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housing project

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Construction, Welfare
ˈhousing ˌproject noun [countable]  American EnglishTBCPEW a group of houses or apartments, usually built with government money, for poor families 〔一般由政府出资建造,供低收入家庭居住的〕住宅区
Examples from the Corpus
housing projectHe is not beyond sitting down to redesign a housing project.A riot in a drab housing project outside Paris leaves one participant on his deathbed, a victim of police brutality.The residents of the Bernal Dwellings public housing project, which the suspects had terrorized for years, won.
ˈhousing ˌproject nounChineseSyllable
apartments, Corpus or a of group houses


housing project
ˈhousing ˌproject noun [countable]
American English a group of houses or apartments, usually built with government money, for poor families


housing projectBrE /ˈhaʊzɪŋ prɒdʒekt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈhaʊzɪŋ prɑːdʒekt/ 🔊 (also pro·ject) (both NAmE) nouna group of houses or flats/apartments built for poor families, usually with government money 公房项目;公房区(常由政府为贫困家庭建造)