downtown是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为a. /ad. 在城市的商业区，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在赫尔曼·梅尔维尔的《白鲸》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Its extreme downtown is the battery, where that noble mole is washed by waves, and cooled by breezes, which a few hours previous were out of sight of land.
在西奥多·德莱塞的《嘉莉妹妹》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The downtown section was now bare, save for a few whistling strollers, a few owl cars, a few open resorts whose windows were still bright.
-- A few acquaintances he had in downtown resorts and about the City Hall.
-- At the downtown end of the line, one of the officers went to call up his station and report the trouble.
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