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o vùng, miền, khu vực
§ arid region : miền khô hạn
§ megaseismic region : miền động đất
§ microwave region : miền sóng ngắn
§ oil region : khu vực dầu, vùng dầu
§ petroliferous region : vùng chứa dầu khí, khu vực chứa dầu khí
§ seismic region : vùng động đất
§ submountain region : vùng trước núi
Xem thêm: part, area, neighborhood, domain, realm
region noun
1 area of land/part of a country
ADJ. large | small | entire, whole | distinct, particular, specific | northern, southern, etc. | central | border, far-flung, outlying, peripheral, remote | neighbouring, surrounding | unexplored | geographical | arid, coastal, desert, equatorial, jungle, mountain/mountainous, polar, tropical | Basque, Gulf, London, Pacific, etc. | autonomous | urbanized | rural | populated a sparsely populated region | economic | developed, industrial | developing | depressed, poor, underdeveloped the poorer regions of the continent | prosperous, rich Italy's richest region | oil-producing, etc.
VERB + REGION inhabit, live in Nomads have inhabited this region for thousands of years. | work in | leave | visit | divide sth into The country is divided into 17 autonomous regions. | confine sb/sth to This bird is largely confined to the southern regions of the country.
REGION + VERB cover sb/sth The champagne-producing region covers 34,500 hectares.
PREP. across a/the ~ Sports events across the region have been cancelled because of the weather. | from a/the ~ Twenty participants from the Asia-Pacific region will be invited to the seminar. | in/within a/the ~ The animal is found in the northern regions of Sweden. | in the ~ of (figurative) She earns in the region of (= approximately) £200,000. | throughout a/the ~ The plant is found throughout the western regions of the country.
PHRASES sth varies from region to region Sanitary facilities varied widely from region to region.
2 part of the body
ADJ. distinct, particular, specific | brain, etc.
PREP. from a/the ~ tissue from the mouth region | in/within a/the ~ cells in a particular region of the brain
n.
the farming regions of France
religions in all parts of the world
regions of outer space
in the abdominal region
penguins inhabit the polar regions
it was going to take in the region of two or three months to finish the job
the price is in the neighborhood of $100
it was a limited domain of discourse
here we enter the region of opinion
the realm of the occult