rural

英['rʊər(ə)l] 美['rʊrəl]

反义词urban

rural 乡村的，农村的

来自拉丁语 ruralis,乡村的，来自 rus,开阔地，乡村，来自 PIE*reue,展开，词源同 room,rustic.

rural: rural: [15] Latin rūs denoted ‘the country’ (it came ultimately from an Indo-European ancestor meaning ‘open space’, which also produced English room). Its stem form was rūr-, on which was based the adjective rūrālis, source of English rural. A related adjective, this time derived from the nominative form, was rūsticus, which has given English rustic [15], and is also the ultimate source (via Old French rustre ‘ruffian’) of English roister [16].
=> roister, room, rustic
rural (adj.): early 15c., from Old French rural (14c.), from Latin ruralis "of the countryside," from rus (genitive ruris) "open land, country," from PIE *reue- (1) "to open; space" (see room (n.)).
In early examples, there is usually little or no difference between the meanings of rural and rustic, but in later use the tendency is to employ rural when the idea of locality (country scenes, etc.) is prominent, and rustic when there is a suggestion of the more primitive qualities or manners naturally attaching to country life. [OED]
Related: Rurally.

2. Desegregation may be harder to enforce in rural areas.: 要废除农村地区的种族隔离可能会更困难一些。

3. They announced the initiation of a rural development programme.: 他们宣布启动一项农村发展计划。

4. The rebels came overwhelmingly from the poorest strata of rural society.: 叛乱分子绝大多数来自农村的最贫困阶层。

5. The rural people have been impoverished by a collapsing economy.: 经济崩溃使农村地区的人们一贫如洗。