estate ♦︎ development ♦︎ projectThese words all mean a group of houses or factories built together in a planned way.这些词均表示住宅区或工业区。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆a housing estate / development / project◆a / an industrial / commercial estate / development■estate / /ɪˈsteɪt/ / [countable] (BrE) an area of land with a lot of houses or factories of the same type on it住宅区；工业区；工厂区◆We're planning to move the business to an industrial estate on the outskirts of the town.我们计划把工厂搬到城区外围的工业区。◆There are around six million people living on council estates(= an area owned by the local council with cheaply rented houses or flats) in Britain.在英国约有600万人住在属地方政府所有的出租房里。ⓘ In American English estate refers to the grounds and buildings of a large country home. Use development.美式英语中的estate指乡村大庄园的土地和建筑，表示住宅区、开发区要用development。■development [countable] a piece of land with new buildings on it新建住宅区；房地产开发区◆The protesters oppose plans to build a commercial development on the site.抗议者反对在这个地方进行商业开发。ⓘ In American English, development is not just used to talk about new buildings; it is used in the same way as estate in British English.在美式英语中，development除了指新建的楼房外，还与英式英语中的estate用法相同◆a luxury residential development一个豪宅区◆We live in a new housing development.我们住在一个新开发的住宅小区里。■project ( ˈhousing project) [countable] (NAmE) a group of apartments built for poor families, usually with government money（通常由政府出资为贫困家庭兴建的）住宅区，住宅群，住宅工程◆She lives in a housing project on the edge of town.她住在城边的贫民住宅区。◆Going into the projects(= a poor district with high-rise apartments) alone can be dangerous.独自一人进入贫民住宅区很危险。