precinct
precinct 英 [ˈpri:sɪŋkt] 美 [ˈpriˌsɪŋkt]
n. 选区；管理区；管辖区
名词复数:precincts
- A precinct is an area of town marked off for official purposes, often to vote, or to organize the police force. When a cop hears of a crime that's happening in her precinct, she knows to hop in her car and head over there.
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- n. 选区；管理区；管辖区
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1. a pedestrian precinct, a shopping precinct
步行╱购物区
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2. Detective Hennessy of the 44th precinct
第 44 警区的亨尼西警探
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3. The murder occurred just a block from the precinct.
谋杀案就发生在和警察分局相隔一条街的地方。
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4. the cathedral precincts, the college precincts
大教堂╱学院周围
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5. within the precincts of the castle
在城堡的围墙内
- precinct (n.) c. 1400, prasaynt (mid-15c. as precincte), "district defined for purposes of government or representation," from Medieval Latin precinctum "enclosure, boundary line," noun use of neuter past participle of Latin praecingere "to gird about, surround," from prae "before" (see pre-) + cingere "to surround, encircle" (see cinch (v.)).
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