estate noun ⇨estate (a housing estate)⇨land1 (a 300-acre estate)⇨legacy (Her estate was left to her daughter.)estate
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estate ♦︎ development ♦︎ projectThese words all mean a group of houses or factories built together in a planned way.這些詞均表示住宅區或工業區。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆a housing estate / development / project◆a / an industrial / commercial estate / development■estate ɪˈsteɪt [countable] (BrE) an area of land with a lot of houses or factories of the same type on it住宅區;工業區;工廠區◆We're planning to move the business to an industrial estate on the outskirts of the town.我們計劃把工廠搬到城區外圍的工業區。◆There are around six million people living on council estates(= an area owned by the local council with cheaply rented houses or flats) in Britain.在英國約有600萬人住在屬地方政府所有的出租房裏。ⓘ In American English estate refers to the grounds and buildings of a large country home. Use development.美式英語中的estate指鄉村大莊園的土地和建築,表示住宅區、開發區要用development。■development [countable] a piece of land with new buildings on it新建住宅區;房地産開發區◆The protesters oppose plans to build a commercial development on the site.抗議者反對在這個地方進行商業開發。ⓘ In American English, development is not just used to talk about new buildings; it is used in the same way as estate in British English.在美式英語中,development除了指新建的樓房外,還與英式英語中的estate用法相同◆a luxury residential development一個豪宅區◆We live in a new housing development.我們住在一個新開發的住宅小區裏。■project ( ˈhousing project) [countable] (NAmE) a group of apartments built for poor families, usually with government money(通常由政府出資爲貧困家庭興建的)住宅區,住宅群,住宅工程◆She lives in a housing project on the edge of town.她住在城邊的貧民住宅區。◆Going into the projects(= a poor district with high-rise apartments) alone can be dangerous.獨自一人進入貧民住宅區很危險。