enclave
/ˈenkleɪv/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈenkleɪv/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈen-ˌklāv ˈän-ˌklāv/ (ame, mw)
enclave — 名詞
- enclavesingular
- enclavesplural
1. a place or community that is completely surrounded by a larger area or populatio
飛地；聚居區
被異國或異文化包圍的區域或群體
a place or community that is completely surrounded by a larger area or population that is different from it — for example, a small country inside another country, or a neighbourhood where most residents share a language or culture that sets them apart from the city around them.
Swaziland, now called Eswatini, is an enclave almost completely surrounded by South Africa.
史瓦帝尼（原名史瓦濟蘭）幾乎完全被南非包圍，是一個飛地國家。
geographic sense: a country inside another country
The Chinatown district became a cultural enclave where new immigrants could speak their own language and keep their traditions.
當地的唐人街成為一個文化聚居區，新移民可以在裡面說自己的語言、保留自己的傳統。
collocation: cultural enclave
Political tensions rose around the small ethnic enclave, whose residents had different customs from the rest of the region.
這個小型少數族裔聚居區周邊的政治緊張局勢升溫，居民的習俗與當地其他地區不同。
The university campus felt like a quiet academic enclave separate from the busy city streets.
這座大學校園感覺就像一個寧靜的學術聚落，與繁忙的城市街道隔離開來。
A peaceful mountain enclave of traditional farming villages has survived far from modern roads and industry.
一個由傳統農村組成的寧靜山中聚落，遠離現代道路與工業，留存至今。
- pocket
smaller in scale, more informal; often used for non-contiguous areas ('pockets of poverty') without the political weight of enclave
- quarter
limited to urban districts ('the French Quarter'); emphasises location within a city rather than isolation
- community
broader and neutral; covers any group of people living in the same area, without the implication of being surrounded by something different
- mainland
the larger, connected landmass of a region, opposite of an enclave territory
文法句型
adjective + enclave
enclave of + noun
用法筆記
Dual usage: the geographic sense describes a territory surrounded by another country, while the social sense describes any group of people whose culture, language, or religion sets them apart from the surrounding population. Both are equally common.