名詞 precinct:

1. a district of a city or town marked out for administrative purposes

1. No parking within the hospital precincts.
   醫(yī)院范圍內(nèi)禁止停放車輛。
2. Don't leave the school precincts during school hours.
   在上課期間內(nèi)不要離開學校。

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n.（名詞）

A subdivision or district of a city or town under the jurisdiction of or patrolled by a specific unit of its police force.
管轄區(qū)：城市或城鎮(zhèn)的分區(qū)或地區(qū)，由警察機構的特定單位對其進行管轄或巡邏
The police station situated in and having jurisdiction over such a district.
警察分局：位于管區(qū)內(nèi)并對其行使管轄權的警察局
An election district of a city or town.
選區(qū)：城市或城鎮(zhèn)的選區(qū)
Often precincts
常作 precincts
A place or an enclosure marked off by definite limits, such as walls:
圍地：由明顯界限，如墻劃出的地方或圍占地：
例句：
the mysterious precincts of the old monastery.
老修道院的神秘圍地

A boundary:
范圍：
例句：
Hunting is not allowed within the precincts of the estate.
在這片領地范圍內(nèi)不準打獵

precincts The neighborhood or surrounding area; the environs.
precincts 附近：相鄰或周圍地區(qū)；附近地區(qū)
precincts An area of thought or action; a province or domain:
precincts 境界領域：思想或行為的領域；范圍或領域：
例句：
.It was in these spacious precincts that Dryden`s imagination was most at home.(Mark Van Doren)
.只有在這些特殊領域內(nèi)，德萊登才可以最為自由地想象.(馬克·萬·多雷恩)

來源：
Middle English precincte [a defined district or area]
中古英語 precincte [劃定的地區(qū)或區(qū)域]
from Medieval Latin praecinctum
源自 中世紀拉丁語 praecinctum
from Latin [neuter past participle of] praecingere [to encircle]
源自 拉丁語 [] praecingere的中性過去分詞 [環(huán)繞]
prae- [pre-]
prae- [前綴，表.先于….]
cingere [to gird] * see kenk-
cingere [圍繞] *參見 kenk-