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• ① 1附近,邻近(★比neighborhood 正式的用语)2[常用复数形]邻近地区,周边
  • Is there a bookstore in this vicinity?这附近有书店吗?
  • There is no post office in the vicinity (of our school).(我们的学校的)附近没有邮局。
  • There's no supermarket in the immediate vicinity.这附近没有超级市场。
  • the western vicinities of Taipei台北西边的邻近地区

• ② 【文】接近
  • He was troubled by the vicinity of the nuclear power plant to his house.那座核能发电厂接近他的家,使他感到烦恼。