名词

1. 地区;地带;行政区域
A region is a large area of land that is different from other areas of land, for example because it is one of the different parts of a country with its own customs and characteristics, or because it has a particular geographical feature.

2. （首都以外的）各地区，外省
The regions are the parts of a country that are not the capital city and its surrounding area.

3. （身体的）部位，区域
You can refer to a part of your body as a region.

4. （指数量）差不多，在…左右，大约
You say in the region of to indicate that an amount that you are stating is approximate.

1. a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve

e.g. in the abdominal region

Synonym: area

2. a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about

e.g. it was a limited realm of discourse
here we enter the region of opinion
the realm of the occult

Synonym: realm

3. the extended spatial location of something

e.g. the farming regions of France
religions in all parts of the world
regions of outer space

Synonym: part

4. a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth

e.g. penguins inhabit the polar regions

5. the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of')

e.g. 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

Synonym: neighborhood