【local音标】 英[ˈləʊkl] 美[ˈloʊkl]
【单词释义】 local是什么意思：
adj.地方的；当地的，本地的；局部的；褊狭的
n.慢车；当地人，本地居民（律师、教士、医生）；住处附近的当地酒店；本地新闻
[单词分级] 高考英语词汇
[单词复数] locals
【关联词/派生词】
location n.位置，场所
locate v.定位；确定…的位置
locality n.地方，地点；地区
locale n.（事情发生的）地点，现场
locally adv.局部地；在本地
【local形近词/近似词】
vocal adj.嗓音的；发声的；有声音的 n.（乐曲中的）歌唱部分，声乐部分
【单词例句】
◇ Years later the young woman became critically ill. The local doctors were baffled. They finally sent her to the big city, where specialists can be called in to study her rare disease.
数年之后，那位女子得了一种罕见的重病，当地医生对此束手无策。最后，她被转到大城市医治，由专家会诊治疗。
---- The warmth of a cup of milk
◇ In the 1850's Samuel M. Kier, a manufacturer in western Pennsylvania, began collecting the oil from local seepages and refining it into kerosene.
在十九世纪五十年代，萨缪尔M科尔，宾西法尼亚西部的一位制造商，开始从当地的溢出物中收集石油并将它炼成煤油。
---- Oil Refining
◇ Poverty alleviation efforts will be carried out through the development of local industries, education and better healthcare, Li said when delivering the Government Work Report at the first session of the 13th National People's Congress.
李克强代表国务院向十三届全国人大一次会议作政府工作报告时说，要深入推进产业、教育、健康扶贫。
---- Eliminating poverty builds larger market
◇ This "little yellow horse" is an autonomous delivery robot, ferrying daily essentials like drinks, fruit and snacks from the local store to the residents in the Chinese capital.
这匹“真机小黄马”是一个自主送货机器人，可以把附近商店的饮料、水果和零食等日常用品配送到北京居民手中。
---- 'Little yellow horse' robot delivers useful service in China
◇ (6)Would you like to try some local specialties,like Mapo Tofu?
(6)您要试试本地特色菜吗，比如麻婆豆腐？
---- FISU Games Sentences for Citizens (2)
◇ (7)Face-changing of Sichuan Opera is one of the famous local shows.
(7)川剧变脸是本地最有名的表演之一。
---- FISU Games Sentences for Citizens (3)
◇ With them they brought the words fall and autumn, and while the former fell out of fashion overseas, it solidified itself in the local vernacular by the time America won its independence.
他们将fall和autumn带到了北美大陆，尽管前者fall在大洋彼岸已经不再流行，但是它却在美国获得独立之前在当地方言中站稳了脚跟。
---- The reason why Americans refer to Autumn as fall?
◇ The evidences they found showed that a maid took the vase apart and asked a sailor to sink it in a local well. She never gave away the secret even under the cruel trial of the enemies who were in search of treasures.
他们找到的证据表明，有个女仆 把花瓶拆开，然后让一名水手把它沉到当地的一个水井里。她从来没有泄露这个秘密，即使是在搜寻财宝的敌人残酷的审讯下。
---- A Brave Maid
◇ Last year, scientists saw some monkeys rubbing themselves with a certain kind of insects to protect themselves from fierce mosquitoes biting. According to the result of the inspection, they found that the insect contains a powerful drug, so local farmers were employed to catch the insects.
去年，科学家观察到猴子在身上擦某种昆虫来保护自己不受凶猛的蚊子的叮咬。根据检查的结果，他们发现这种昆虫含有一种具有强大效力的药物，于是，当地的农民都被雇来抓虫子。
---- Wildlife Protection
◇ This theme park is really a fantasy amusement park. No wonder it has become the brand of local tourism.
这个主题公园真是个充满幻想的娱乐公园，怪不得它成为当地旅游业的一个品牌。
---- A Unique Theme Park