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A precinct is an official area with a fixed border, and what it means depends on the country. In American English, a 'police precinct' is a police station and the area it looks after, and a 'voting precinct' is a small area where people go to vote. In British English, a 'pedestrian precinct' is a shopping area in a town where cars are not allowed - just people walking. So the same word can point at very different pictures depending on which English you're reading.
(美式)行政轄區、警察轄區;(英式)行人徒步商店街
組成It probably comes from a Latin word meaning something like 'enclosed' or 'bound around', though I wouldn't want to promise the exact pieces.
原始詞典資料7 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。
precinctnoun/ˈpɹisɪŋkt/
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An enclosed space having defined limits, normally marked by walls.
- For, by the fundamental Laws of the Realm, it is Capital in any Perſon, of what Quality ſoever, to make water within the Precincts of the Palace.
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The general area surrounding a place, environs.
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A pedestrianized and uncovered shopping area.
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governmentlaw-enforcementA subdivision of a city under the jurisdiction of a specific group of police; the police station situated in that district.
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A subdivision of a city or other locality for the purposes of voting and representation in local government. In cities, precincts may be grouped into wards.
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archaicA district over which someone or some body of people has control in general; province, sphere of control.
- But ſince I loue to liue at libertie, As eaſily may you get the Souldans crowne, As any prizes out of my precinct.
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archaicA surrounding boundary or limit.
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。