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单词 outlying
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outlying
(tlaɪɪŋ )
adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
Outlying places are far away from the main cities of a country.
Tourists can visit outlying areas like the Napa Valley Wine Country.
The main industry on the outlying islands is farming.
Synonyms: remote, isolated, distant, outer  
Collocations:
outlying island
Wing works as a lifeguard on the outlying island.
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There are also concerns that widespread and prolonged industrial action will affect the tourist infrastructure, disrupting transport links, power supplies and logistics to outlying islands.
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At present only those who are intercepted on outlying islands or at sea have their cases processed offshore.
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It's easy to get around — up to six ferries a day run between the most populous outlying islands — but not so easy to get away.
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By 1833 the remaining groups, who fought back against invasion, were forced to surrender, and they were sent to outlying islands.
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outlying region
These population complexes hosted cultural and civic events and infrastructure that supported a vast outlying region hundreds of miles away linked by transportation roadways.
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It didn't matter so much for the outlying regions that ultimate power resided hundreds of miles away, because most people rarely felt the clammy breath of central government.
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In outlying regions, health problems and disease pose a great mortality threat.
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The captains were simply headmen of the outlying regions, but their connection with the king enhanced their status.
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They believed that allowing equal representation of the provinces, regardless of population, would protect the interests of the smaller provinces and outlying regions.
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outlying suburb
The rebels have gained ground in some of the outlying suburbs but have been unable to advance on the city centre.
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Those billionaires, coming over here, buying our homes and forcing ordinary folk into obscure outlying suburbs.
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Urban environments are often significantly warmer than outlying suburbs, mostly due to the prevalence of low-albedo concrete surfaces.
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This means the district now includes all outlying suburbs of the city, as well as adjacent rural areas.
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These universities were built in outlying suburbs and offered special research scholarships to encourage students to undertake postgraduate research studies.
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outlying town
Students are often bussed in from these outlying towns.
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It covers a number of other outlying towns and villages, which had previously been covered by separate municipal borough, urban and rural district councils.
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The area of the city continued to expand through the 1920s and 1930s through merger with outlying towns and villages.
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At that time, the city's total area increased fourfold through absorbing several outlying towns and villages and the population increased to 1.56 million people.
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In more developed parts of the country, publishers delivered papers by truck to local carriers in outlying towns.
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outlying village
Finding a community of forty houses, they thought it was the capital, but it was a small outlying village of a much larger culture.
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By 6.30am they would be in a pick-up truck, driving to outlying villages.
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Thousands converged on the city from outlying villages in an attempt to break the army blockade.
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Numerous former outlying villages and towns have been enveloped by the urban and suburbs.
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Roads and bridges connecting the city to the outlying villages were inaccessible, as well as electricity, water and telephone lines were cut.
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Translations:
Chinese: 边远的
Japanese: 中心から離れた
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