downtown的用法

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downtown 和uptown的区别是:
这两个词主要用在美国英语中。在美国,市中心商业区叫做downtown,去远离市中心的居住区叫做 uptown。在19世纪三十年代,纽约城快速扩张,建立居民区只能向上建在周围的高地曼哈顿岛(the Island of Manhattan)上。去那里是上坡,故叫做uptown;而去商业区则是下坡,故去繁华的商业区是downtown。这两个词 既可以做名词,也可以作形容词、副词。现简述如下:
1. downtown (名词)市中心区,(市中)商业区;(形容词)商业区的,闹市区;(副词)在商业(闹市)区; 到闹市区。例如:
There is heavy traffic in the downtown area tonight.今夜闹市区交通繁忙。
The city is providing free transportation to the stadium from downtown.本市现在提供从市中心到体育场的免费交通。
This was, New York apart, the first American city I had ever been in where people actually lived downtown. 除了纽约,这是我到过的第一个人们确实住在市中心的美国城市。
Next she looked for a new summer dress from a shop downtown. 下一步,她到市区一家店物色一件夏装。
2. uptown (名词)住宅区,远离商业区的市区;(形容词)住宅区的;(副词) 往(或在)城外, 往(或在)城镇的非商业区,在住宅区。例如:
New uptown is nearby the high way. 新住宅区紧挨高速公路。
He rode uptown and made his way to Bob's apartment. 他乘车前往城外鲍勃的公寓。
Susan continued to live uptown. 苏珊继续住在市郊。
There's a skating rink uptown. 市郊有一个溜冰场。
They live in an apartment uptown. 他们住在市郊的一套公寓。
She went to the uptown post office. 她去住宅区的邮局。
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