neighbour
neighbour — 名詞
1. someone whose home is near your home, for instance in the same street or in the
鄰居
住在附近的人
someone whose home is near your home, for instance in the same street or in the flat next door
Our new neighbour brought us a plate of homemade cookies on moving day.
我們的新鄰居在搬家那天帶了一盤自製餅乾來。
collocation: new neighbour / next-door neighbour
Bilal asked his neighbour to collect the post while he was away on holiday.
Bilal 請他的鄰居在他度假時幫忙收信。
pattern: asked + neighbour + to-infinitive
The neighbours called the landlord about the noisy party downstairs.
鄰居們打電話給房東，抱怨樓下吵鬧的派對。
Sivan has been friends with her next-door neighbour for over twenty years.
Sivan 和她的隔壁鄰居當朋友已經超過二十年了。
The elderly neighbour across the street needs help carrying her shopping bags.
對街的老鄰居需要有人幫忙提她的購物袋。
- next-door neighbour
specifically the person living in the house or flat immediately next to yours
- resident
anyone who lives in a particular place, not necessarily near you — broader and more formal
- local
informal term for someone who lives in the area, used especially by other people from the same area
用法筆記
The spelling 'neighbour' is used in British English; American English uses 'neighbor'. The word is most commonly used in everyday talk about people living nearby.
常見錯誤
2. a country whose land touches or lies very close to the land of another country
鄰國
領土相鄰的國家
a country whose land touches or lies very close to the land of another country
Canada is a neighbour of the United States to the north.
加拿大是美國北邊的鄰國。
pattern: is a neighbour of + country
The two neighbours have shared a peaceful border for over sixty years.
這兩個鄰國已經和平共享邊界超過六十年了。
France, Germany, and Italy are all neighbours in Western Europe.
法國、德國和義大利都是西歐的鄰國。
Vietnam and its neighbour Laos opened a new border crossing for trucks last year.
越南和它的鄰國寮國去年開通了一個新的卡車通關口岸。
- neighbouring country
adjective + noun phrase, more common in descriptive writing
- adjacent nation
more formal, used in diplomatic or official contexts
- distant country
a country far away, not sharing a border
用法筆記
This sense is used mainly in geography, politics, or international relations. The phrase 'neighbouring country' (adjective form) is more common than the noun form in some contexts.
常見錯誤
neighbour — 動詞
1. if one place neighbours another, it is situated next to it or shares a boundary
鄰接
地理位置相鄰
if one place neighbours another, it is situated next to it or shares a boundary with it, often used in geographical descriptions
The park neighbours the town library on the eastern side.
這座公園東邊鄰接鎮上的圖書館。
transitive: X neighbours Y
Our farm neighbours a large nature reserve with walking trails.
我們的農場鄰接一個有步道的大型自然保護區。
The property neighbours directly on to a protected woodland area.
這塊地直接毗鄰一片受保護的林地。
This region neighbours several countries across the mountain range.
這個地區隔著山脈鄰接好幾個國家。
- border
more common and widely understood; implies a shared boundary line
- adjoin
similar formality, emphasises physical contact between properties or regions
- be adjacent to
a more common phrase that learners can use instead of the verb 'neighbour'
- be far from
describes places that are not near each other
文法句型
neighbour + noun phrase (object)
neighbour + on/upon + noun phrase
用法筆記
The verb 'neighbour' is considerably less common than the noun. The present participle 'neighbouring' (as in 'neighbouring countries') is far more frequent in everyday language. This verb is mostly found in formal or written geographical descriptions rather than in conversation.