1772, local, from French local, noun use of local (adj.), from Latin locus "place" (see locus). English spelling with -e (1816) probably is based on morale or else to indicate stress.
The word's right to exist depends upon the question whether the two indispensable words locality & scene give all the shades of meaning required, or whether something intermediate is useful. [Fowler]
双语例句
1. An amusement park is the perfect locale for a bunch of irrepressible youngsters to have all sorts of adventures.
游乐场是一帮精力过剩的年轻人寻求各种惊险刺激的绝佳场所。
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2. The director is looking for a suitable locale for his new film.
导演在为新片物色合适的拍摄场地.
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3. Indicates a locale under which to compare strings within the DataSet.
指示在数据集中比较字符串时所用的区域设置.
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4. This means that they not account any locale settings when doing conversion.
这意味着它们在执行转换时不考虑任何区域设置.
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5. Conversion to lower case is implemented as appropriate to the current locale.
