district

英 ['dɪstrɪkt] 美 ['dɪstrɪkt]

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解释

n. 区域；地方；行政区

※ 提供单词"district"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

中文词源

district 地区，区域

dis-, 分开。-str, 拉紧，词源同strict, stress. 即拉紧，包括，用来指地区，区域。

英文词源

district: district: [17] District started life as the past participle of the verb which gave English distrain [13] and strain. It came via French district from medieval Latin districtus; this meant literally ‘seized, compelled’, and hence was used as a noun in the sense ‘seizure of offenders’, and hence ‘exercise of justice’, and finally ‘area in which justice is so exercised (in the feudal system)’.

This was the word’s meaning when it was first borrowed into English, and it was not really until the early 18th century that its much more general modern application developed. Districtus was the past participle of Latin distringere, a compound verb formed from the prefix dis- ‘apart’ and stringere ‘pull tight’ (source of English strain, strict, stringent, stress, etc).

In classical times it meant ‘draw apart, detain, hinder’, but by the Middle Ages this had moved on to ‘seize, compel’, which were the main senses in which it entered English as distrain (via Old French destreindre). Latin districtus was also the source of a Vulgar Latin noun *districtia ‘narrowness’, which passed via Old French destresse into English as distress [13].
=> distrain, distress, strain, stress, strict, stringent
district (n.): 1610s, "territory under the jurisdiction of a lord or officer," from French district (16c.), from Medieval Latin districtus "restraining of offenders, jurisdiction," then under the feudal system "area of jurisdiction," noun use of past participle of Latin distringere "hinder, detain" (see distress). Used vaguely of "any tract of land" from 1712. District attorney attested by 1789, American English.

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例句和用法

1. The District Council made a weekly collection of refuse.: 区政务委员会每周收取一次垃圾。

2. The district council agreed with the objectors and turned down the application.: 区政务委员会同意反对者的意见，拒绝了这一申请。

3. The defense wants the district Judge to throw out the case.: 辩护律师希望区法官不受理那个案子。

4. Street committees keep a weather eye on the families in their district.: 街道委员会留意所辖区域内的家家户户。

5. The Los Alamos district is solidly Republican.: 洛斯阿拉莫斯地区坚决支持共和党。