local: [15] Latin locus meant ‘place’ (it became in due course French lieu, acquired by English in the 13th century, and was itself adopted into English as a mathematical term in the 18th century). From it was derived the verb locāre ‘place’, source of English locate [18] and location [16], and the post-classical adjective locālis, from which English gets local. The noun locale is a mock frenchification of an earlier local [18], an adoption of the French use of the adjective local as a noun. => lieu, locomotive, locus
local (adj.)
"pertaining to position," late 14c. (originally medical, "confined to a particular part of the body"), from Old French local (13c.) and directly from Late Latin localis "pertaining to a place," from Latin locus "place" (see locus). The meaning "limited to a particular place" is from c. 1500. Local color is from 1721, originally a term in painting; meaning "anything picturesque" is from c. 1900.
local (n.)
early 15c., "a medicament applied to a particular part of the body," from local (adj.). Meaning "inhabitant of a particular locality" is from 1825. The meaning "a local train" is from 1879; "local branch of a trade union" is from 1888; "neighborhood pub" is from 1934.
实用例句
1. There has been a busy start to polling in today's local elections.
今天地方选举的投票一开始就人头攒动。
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2. Global ecological efforts can easily be at odds with local ecologies.
全球性生态保护工作很可能会和地方生态系统存在矛盾。
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3. They drink bitter on draught in the local bar.
他们在当地的酒吧里喝桶装的苦啤酒。
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4. He was bailed to appear before local magistrates on 5 November.
他获得保释，将于11月5日在地方法庭出庭受审。
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5. The person who embodies democracy at the local level is the mayor.
