| 单词 | suburban |
| 释义 | suburban (once / 1038 pages) adj Suburban refers to areas just beyond a city’s border. Your parents might have grown up in the city and then moved to a more suburban area after they had kids. If you see a lot of malls, plus houses that all look the same, and you're just outside a city, then you're in a suburban area: the suburbs. If you're from the suburbs, the chaos of New York City might be shocking. Suburban areas aren't as busy as urban (city) areas, but there's a lot more going on than in rural areas — farmland. One difference between suburban and urban areas is the urban areas have more cabs and public transportation. WORD FAMILYsuburban: suburbanest, suburbanise, suburbanite, suburbanize+/suburbanise: suburbanised/suburbanite: suburbanites/suburbanize: suburbanized/urban: suburban, urbanise, urbanize/urbanise: urbanisation, urbanised/urbanize: urbanization, urbanized, urbanizing USAGE EXAMPLESEducation experts say that while urban and suburban school districts generally spend more than rural ones, they face challenges not experienced in the country. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) With a permanent smile fixed on her face, she runs to the altar and settles into a life of suburban contentment. Salon(Jan 02, 2017) It is not uncommon for new development plans in Northern Virginia to raise hackles among residents who want to limit suburban sprawl. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) adj relating to or characteristic of or situated in suburbs suburban population |
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