C 地区；某地区的人；与某处邻近的地区(people living in a) district; area near a particular place

　bad ～　不安全的地区
　changing ～　变化的环境
　friendly〔good, nice, pleasant〕 ～　友好〔良好，和蔼，友善〕的邻居
　residential ～　住宅区
　ethnic ～　少数民族聚居区
　unsafe ～　不安全的地区
　in a ～　在…环境之中
　in the ～ of　在…附近，大约

　He lives in a working-people neighbourhood.　他住在劳动人民聚居区内。
　The whole neighbourhood is〔are〕 stirred.　整个街坊都动起来了。
　Jane was sure that she was the most beautiful girl in the neighbourhood.　简自信她是附近最漂亮的女孩。
　They are neighbourhood paper.　它们属于同一区域的报纸。
　This is neighbourhood opinion.　这是附近一般人的意见。

 ♣ in the neighbourhood of
1. 在…附近in the area around a point or place
　He lives somewhere in the neighbourhood of the station.　他住在火车站附近的某个地方。
2. 近于，大约approximately
　The total was in the neighbourhood of 100 pounds.　总数大约是100英镑。

 ♣ neighbourhood, vicinity
　这两者意思相近。前者主要表示“邻居”；而后者常含有土地相接的意味，表示“较为接近”。

　［同义词］ area, community, place, vicinity