Word of the Day: April 12, 2023
vicinity
附近；周围地区；邻近地区
noun /vuh-SIN-uh-tee/ [vɪˈsɪnəti]
What It Means
Vicinity is often used as a synonym of neighborhood meaning "the area around or near a particular place." It can also mean "the quality or state of being near" or "an approximate amount, extent, or degree."
Vicinity 是 neighbourhood 的同义词，指“特定地区的周围或附近的区域”。 它也指“相近的状态”或“近似的数量、范围或程度”。
VICINITY in Context
"The base is off limits to civilians, but soldiers in various uniforms were the main customers at several cafes, fast food joints and a convenience store in the vicinity." — Valerie Hopkins Nanna Heitmann, The New York Times, 15 Feb. 2023
“这个基地是禁止平民进入，但这些穿着各类制服的士兵们是附近的咖啡馆、快餐店和一家便利店的主要顾客。”
They're looking at houses in the vicinity of the town's only elementary school.
他们正在看镇上唯一的小学附近的房子。
Did You Know?
Howdy, neighbor! Today we cozy up to vicinity, a word with neighborly origins that was welcomed into English as a French import in the 16th century from Middle French vicinité. It comes ultimately from Latin vicus, meaning "row of houses" or "village," by way of Latin vicinus, meaning "neighboring." Other descendants of vicinus in English include vicinal (a synonym of local) and vicinage, a synonym of vicinity in the sense of "a neighboring or surrounding district." Both of these are formal and rare, but vicinage is notable for giving title to the Vicinage Clause, a segment of the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution that entitles an accused person to "an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law."
Howdy, neighbor! Today we cozy up to vicinity, 这个带有neighborly含义的词， ，源于16 世纪的中古法语的 vicinité ，通过法语引入英语并受到欢迎。 它最终来自拉丁语 vicus，意思是“row of house「一排房子」”或“village「村庄」”，经过了拉丁语 vicinus，意思是“neighboring「邻居」”。 它在英语中的衍生词还有 vicinal（local 的同义词）和 vicinage，意思是“邻近或周围地区”，同时是vicinity 的同义词。 这两个都是正式的、罕见的，但vicinage 因 the Vicinage Clause 而瞩目，该条款是美国宪法第六修正案的一部分，赋予被告人 "an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law."
Name That Synonym
Unscramble the letters to create a synonym of vicinity: SNORIVEN.
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