词组 | zone |
释义 | zone /zəʊn $ zoʊn/ noun a large area that is different from other areas around it in some wayadjectives/nouns + zonea war zone Hundreds more troops have arrived in the war zone.a danger zone Civilians were told to leave the danger zone.an earthquake zone (=where earthquakes are likely to happen) It’s not advisable to build nuclear reactors in an earthquake zone.a disaster zone The flooding was so bad that the city was declared a disaster zone.an economic zone (=an area with special trade or tax conditions) The area has been made a special economic zone.an enterprise zone (=where business activity is encouraged by the government) Most of the companies in the enterprise zone are small businesses.a time zone (=which has a different time from the rest of the world) Los Angeles is in a different time zone from New York.a 20 miles/80 kilometres etc per hour zone (=where vehicles’ speed is limited) He was doing 42 miles per hour in a 30 miles per hour zone.a no-parking zone You can’t leave your car here – it’s a no-parking zone.a pedestrian zone (=only for people walking, not cars) The main part of the city centre is a pedestrian zone.a smoke-free/nuclear-free etc zone (=where smoking, nuclear weapons etc are not allowed) The office is a smoke-free zone.a demilitarized zone (=where soldiers and military activities are not allowed) The demilitarized zone between North and South Korea was created after the Korean War.the euro zone (=the countries where the euro is used as the official money) The country wanted to leave the euro zone.a no-fly zone (=an area that aircraft are not allowed to fly in) Planes violating the no-fly zone would be shot down.verbsenter a zone Only a few journalists have been able to enter the disaster zone.leave a zone Staff were advised to leave the danger zone.set up/establish/create a zone The government intends to set up an enterprise zone in the region.declare/designate sth a zone (=officially make it a zone) The college was declared a no-smoking zone.divide sth into zones The vast exhibition is divided into zones.prepositionsin a zone It was like being in a war zone.THESAURUS: zone → area (1) |
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