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/ˌdaʊnˈtaʊn/
To or in the main business area or center of a town or city.
到市中心 / 在市區
核心畫面
Picture the part of a city where the tall office buildings, the big shops and the main stations are — and picture yourself heading there. The word carries both the place and the going: go downtown, work downtown. It is mainly American; in Britain the same idea is usually 'in town' or 'the city centre'.
可以想成：城市裡辦公大樓、大百貨和主要車站集中的那一區，而且畫面裡通常還有「你正往那邊去」的意思。這個字同時裝著地點…更多收起
可以想成：城市裡辦公大樓、大百貨和主要車站集中的那一區，而且畫面裡通常還有「你正往那邊去」的意思。這個字同時裝著地點和方向：go downtown（進市區）、work downtown（在市區上班）。它主要是美式用法，英國人講同一件事多半說 in town 或 the city centre。原始詞典資料6 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。
downtownadj/ˈdaʊ̯nˌtaʊ̯n/
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Of, relating to, or situated in the central business district.
- John walked every day to his downtown job.
- “Human flesh got stuck to me,” he recalls now, as we sit in the ambulance control centre in downtown Karachi.
downtownadv/ˈdaʊ̯nˌtaʊ̯n/
- 1
In or towards the central business district.
- You need to go downtown four blocks.
- A storekeeper downtown was shot dead last evening.
- 2
ball-gamesbasketballgamesOutside the three-point line, or generally far from the basket.
- That shot came from way downtown!
downtownnoun/ˈdaʊ̯nˌtaʊ̯n/
- 1
The main business part of a city or town, usually located at or near its center.
- 2
slangThe human genitalia.
- 3
slangHeroin.
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。