region
Từ điển Collocation
region noun
1 area of land/part of a country
ADJ. large | small | entire, whole | distinct, particular, specific | northern, southern, etc. | central | border, far-flung, outlying, peripheral, remote | neighbouring, surrounding | unexplored | geographical | arid, coastal, desert, equatorial, jungle, mountain/mountainous, polar, tropical | Basque, Gulf, London, Pacific, etc. | autonomous | urbanized | rural | populated a sparsely populated region | economic | developed, industrial | developing | depressed, poor, underdeveloped the poorer regions of the continent | prosperous, rich Italy's richest region | oil-producing, etc.
VERB + REGION inhabit, live in Nomads have inhabited this region for thousands of years. | work in | leave | visit | divide sth into The country is divided into 17 autonomous regions. | confine sb/sth to This bird is largely confined to the southern regions of the country.
REGION + VERB cover sb/sth The champagne-producing region covers 34,500 hectares.
PREP. across a/the ~ Sports events across the region have been cancelled because of the weather. | from a/the ~ Twenty participants from the Asia-Pacific region will be invited to the seminar. | in/within a/the ~ The animal is found in the northern regions of Sweden. | in the ~ of (figurative) She earns in the region of (= approximately) £200,000. | throughout a/the ~ The plant is found throughout the western regions of the country.
PHRASES sth varies from region to region Sanitary facilities varied widely from region to region.
2 part of the body
ADJ. distinct, particular, specific | brain, etc.
PREP. from a/the ~ tissue from the mouth region | in/within a/the ~ cells in a particular region of the brain
Từ điển WordNet
- the extended spatial location of something; part
the farming regions of France
religions in all parts of the world
regions of outer space
- a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve; area
in the abdominal region
- a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth
penguins inhabit the polar regions
- the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of'); neighborhood
it was going to take in the region of two or three months to finish the job
the price is in the neighborhood of $100
- a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about; domain, realm
it was a limited domain of discourse
here we enter the region of opinion
the realm of the occult
n.
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