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单词 out-of-town
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out-of-town

1. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
Out-of-town shops or facilities are situated away from the centre of a town or city.
...shopping at cheaper, out-of-town supermarkets.
2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
Out-of-town is used to describe people who do not live in a particular town or city, but have travelled there for a particular purpose.
...a deluxe hotel for out-of-town visitors.

out-of-town in British English

(ˌaʊtəvˈtaʊn)
adjective
1. 
not located in town
shopping at cheaper, out-of-town supermarkets
2. 
from a different place
a deluxe hotel for out-of-town visitors

out-of-town in Retail

(aʊt əv taʊn)
adjective
(Retail: Outlets)
Out-of-town stores or shopping malls are located outside the main central shopping area of a town or city and often having plenty of free car parking.
Many customers prefer to drive to out-of-town retail developments, where parking is easier.
Many retailing activities changed location to out-of-town complexes because of the availability of large areas of unused land which was cheapin comparison to land within the town or city center.
Out-of-town stores or shopping malls are located outside the main central shopping area of atown or city and often having plenty of free car parking.

Examples of 'out-of-town' in a sentence
out-of-town

High streets and out-of-town shopping centres can be turned back into housing as we increasingly buy goods online.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
There will be a presumption against building out-of-town shopping centres if they risk damaging local high streets.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Online deliveries have also deterred people from visiting out-of-town superstores.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
With shops in city centres and large out-of-town superstores it covers all bases.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
We go to out-of-town retail parks for the same reason.
The Sun (2013)
Large out-of-town stores are to be expanded and new ones opened on retail parks.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
He added that out-of-town shopping centres did not present the only danger.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
More and more regard a trip to an out-of-town superstore as an irritant to avoid.
The Sun (2014)
Take out-of-town shopping centres as an example of land profligacy.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
It trades from out-of-town retail parks and is expanding rapidly.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Big retailers with out-of-town stores are in decline.
The Sun (2014)
Environmental concerns may have an effect on the move towards out-of-town shopping.
Tom Cannon Basic Marketing. Principles and Practice (1986)
But they are long gone and the town centre has been destroyed by competition from out-of-town superstores.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Car parks in town centres and out-of-town complexes were full by midday.
The Sun (2011)
How about the acres of out-of-town retail car parks?
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Big out-of-town stores account for almost half its floor space.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
It predicts that roads leading to out-of-town shopping centres and theme parks will be some of the busiest.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Its boot space is clearly inviting you to head for the out-of-town shopping centre or set up business as a painter and decorator.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
They forecast that glitzy offices in the City and out-of-town retail warehouses will be the worst affected sectors.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
But the focus should be on lifting restrictions and encouraging imaginative change on the high street, not penalising out-of-town retailing.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
A review identified 250 posts in out-of-town superstores that were no longer required.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)

In other languages
out-of-town

British English: out-of-town ADJECTIVE
Out-of-town shops or facilities are situated away from the centre of a town or city.
...shopping at cheaper, out-of-town supermarkets.
  • American English: out-of-town
  • Brazilian Portuguese: fora da cidade
  • Chinese: 郊区的
  • European Spanish: de las afueras
  • French: en périphérie
  • German: außerhalb der Stadt
  • Italian: fuori città
  • Japanese: 町はずれにある
  • Korean: 도시 외곽의
  • European Portuguese: fora da cidade
  • Latin American Spanish: de las afueras

Chinese translation of 'out-of-town'

out-of-town

(ˈautəvtaun)

adj

  1. [shop, supermarket] 郊区(區)的 (jiāoqū de)
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