简单释义：

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n. （市镇的）边缘地带；市郊

网络 郊区；郊外；外围地区

完整释义：

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n.

1.郊区
2.郊外
3.从外围经过
4.边缘
5.邻接
6.接近
7.交界

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例句：

1. On the outskirts of every town, would-be passengers wait for an hour or more for a ride.
   在每座城镇的偏远地带，想要搭车的乘客会为乘车而等上一个多小时。

2. Since the Tang and Song dynasties, Longwan as the eastern outskirts of the city of Wenzhou, economic and cultural continue to develop.
   唐宋以来，龙湾作为温州城的东部城郊，经济文化不断发展。

3. Filming took place in a mock-up of Nanjing on the outskirts of the Northern city of Changchun.
   电影的拍摄地点是在北部城市长春郊外的一个模仿南京的外景场地。

4. Within the city, a great deal of grass, trees, and greenery is seen, whereas the outskirts consist of a dusty, rocky landscape.
   置身于城市中，到处都是大片的草地，绿树，和绿色植被，在郊外由泥土，岩石组成的风景（美不胜收）。

5. I am almost near the outskirts of the city are searched, have to drive 2500 kilometers away. But have not found a suitable place.
   我几乎把附近城市的郊区都搜索了，一共驾车来回走了2500公里。可是没有找到一个适合的地方。

6. He got off the train at the next station, bought a piece of meat at a butcher shop, and captured the vagrant on the outskirts of the town.
   他在下一站下了车，在一家肉店买了一块肉，然后到镇外抓住了那个流浪儿。

7. We stayed in the outskirts, in a small room of a condo known as an illegal structure of this city.
   我们住在市郊，一个属于非法建筑的小屋，四壁透风。

8. How this land got so barren is never explained, but at least their uninhabitable terrain makes for some great racing on the outskirts.
   这片土地怎么变得这么贫瘠自始自终都没有解释，但至少他们不宜居住的地形让在郊外的一些带劲的赛跑比赛成为可能。