简单释义：

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n. 区；面积；领域；方面

网络 区域；地区；范围

变形：

复数：areas  

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完整释义：

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n.

1.地区,地方;〔比喻〕区域;范围
2.地区;地方;部位
3.区域;领域;范围;方面;环节
4.面积;平地;地面
5.营地;空地;片
6.空地;〔英国〕地下室前的空地
7.面状要素
8.场合
9.事情;事项
10.火种

un.

1.(英国)《地域》季刊

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例句：

1. Reduction of contact area between cohesive soil and the surface of dredging tools is able to decrease soil adhesion and cutting resistance.
   降低粘性土壤对刀齿表面接触面积可以减小土壤对刀齿的粘附和降低刀齿切削土壤的阻力。

2. The Hunan-Jiangsi border region geography is intricate. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the area is often in severe social unrest.
   湘赣边区地理环境错综复杂，明清时期，该区域处于频繁剧烈的社会动荡之中。

3. He said the emergency was imposed at the plant immediately after the leak and the affected area was isolated.
   Rashid称，发生泄漏后电厂立即进入紧急状态，受影响的区域也被隔离。

4. Field applications show that these techniques can be successfully used to solve problems of cementing the long open holes in this area.
   现场应用表明，这些技术措施较好地解决了该地区封固长裸眼段的难题。

5. "Of course it was entirely inevitable if artillery shells landed in that area there would be a high number of casualties, " he said.
   “当然，如果炮弹在再此区域爆炸，一定会有大量的伤亡，这是完全不可避免的，”他说。

6. Istanbul's governor has said there's no doubt this was a terror attack, the target, a pedestrian street in a residential area of the city.
   伊斯坦布尔市长说毫无疑问这是一次恐怖袭击，目标就是该市居民区的一条步行街。

7. Parts of me I feel to be unrelated to my area of pain are also x rayed and scanned.
   有些我感觉与疼痛无关的部位也拍了X光片，做了扫描。

8. By elimination, then, the Netherlands was the only area in which Habsburg losses might be out.
   如此权衡以后，荷兰就是咯布斯堡可以减少损失的唯一地区了。