Word · Frequency #9600
sewering
为（某地）修建下水道系统；给…铺设下水道
sewering is the present participle of sewer.
to provide (a place) with a system of sewers
- 1.
To provide (a place) with a system of sewers.
为(某地)提供下水道系统
为(某地)提供下水道系统；用下水道排；铺设下水道于
In use
The city plans to sewer the new neighborhood before building houses.
It will cost millions to sewer the entire valley.
The authorities have promised to sewer all the villages in the region by 2030.
sewer sth
sewer作及物动词，宾语通常是需要铺设下水道设施的地区或场所。
The city plans to sewer the new residential area.
该市计划为新的居民区修建污水管道系统。
be sewered
被动语态强调某地已经完成下水道设施的建设。
The village was not sewered until the 1990s.
这个村庄直到20世纪90年代才铺设了下水道系统。
be sewering sth
进行时表示铺设下水道工程正在持续进行。
They are sewering the industrial zone this year.
他们今年正在为工业区修建污水管道系统。
Verb forms
base sewer · third person sewers · -ing sewering · past sewered · past participle sewered
规则动词
Common mistakes
The new community was sewed last month.The new community was sewered last month.
sew 意为“缝纫”，其过去分词是 sewed/sewn；sewer 作动词表示“为（某地）铺设下水道”，过去分词是 sewered。这里说的是铺设下水道，必须用 sewered。
The city plans to sewer next year.The city plans to sewer the old town next year.
sewer 是及物动词，后面必须接铺设下水道的地区/对象，不能单独作不及物动词使用；加上宾语 the old town 后才完整。
The village was seweraged last year.The village was sewered last year.
sewerage 是名词“污水系统”，不能当动词；sewer 本身是动词，表示“为……铺设下水道”。
Connections
Collocations
- sewered area
- 已铺设下水道的地区
- New housing developments are often built in sewered areas with full utility access.新建住宅区通常建在已铺设下水道且公用设施完备的地区。
- sewered street
- 已铺设下水道的街道
- The city has upgraded every sewered street to meet modern drainage standards.该市已对所有已铺设下水道的街道进行升级，以符合现代排水标准。
- sewered property
- 已接通下水道的房产
- The bank will not finance a home unless it is a sewered property.银行不会为房屋提供贷款，除非该房产已接通下水道。
- sewer a town
- 为城镇铺设下水道
- It took the engineer ten years to sewer the entire town.工程师花了十年时间为整个城镇铺设下水道。
Synonyms
- drain
- 为…安装排水管道；使排水 · 比 sewer 通用，可指雨水或污水，不单指下水道系统；也可表示“排干（水）”。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把名词 sewer“下水道”变成动词：给某地“装上 sewer”，就是 sewer——为…铺设下水道系统。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：municipal engineering、urban planning、technical documentation 该动词义项较正式，多用于市政工程、城市规划等专业语境或技术文档中。日常口语里通常不直接说 sewer a place，而更常说 install a sewer system 或 build sewers for a place。
Pronunciation & Spelling
fewer、newer、viewer、skewer、brewer 都与 sewer 押韵，词尾的 /uɝ/ 读音相同；注意 sew 虽然以同样的字母开头，但读作 /soʊ/，与 sewer 完全不同。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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