ADJECTIVE | VERB + DISTRICT | DISTRICT + VERB | DISTRICT + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤neighbouring/neighboring, surrounding鄰近/周圍地區◇Fire crews from all the surrounding districts helped to fight the fires.來自周邊各區的消防人員參與撲火。➤central, downtown (NAmE) 中心區;鬧市區◇Every city has its central business district.每座城市都有中心商業區。◇The apartment is approximately fifteen minutes from the downtown district.從該公寓到鬧市區大約要花 15 分鐘。➤outlying, remote邊遠/偏僻地區◇a new station to help people commuting from outlying districts方便遠郊區居民通勤的新車站➤northern, southern, etc.北方、南方等地區➤affluent, exclusive, rich, wealthy富人區;高檔地區;富裕地區➤poor, working-class貧困區;勞工區◇the shacks in the poorest districts of the city城市最貧困地區的棚屋➤slum貧民窟➤historic歷史名勝區➤conservation (NAmE) 保護區▸➤coastal, country, local, metropolitan, rural, suburban, urban沿海地區;鄉村地區;當地;大都市區;農村地區;郊區;市區▸➤business, commercial, financial (NAmE) , industrial, residential, warehouse (especially NAmE) 商業區;金融區;工業區;住宅區;倉貯區➤arts, entertainment, shopping, theatre/theater藝術區;娛樂區;購物區;劇院區◇Times Square is the entertainment district of New York.時報廣場是紐約的娛樂區。➤garment, meat-packing, mining (all NAmE) 服裝區;肉類包裝區;採礦區➤administrative行政區➤electoral, polling, voting (NAmE) 選區;投票區▸➤congressional, federal, judicial, legislative (all in the US) 國會/聯邦/司法/立法管轄區◇a federal district court in New York紐約市聯邦管區法庭➤postal (in the UK) 郵政區➤Democratic, Republican民主黨/共和黨佔上風的區◇It's a heavily Democratic district.這個區大多數人支持民主黨。➤swing (= in which people often change who they vote for) (NAmE) 動搖選民區➤home (especially NAmE) 原屬區◇He hasn't yet registered to vote in his home district.他還沒在原屬區註冊投票。➤health, military, school (NAmE) 醫療區;軍事區;學區◇He has been transferred to a hospital in a different health district.他被轉送到另一個醫療區的醫院。◇The company supplies milk to Maine school districts.這家公司為緬因州各學區供應牛奶。➤red-light紅燈區VERB + DISTRICT➤create創立區域◇efforts to create a single business district in downtown Beijing在北京鬧市區創建一個單一商業區的努力➤draw, redraw (both NAmE, politics政治) 劃分/重新劃分轄區◇This Houston district was originally drawn to elect a Hispanic Democrat.劃分這個休斯敦選區原先是為了選舉一位西班牙裔民主黨人。◇They redrew districts to make sure Republican candidates would win.他們重新劃分了選區,以確保共和黨候選人能夠獲勝。➤represent代表選區◇He represented his district in Congress.他在國會中代表他的選區。➤win (NAmE) 贏得選區◇Clinton barely won the district in 1996.克林頓在 1996 年險勝贏得了該區。DISTRICT + VERB➤stretch區域延伸◇Their district stretches from the mountains to the sea.他們的管區從山區綿延到海邊。➤include sth管區包含⋯◇The district includes much of the Ribault River.該區包含里博河的大部份河段。➤offer sth, provide sth管區提供⋯DISTRICT + NOUN➤authority, council地區當局;區政務委員會◇the district health authority (in the UK) 地區衞生局➤attorney, judge, official (all in the US) 地區檢察官;地區法院法官;管區官員▸➤councillor, nurse (both in the UK) 區政務會委員;社區護士➤court (in the US) 地區法庭▸➤hospital (in the UK) 地區醫院➤office管區辦公室▸➤boundary管區邊界◇Redrawing district boundaries would change the election results.重新劃分轄區邊界會改變選舉結果。PREPOSITION➤in a/the district, within a/the district在管區內◇The hotel is located within Beijing's business district.該賓館坐落在北京商業區內。