suburb

　　1.N-COUNT A suburb of a city or large town is a smaller area which is part of the city or large town but is outside its centre. 市郊

　　例：Anna was born in 1923 in a suburb of Philadelphia.

　　安娜1923年出生在費(fèi)城市郊。

　　2.N-PLURAL If you live in the suburbs, you live in an area of houses outside the centre of a city or large town. 郊區(qū)

　　例：His family lived in the suburbs.

　　他家住在郊區(qū)。

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　　They proposed setting up a school in the suburb.

　　他們建議在這個郊區(qū)成立一所學(xué)校。

　　The factory is located in the suburb.

　　那家工廠坐落于郊區(qū)。

　　Ronaldo grew up in Bento Ribeiro, a suburb of Rio.

　　羅納爾多在里約熱內(nèi)盧的一個叫本托.

　　Do not you think it would be nice to live in the suburb?

　　難道你不認(rèn)為住在郊區(qū)是件好事嗎?