An open, often paved area adjacent to a house serving as an outdoor living space; a patio.

紧邻房间的一块开阔、通常铺过的区域，作为室外活动场所；庭院。

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She found her eight children wandering aimlessly in an open paved area, a courtyard filled with piles of clothes and plastic containers.

她发现自己的八个孩子在一块空地上漫无目的地游荡着，这块空地上摆满了成堆的衣服和塑料盆。她家的一个房间里还没有摆放家具。

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Drainage systems that were designed to meet the needs of the original service areas are unable to carry extra storm water runoff from newly paved areas in the catchment area.

为服务原有地区设计的排水系统无法承受从新铺装地区聚集的多余雨水。

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In between crossing each road, pedestrians must wait on the paved area in the middle which is surrounded by a 3in raised kerb.

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Protesters living on a covered, paved area immediately outside the front door of the council offices have brought with them seats and settees, and stocks of banners, food and water.

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The diplomat said that the Iranians have paved over a large part of the area surrounding a building where the IAEA suspects the Iranians were conducting nuclear experiments.

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