suburban

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sub·ur·ban /səˈbɜːbən $ -ˈbɜːr-/ adjective 1 SGAREArelated to a suburb, or in a suburb 郊区的，市郊的 a quiet, suburban street 一条安静的郊区街道2 CONVENTIONALboring and typical of people who live in the suburbs 乏味的；古板的；有郊区人特点的 narrow-minded, suburban attitudes 狭隘古板的态度

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suburban• It was to be on a new site and act as a combined station for suburban and express services.• suburban attitudes• She hated her parents' suburban attitudes.• Under the beards, they may still be suburban, but now they are starving, picking up bricks..• Despite her suburban clothes and appearance she was popular at college.• suburban life• Then competition with Mission Valley shopping centers and suburban residential growth prompted a rapid decline.• The weather is glorious, so we trot through the suburban roads and leafy lanes, and find a hitherto undiscovered park.• The office was a former dental practice in the strip-mall sprawl of suburban San Diego.• a suburban shopping center• What it really means is that the new trams are a hybrid between street car and lightweight suburban train.