suburb
suburb — noun
1. A residential neighbourhood close to the boundary of a large city, where many of
A residential neighbourhood close to the boundary of a large city, where many of the people who work downtown live and commute from each day.
The Kwok family left the city centre for a quiet suburb with more space.
move from + [centre] + to + [suburb]
Each morning, Asher takes the train from his suburb into the city for work.
travel from + [suburb] + into + [city]
New shops and a school have opened in our suburb as more families arrive.
Hoa grew up in a suburb of Melbourne and still lives there with her parents.
The train fare from the northern suburbs to the city centre costs about four dollars.
- outskirts
plural; refers to the very edge of a city rather than a named residential district
- commuter town
a separate town whose residents travel to a larger city for work; more specific than suburb
- residential area
broader; any area where people live, not necessarily on the city edge
- city centre
the central business and shopping district of a city
- downtown
especially in American English, the main commercial area
文法句型
a suburb of [city]
the suburbs of [city]
in a suburb / in the suburbs
move to the suburbs
live in the suburbs
用法筆記
Countable noun. When referring to the general suburban area around a city as a whole, the plural 'the suburbs' is more common than the singular 'a suburb'. Use 'of' to name the nearest city: a suburb of Tokyo, the suburbs of London.
常見錯誤
2. The parts of a town that lie outside the central shopping and business district,
The parts of a town that lie outside the central shopping and business district, where most houses are located.
Lucía prefers the suburbs because the streets are quieter than the town centre.
in the suburbs (contrast: town centre)
Most of the town's gyms and restaurants are in the centre, not in the suburbs.
Buses to the suburbs stop running after ten, so Aarav takes a taxi home.
Talia bought a house in the suburbs where land costs less than near the centre.
Hamza's parents live in the suburbs, so he visits them by bus on weekends.
- town centre
the central district with shops, businesses, and public buildings
- city centre
the equivalent in a larger city
文法句型
in the suburbs
to the suburbs
the suburbs of [town]
contrast with: in the centre / downtown
用法筆記
Almost always used in the plural ('the suburbs') when describing the outer zone of a town. Most natural in contrastive sentences that set the suburbs against the centre or downtown.