作为副词时,它则用于描述动作或状态的发生地点,如“I'm going out of town for the weekend”(我这个周末要出城)。而作为名词短语时,它通常指的是那些位于城市中心以外的地点或事物,如“out-of-town shopping centres”(城郊的购物中心)。 同义词与反义词:与'out-of-town'意思相近或...
ˌout-of-ˈtownadjectiveadj[only before noun] 1 to, from, or in another town城外的,镇外的 out-of-town visitors 城外的来客 2 British EnglishBrEon the edge of a town城郊的 out-of-town shopping centres 城郊的购物中心 Examples from the Corpus ...
Hardly a day goes by without a report about one of the great traditions of British dissent: a small group protesting at the demolition of a cottage; a lone crusader chaining him or herself to a tree to prevent its felling; or a band of enthusiasts standing in the way of a bulldozer as...
First came the makers of cars and all the parts that go into them. Then came the garages, filling stations and all sorts of other car-dependent【C2】___: car parks, motels, out-of-town shopping centres. Now another revolution on wheels is on the【C3】___: the d...
From Longman Business Dictionaryˌout-of-ˈtownadjective[only before a noun]1to, from, or in another townout-of-town visitors2British Englishon the edge of a townthe trend towards out-of-town shopping centres
out-of-town shoppingimpact studiesOut-of-town shopping centres are seen as a threat both to city centre retailing and to small local shops. The gradual development of an edge-of-town retail park made it possible to carry out a longitudinal study of changes in consumers' shopping behaviour in...
OUT-OF-TOWN SHOPPING: IS IT NOW TOO LATE FOR PLANNERS TO CHANGE CONSUMERS' HABITS? This article discusses the current controversy about out-of-town shopping centres in the UK and their future prospects. The Department of the Environment (DoE) has strongly signalled its intention to resist new...
2003 . “Social impacts of out-of-centre shopping centres on town centres: a New Zealand case study”. Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal , 21(2): 147–154.Taylor, Nick, Wayne McClintock and Brigid Buckenham (2003), "Social impacts of out-of-centre shopping centres on town centres: ...
THE BIG American developer McArthurGlen, which builds giant out- of-town shopping centres selling discounted fashion, has added another designer label to its stable, Lord Rogers of Riverside. He has designed a 210,000-square-foot retail centre next to the new Eurostar terminal at Ashford in ...
Large out of town shopping centres have been a thorn in the side of traditional high streets, at least partly due to the free parking not usually on offer in urban centres. One local authority mounting a fightback to win business for local retailers is the west London borough of Hillingdon...