Vicinity

(noun.) a surrounding or nearby region; 'the plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville'; 'it is a rugged locality'; 'he always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood'; 'I will drop in on you the next time I am in this neck of the woods'.

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• So near a vicinity to her mother and Meryton relations was not desirable even to _his_ easy temper, or _her_ affectionate heart. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• The crowd had gradually dispersed in their immediate vicinity, and they were nearly alone. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• A modern steamer, with a noisy screw beating the waters, is enough to scare away all the nymphs in the vicinity. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• There were quite a number of remnants of tribes in the vicinity of Portland in Oregon, and of Fort Vancouver in Washington Territory. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• It would be to any one who did not know these waters; but Martin has been here with me often before, and knows every rock in the vicinity. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• In case of a crevasse in this vicinity, the water escaping would find its outlet through the same channels. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• On the 24th he joined us on the march from North Anna to Cold Harbor, in the vicinity of Chesterfield. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• This luxury his footman procured, together with a tankard of ale from a pothouse in the immediate vicinity of the theatre. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Four old Michigan Central cars with rotten sills collapsed in the ditch and went all to pieces, distributing figs, raisins, dates, and candies all over the track and the vicinity. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• We had lived so long in the vicinity of Eton, that its population of young folks was well known to us. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Thus I made the journey to the vicinity of the plaza without detection. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• The remainder of the army immediately returned to the vicinity of Burkesville. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Coarse grass and rank weeds straggled over all the marshy land in the vicinity. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• The dangerous character of this and other rocks in this vicinity gave long ago to this channel the significant name of Hell Gate. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• This pursuit brought him up to the vicinity of Allatoona. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.

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