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Docklands, with a capital D, is a large modern area of expensive houses and offices in East London, along the River Thames. It was built mainly in the 1980s on land that had been working docks, factories, and poor housing.
Docklands, with a capital DDocklands要大寫D is是 a large modern area of expensive houses and offices一大片現代化、房子和辦公室都很昂貴的區域 in East London在倫敦東區 along the River Thames沿著泰晤士河 It was built mainly in the 1980s主要是在1980年代蓋起來的 on land that had been working docks建在原本是運作中的碼頭 factories工廠 and poor housing和窮人住宅的土地上
It includes Wharf, with its tall glass towers, and London City Airport.
It includes它包括 Canary Wharf金絲雀碼頭 with its tall glass towers那些高聳的玻璃大樓就在那裡 and London City Airport還有倫敦城市機場
People say “in Docklands” or “the Docklands” the way they say “in Manhattan”: they mean this place, not any dock area in the world. Though actually other cities have used the same name (Melbourne, for example), in British English, if someone just says Docklands, they almost always mean London.
People say “in Docklands” or “the Docklands”人們說「in Docklands」或「the Docklands」的方式 the way they say “in Manhattan”就像說「in Manhattan」一樣 they mean this place他們指的就是這個地方 not any dock area in the world不是世界上隨便一個碼頭區 Though actually不過事實上 other cities have used the same name其他城市也用過同樣的名字 (Melbourne, for example)(例如墨爾本) in British English但在英式英文裡 if someone just says Docklands如果有人單講Docklands they almost always mean London幾乎都是指倫敦
The old industry is gone; what you see now is money, offices, and new flats on the water.
The old industry is gone舊產業已經消失了 what you see now現在你看到的是 is money, offices, and new flats on the water水邊的金錢、辦公室,和新蓋的公寓
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Docklandsname
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A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
docklandsnoun
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An area of a town or city which contains, or used to contain, an industrial port.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。