1.neighbour的基本意思是“邻居”,还可作“邻近的人〔物〕”“邻国”解。用于比喻时,可指不离左右的东西。
2.neighbour是英式拼法,美式拼法是neighbor。

You can inquire of your neighbours where the post office is.你可以问问你的邻居邮局在哪儿。
The widow gossiped about her neighbors.这个寡妇说邻居的闲话了。
She loves visiting with her neighbours and having a good gossip.她喜欢找左邻右舍聊天,说人家的长短。
She used to have a quarrel with her neighbours about some trifles on the average of once every three days.过去她平均每隔三天就要为鸡毛蒜皮的事和邻居吵一次嘴。
I've lived here five years and still haven't exchanged more than a few words with my neighbours.我在这儿已住了五年了,可是还没和邻居说过几句话。
We live among very warm neighbours.我们的四邻非常热情。
He is very kind towards his neighbours.他对他的邻居很友好。
I feel very much annoyed when my neighbour's cock loudly crows outside my window.我听到邻居家公鸡在窗外大叫就心烦。
We were neighbours at dinner.我们用餐时坐在一起。
Britain's nearest neighbour is France.英国最接近的邻国是法国。
When the big tree fell it brought down several of its neighbours.当这棵大树倒了的时候,压倒了旁边的几棵树。
After the First World War Germany conceded a lot of land to her neighbours.第一次世界大战以后,德国割让了大片土地给邻国。
Despair was too often her neighbour.她时常被失望所困扰。
Love your neighbour.要爱世人。

下面两个句子的意思不同：
She is neighbor to me.
她和我是邻居关系。
She is a neighbor of mine.
她是我的一位邻居。

Thomas is a good neighbor.
［误］  托马斯是一个好邻居。
［正］  托马斯与邻居相处得很好。
［析］  “a good/bad neighbour”是指“与邻居相处得好〔坏〕”,而不涉及那个“邻人,邻居”品德好坏。

［同义词］   area, district, locality, section, vicinity
［词源］  ＜古英语neahgehur(住在近处的人)