一般用语,没有明确的外围界限,也可指占地面积。如:The factory covers an area of 500 mu.(这工厂占地50亩。)
belt: 地带,通常指狭长的地带。如:The northern part of the country is usually regarded as the wheat belt.(这国家的北部通常被看作小麦种植地带。)
district: 区,行政区,指一国家或城市按行政区的划分。如:the economic development district(经济开放区)
zone: 地带,地区,区域,指某一特定的地方或区域。如:Most of China is in the temperate zone.(中国的大部分地区在温带。)
【region, vicinity, area, district, zone】
这组词都有“区域”的意思,其区别是:
region: n.行政区划上更大的地区,如"自治区";身体部位。
• The northeast region of the USA includes New York and the six New England states. 美国东北部包括纽约和新英格兰地区的那六个州。
vicinity: n.周围地区,附近地区。
• The police were alerted that the escaped criminal might be in the vicinity. 警察都十分警惕因为逃跑的罪犯就藏在附近地区。
area: n.泛指面积较大的地区;面积;专业领域。
• The New York area has high rents. 纽约地区房租很高。
district: n.行政区划的小范围地区。如Xicheng district北京西城区
zone: n.指特定的地方、地带。
• The city passed a law to create a business zone on some empty land. 市政府通过法律,在一些空地上开辟商业区。