vicinity

vicinity 邻近地区

来自PIE*weik,宗族，村落，家庭，社会单位，词源同village,economy,Greenwick。引申词义临近地区，附近。

vicinity

vicinity: [16] Latin vīcus meant ‘group of houses, village’ (it is related to the -wich or -wick of English place-names, which originally meant ‘hamlet, town’). From it was derived vīcīnus ‘neighbouring’, which in turn produced vīcīnitās ‘neighbourhood’, source of English vicinity.

vicinity (n.)

1550s, "nearness in place," from Middle French vicinité and directly from Latin vicinitas "of or pertaining to neighbors or a neighborhood," as a noun, "neighborhood, nearness, proximity," from vicinus (adj.) "of the neighborhood, near, neighboring," as a noun "the neighborhood, a neighbor," from vicus "group of houses, village," related to the -wick, -wich in English place names, from PIE *weik- (1) "clan, social unit above the household" (see villa). Meaning "neighborhood, surrounding district" in English is attested by 1796.

1. Only a handful had returned to work in the immediate vicinity.

仅有几个人回到临近地区工作。

2. 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。

3. He told us there was no hotel in the vicinity.

他告诉我们说附近没有旅馆.

4. There's a factory in the vicinity of the school.

学校邻近有个工厂.

5. There are green and lush vegetable plots [ beds ] in our vicinity.

我们住所周围一片绿油油的 菜地.

【vicinity, neighbourbood】
这组词都有“邻近，附近”的意思，其区别是：
vicinity: 侧重指距说话人很近的地方。
neighbourbood: 指邻居或同居住者接近的地方，也指街坊四邻或居民点。

【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。