【region音标】 英[ˈri:dʒən] 美[ˈriːdʒən]
【单词释义】 region是什么意思：
n.地区，地域，地带；行政区，管辖区；（大气，海水等的）层，界，境；（学问等的）范围，领域
[单词分级] 大学英语四级词汇
[单词复数] regions
【region形近词/近似词】
legion n.（古罗马）军团；众多，大量 adj.众多的；大量的
religion n.宗教
【近义词解析】
◇ 地区，区域
area (n. 地区，区域)：普通用词，指国家、市镇等的区域，或建筑、处所等中作特定用途的场地。
belt (n. 区域，地带)：指具有某种特色或某类人居住的地区或地带。
district (n. 地区，行政区)：多指由政府等机构出于行政管理等目的而明确划分的地区。
region ([四级]n. 地区，区域)：通常指界线不明的较大地区或一国的行政分区；the regions 则指某国除首都以外的所有区域。
zone (n. 地区，地带)：指具有某种区别性特征而被划分出来的区域、地带；用作科技术语时，多指地球上依据温度划分的气候带。
【单词例句】
◇ They were dazzlingly white with long waving necks. They were swans and uttering a peculiar cry. They spread out their magnificent broad wings and flew away from the cold regions toward warmer lands and open seas.
他们白得发亮，颈项又长又柔软。这就是天鹅。他们发出一种奇异的叫声，展开美丽的长翅膀，从寒冷的地带飞向温暖的国度，飞向不结冰的湖上去。
---- The Ugly Duckling
◇ Progress in kicking the habit is uneven, with the Americas the only region set to meet the target of a 30 percent reduction in tobacco use by 2025 compared to 2010, for both men and women, the WHO said.
世卫组织说，各国在控烟方面进展不一，与2010年相比，美洲是唯一一个将在2025年前实现男性和女性的烟草使用量降低30%的地区。
---- Tobacco use still a major cause of death
◇ In some regions, the increasing population means more people will be vulnerable to rising seas, extreme weather and the spread of infectious diseases, which can all be intensified by climate change.
在一些地区，人口增长意味着更多的人将容易受到海平面上升、极端天气和传染病传播的影响，而这些都可能因气候变化而加剧。
---- World's population could swell to 10.9 billion by 2100
◇ "These new technologies, industries, and business models will not only bring forth new opportunities and transformations to reshape China's economy but also have a broader impact on the economic landscape of the Asian region," Phea said.
金平表示：“这些新技术、新产业、新商业模式不仅会带来新的商机，促进中国经济的变革和转型，也会对亚洲地区的经济格局产生更广泛的影响。”
---- China's stable economic growth crucial to boosting global
◇ Likewise, snow can sometimes appear pink in mountainous regions or coastal Polar Regions due to it containing cryophilic fresh-water algae that have a red pigment in them.
同样的，在山区或极地沿海区域的雪有时候会呈现出粉色，这是由于雪中含有喜欢寒冷的淡水藻类，而藻类的体内有红色素。
---- 3 biggest snow myths that will surprise you
◇ Your body regulates its temperature via a small peanut-shaped section of the brain known as the hypothalamus. This region works almost like a thermostat in a home, turning the temperature up or down based on various factors—such as how cold or hot the skin is.
人的身体通过脑部花生大小的下丘脑来调节体温。下丘脑的工作原理和家中的恒温器相似，根据不同的因素来调高或降低体温，比如说，根据皮肤温度的冷热。
---- How to keep your body cool
◇ “Gamma-ray bursts may be the most distant things we will ever see and as such will act as beacons to probe into the very distant regions of the universe when stars and galaxies were first formed.”
伽马射线爆炸是我们所见的最远距离的东西，当在这宇宙星星和星系最初形成时它就像信号灯一样，促使我们去探究宇宙更远的地方。
---- The Big Bang