colony，settlement，settltment ；

[例句] 英国最早尝试在爱尔兰开拓殖民地是在12世纪。 The first British attempt to colonize Ireland was in the twelfth century.

[例句] 殖民地正要求获得更大程度上的自治。 The colonies were claiming a larger measure of self-government.

landed estate，landed property，real estate，land，tenement ；

[例句] 这样的地产是否可获得大笔收益还要视具体情形而定。 Whether such properties are a good deal will depend on individual situations.

[例句] 他以10万美元买下一处投资性地产，并支付了2万美元的定金。 He bought an investment property for $100,000 and put down $20,000.

plough，till，cultivated land [fields]，farmland，infield ；

[例句] 山间的一小块耕地是不可能养活一大家人的。 A smallholding in the hills could not support a large family.

[例句] 他有将近1,000公顷的草场和耕地。 He had nearly a thousand acres of grazing and arable land.

land，soil，territory，ground；

[例句] 哈里继承了这座房子以及相当大的一片土地。 Harry inherited the house and a sizeable chunk of land.

[例句] 试着去理解在这片土地上生息的人们。 Try to get a feeling for the people who live here.

wasteland，uncultivated land，waste，wastage，badlands ；

[例句] 教堂的后面有一块荒地。 There was a patch of waste land behind the church.

[例句] 他为自己从荒地上开辟出的花园而感到自豪。 He is proud of the garden he made from a wilderness.

[地] isthmus，sowneck，strait，isthmus；

[例句] 岛的北部和南部由一条狭窄的地峡相连. The north and south of the island are linked by a narrow isthmus.

[例句] 这个陆地的狭窄地带,我们称之为巴拿马地峡. It was the neck of land which we call the Isthmus of Panama.

region，district，local，clime，section ；

[例句] 人口的地域分布所发生的变化 changes taking place in the spatial distribution of the population

[例句] 中国地域辽阔,人口众多 China has a vast territory and a large population.

foundation，ground，ground work，groundwork，groundsill ；

[例句] 她用镐和平锹挖地基。 She dug the foundation with a pick and shovel.

[例句] 碎砖石可以用来铺路基和庭院地基。 Brick rubble is useful as the base for paths and patios.

insight，judgment，judgement，ken ；

[例句] 卡斯帕对欧洲农业状况发表了一番颇有见地的见解。 Kaspar had spoken know-ledgeably about the state of agriculture in Europe.

[例句] 我们越来越反感他益发无趣又缺乏见地的言论。 We became increasingly fed up with his increasingly unfunny and unintelligent comments.

[地质] terrace，catstep，bench，berm ；

[例句] 坑穴四壁是成阶地的. The walls of the craters are terraced.

[例句] 海岸顶上是后滨阶地. At the top of the shore is a berm.

cemetery，dust，graveyard，burial ground，Golgotha ；

[例句] 不大的教堂墓地周边围着一圈生锈的熟铁栅栏。 The small churchyard was surrounded by a rusted wrought-iron fence.

[例句] 走在行进队伍最前面的教区牧师刚刚向右转弯，朝着教堂墓地走去。 The parson, heading the procession, had just turned right towards the churchyard.

locality，local；

[例句] 生活总是让我们遍体鳞伤，但到后来，那些受伤的地方会变得更坚强。 The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are stronger at the broken places.

[例句] 我把1亿美元藏到了一个永远没人会找到的地方。 I have $100m hidden away where no one will ever find it.

boat basin，anchorage space，roadstead，anchor station，anchorage ground ；

[例句] “ 我想锚地大概是在南面那个小岛的后面 吧 ?” 'The anchorage is on the south, behind an islet, I fancy?'

[例句] 我的身后是大海, 前面是锚地. Behind me was the sea, in front the anchorage.

（具有某种性质或范围的一片地方） district，region，zone，[地测] band；名 tract，belt ；

[例句] 踏入未知地带最好的对策就是微笑。 The best thing to do when entering unknown territory is smile.

[例句] 帕萨迪纳坐落于圣加布里埃尔山麓的丘陵地带。 Pasadena lies in the foothills of the San Gabriel mountains.

field，farmland，plight，wretched situation，plowland ；

[例句] 蚜虫正在毁掉一片片的小麦和大麦田地。 The aphid is now laying waste to the wheat and barley fields.

[例句] 现在可以看到他快步跑过田地。 He was now to be seen legging it across the field.

garden plot，field，scope ；

[例句] 要是那片园地铺上草皮,那是很好的. It will be good if that part of the garden is turfed.

[例句] 园地上好久没人收拾,一片荒凉. The park wore an aspect of utter dreariness and ruin.

（地下通道或坑道） subway，tunnel，underpass，gallery；

[例句] 他们发现了一处迷宫似的地道。 They found a labyrinth of tunnels under the ground.

[例句] 任何地道的美食家游览法国时都会带着一本红皮的《米其林指南》。 No self-respecting gourmet would travel in France without the Michelin red guide.

（研究形成地球的物质和地壳构造， 以探讨地球的形成和发展的科学） geology，geognosy，geology；

[例句] 他在关于地质学的报告中, 也涉及气候问题. In his lecture on geology, he touched on the subject of climate.

[例句] 主修地质学的学生要选修地质学或地理课程. Concentrators in geological sciences elect either geology or geography.

fief，feud，manor，enfeoffment，feod ；

[例句] 她一封接一封地给他寄信解释推迟的原因. She sent him letter after letter to explain the delay.

[例句] 继承其前辈封地的人须交纳一笔“接替费”. The heir on taking up his ancestors fief had to pay a relief.

（封建主占有的土地） manor，（领土） territory，demesne，ligeance，palatinate ；

[例句] 它们都曾是法国的领地。 All of them were French possessions at one time or another.

[例句] 无论你什么时候需要，都可以自由穿过我们的领地。 You may have free passage across our territory whenever you require it.