neighbors
neighbors — 名詞
1. someone whose home is right beside or just a short way from your own
鄰居
住在隔壁或附近的人
someone whose home is right beside or just a short way from your own
Nia invited her neighbors over for a bowl of warm soup.
Nia 邀請鄰居來家裡喝一碗熱湯。
collocation: invited neighbors over
Adina's neighbors lent her a ladder to paint the top floor.
Adina 的鄰居借給她梯子，讓她粉刷頂樓。
The neighbors on Maple Street shared their tools with the whole block.
Maple Street 上的鄰居們把工具借給整條街的人使用。
Hyun baked cookies and left a box by each of his neighbors' doors.
Hyun 烤了餅乾，在每個鄰居的門口放了一盒。
Our neighbors from number twelve always stop to chat when they walk past.
十二號的鄰居每次路過都會停下來聊幾句。
- next-door neighbor
specifically the person in the house directly beside yours
neighbors — 形容詞
- neighborspositive
- more neighborscomparative
- most neighborssuperlative
1. right beside or a very short distance from something
相鄰的
位置緊挨或非常靠近
right beside or a very short distance from something
The two neighbor towns share a single high school and a public library.
兩座相鄰的城鎮共用一所高中和一座公共圖書館。
attributive: neighbor + noun
Neighbor houses on the lane were all built from the same red brick.
巷子裡相鄰的房子都是用同樣的紅磚蓋成的。
A fire in one neighbor building spread quickly to the shop beside it.
一棟相鄰建築發生火災，迅速蔓延到旁邊的商店。
Neighbor farms help each other out during the busy harvest season.
相鄰的農場在繁忙的收穫季節互相幫忙。
The neighbor table was so close that Ezra heard their whole conversation.
相鄰的桌子太近了，Ezra 聽得到他們整段對話。
- neighboring
the more common everyday form for this meaning
- adjacent
more formal; often used in official descriptions of land or buildings
用法筆記
Only used before a noun (attributive position). Describes things and places, not people. More commonly expressed as 'neighboring' in everyday English.
neighbors — 動詞
- neighborspresent simple I / you / we / they
- neighborses3rd person singular
- neighborsing-ing form
- neighborsedpast simple
1. to stand right next to or lie a short way from something
毗鄰
位於某物旁邊或附近
to stand right next to or lie a short way from something
The park neighbors a quiet stream where children sail little paper boats.
公園毗鄰一條安靜的小溪，孩子們在那裡放小紙船。
transitive: neighbor + something
Our hotel room neighbors the ice machine, so we heard it all night long.
我們的旅館房間毗鄰製冰機，整晚都聽得到機器運轉聲。
Bilal's apartment neighbors a bakery, and the warm bread smell wakes him up.
Bilal 的公寓毗鄰一家麵包店，溫暖的麵包香把他喚醒。
The old stone church neighbors the town square on its northern side.
古老的石造教堂毗鄰城鎮廣場的北側。
Their farmland neighbors a wide brown river that floods every spring.
他們的農田毗鄰一條寬闊的棕色河流，每年春天都會氾濫。
文法句型
neighbor + something
用法筆記
Subject is almost always a place, building, or area of land, not a person.
常見錯誤
2. to live beside or be situated next to someone or something
比鄰而居
作為鄰居住在某處旁邊
to live beside or be situated next to someone or something
Arjun neighbors with a retired doctor who grows roses in the front yard.
Arjun 和一位在前院種玫瑰的退休醫生比鄰而居。
intransitive: neighbor + with + someone
Caleb's family neighbors with the Watanabe family and shares a long driveway.
Caleb 一家和渡邊家比鄰而居，共用一條長長的車道。
For three years, Théo neighbored with a kind elderly woman in Flatbush.
三年來，Théo 和 Flatbush 一位慈祥的老太太比鄰而居。
The two farms neighbor with each other along the eastern fence line.
兩座農場沿著東側的籬笆線比鄰而居。
Wei neighbors with several classmates from the same evening language course.
Wei 和幾位同夜間語言班的同學比鄰而居。
- live next to
the everyday phrase most learners should use instead of the rare verb 'neighbor'
文法句型
neighbor + with + someone/something
用法筆記
Frequently used with 'with'. Distinguish from sense 1: sense 1 is about physical position (places and buildings), while sense 2 can describe people living near each other.
3. to be friendly and helpful towards the people who live near you
睦鄰往來
以友善態度和鄰居相處往來
to be friendly and helpful towards the people who live near you
Jenna makes a point of neighboring with everyone who moves onto the block.
Jenna 總是和每個搬進街區的人睦鄰往來。
intransitive: neighbor + with + someone
The new family neighbored with us by sharing fresh vegetables from their garden.
新來的家庭和我們分享花園裡的新鮮蔬菜，彼此睦鄰往來。
Ignacio believes in neighboring well and checks on the older residents every day.
Ignacio 相信要好好睦鄰往來，每天都會關心年長的住戶。
The Kowalski family has neighbored with the whole street for over thirty happy years.
Kowalski 一家和整條街的人睦鄰往來了三十多年，非常快樂。
Iris learned the value of neighboring with kindness from her grandmother in Osaka.
Iris 從她在大阪的祖母那裡學到了善意睦鄰往來的價值。
- be neighborly
the far more common way to express this idea
文法句型
neighbor + with + someone
用法筆記
Rare and distinctly American. Describes the social act of being a good neighbor, not just physical nearness. Most learners will never need this sense actively.