喜樂美語
  1. 1r/ˌdaʊnˈtaʊn/到市中心 / 在市區

    To or in the main business area or center of a town or city.

    downtown（美式）當副詞是「往市中心」或「在市中心」，也就是商店、公司、劇院集中的那一區。英式英語同樣的意思常說 in town、into town 或 the city centre。最常見的說法是 go downtown（去市中心）。

    示範例句 · Example

    I have to go downtown later to buy some books.

    中文翻譯我等一下必須去市中心買一些書。

    常見搭配

    • go downtown

      去市中心

      to travel to the city center

      We often go downtown on weekends.

    • work downtown

      在市中心工作

      to have a job in the city center

      Both my parents work downtown.

    • live downtown

      住在市中心

      to live in the city center

      They live downtown, so they walk everywhere.

    意思相近

    in towncity centretown centre

    意思相反

    uptownsuburbsoutskirts

core核心畫面

From the word’s history

Compound of down + town.

由 down 和 town 合成。

Wiktionary

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。

容易混在一起的字在訂閱裡。容易混在一起的字需要訂閱帳號。

意思相近

in towncity centretown centre

意思相反

uptownsuburbsoutskirts

原始詞典資料6 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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/

  • 1

    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.

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。