Home Counties

Home Counties

美 [ˌhoʊm ˈkaʊntiz] 　英 [ˌhəʊm ˈkaʊntiz]

• n.伦敦周围各郡
• 网络家乡郡；家乡诸郡；家庭诸郡

英汉解释

adj.	1. used for describing attitudes or qualities that are thought to be typical of conservative middle-class English people

例句

The fair boy stopped and jerked his stockings with an automatic gesture that made the jungle seem for a moment like the Home Counties.

金发少年停住脚，自自然然地紧紧袜子。他这动作一时间让人觉得这孩子好象是在老家一样。

It is the same for Labour in southern England; it polled lots of home counties votes but holds just ten of 197 seats outside London.

工党在英格兰南部的遭遇也是如此：得到大量伦敦周边地区的选票，但只在197个席位中取得10个席位。

London is bounded by the Home Counties.

伦敦以其四周的六郡为界。

THE Home Counties are horrified.

“家庭诸郡”*震惊了。

His identity lies somewhere between liberal London, where he has spent his adult life, and the conservative Home Counties, where he grew up.

他的个性来源于其度过成人时光的自由伦敦和从小长大的保守的伦敦周围的郡县之中。

Only 100 to 150 of the 30cm tall bird live in the UK, mainly in the Home Counties, but the decision has been taken to exterminate them.

仅仅有100到150只这种30cm长的小鸟生活在英国，并且主要在伦敦周边各郡，但是消灭他们的决定已经做出。