outskirts，suburbs
这两个名词均有“郊区、近郊”之意。
outskirts在现代英语中只用这个复数形式，通常指市区以外的地方。
suburbs侧重指与市区相接或相邻的居住区。
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1、
One detachment pushed into the eastern suburbs towards the airfield.
一支小分队开进了东部郊区向飞机场挺进。
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2、
The new college will be located in the suburbs.
这所新建的学院将设在郊区.
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3、
They prefer living in the suburbs.
他们更愿意住在郊区.
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The general headquarters is in the suburbs.
司令部设在郊区.
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5、
There is room for infill between the new outer suburbs.
在新建的远郊住宅区之间还有空地可以盖房。
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6、
We'll move to the outer suburbs.
我们将搬到市郊.
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They decided to move out to the suburbs.
他们决定搬到郊外去.
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8、
Suburbs sprawled out to provide homes for the newly prosperous.
市郊无规划地向外扩展以为新近富起来的人提供住房.
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9、
Entire suburbs have been reduced to rubble.
整个市郊都变成了一片废墟。
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10、
We rented a house in the suburbs.
我们在郊外租了一所房子.
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11、
This is the best season for a ramble in the suburbs.
这是去郊区漫游的最好季节.
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12、
The tourists went sightseeing in the suburbs of the city.
游客们游览了市郊.
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13、
The train whooped out through the suburbs.
火车隆隆地驶过郊区.
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14、
They were beyond the last straggling suburbs now.
他们现在已经远离了最远的零星分布的郊区了。
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The school is situated in the suburbs.
这所学校位于郊外.
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