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n.城市,都市,全体居民,城邦

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city


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n
1 [C] large and important town 城市; 都市; 市
*Which is the world's largest city? 世界上最大的城市是哪个?
* [attrib 作定语] the city `centre, ie the central area of a city 市中心.
2 [C]
(a) (Brit) town with special rights given by royal charter and usu containing a cathedral 特许市(由皇家特许状赋予特权, 且通常有大教堂的城市)
*the city of York 约克特许市.
(b) (US) town given special rights by State charter 特许市(由国家特许状赋予特权的城市).
3 [CGp] all the people living in a city, as a group 全市居民
*The city turned out to welcome back its victorious team. 全市居民倾城而出迎接凯旋球队.
4 the City [sing] the oldest part of London, now its commercial and financial centre 伦敦商业区(伦敦最古老的部分, 现为商业及金融中心)
*She works in the City, eg as a stockbroker. 她在伦敦商业区工作(如做证券经纪人).
* The City reacted sharply to the fall in oil prices. 伦敦商业区对油价下跌反应强烈.
5 (idm 习语) the freedom of the city => freedom.

city


npluralcities[C]
[Date: 1100-1200; Language: Old French;Origin: cité, from Latin civitas 'citizenship, state, city of Rome', from civis; CIVIC]
a large important town
 New York City
 a capital city
 The nearest big city was St. Louis.
city dweller
(=someone who lives in a city)
inner city
a)BrE a large town, that has been given an official title by a king or queen
 the city of Oxford
b)AmE a town of any size that has definite borders and powers that were officially given by the state government
 The city of Cleveland celebrated its 200th birthday with fireworks and an outdoor concert.
[usually singular]
the people who live in a city
 The city has been living in fear since last week's earthquake.
the City
BrE the area of London which is Britain's financial centre, and the important institutions there
City banker/stockbroker etc
(=a banker etc who works in the city)
the city
AmE the government of a city
 The city is working to improve public transportation.
1. Each of the sides of the pyramid is 755 feet long, or about as long as two city blocks.
    每一边长755英尺,大约有两个街区那样长。

2. Even so, Mexico City continues to look good to the rural people who pour into the city.
    虽然如此,对拥入该城的乡村农民来说,墨西哥城仍是个好地方。

3. Electricity for the city would come from many sources, including the burning of trash from the city´s refuse collections.
    十亿人口城市的用电将取自多种来源,包括燃烧城市中收集的垃圾。

4. By the end of the next century, a single city may have more than 100 million inhabitants.
    到下个世纪末,一个城市的居民就可能超过一亿。

5. Billion city would have many levels, so that various transportation systems could work without interfering with each other.
    十亿人口城市有许多层平面,因此各种运输工具行驶时不会彼此干扰。

6. By building the city both deep into the ground and high above it, there would be room for far more people and everything else than there is in today´s two dimensional city.
    由于这种城市既建在地下深处,又造在地上高空中,所以能容纳的人和其它各种东西会比今天的平面城市多得多。

7. But the city endured.
    但是这个城市挺住了。

8. Whenever the Italian city-states were at war with each other,
    每次意大利各城邦之间打伏,

9. Water from kitchens and bathrooms would be carefully cleaned and recycled to the city.
    厨房和浴室排出的水将被仔细地进行净化,重新供给城市使用,

10. What had been a luxury home in that sector of the city came thundering down.
    这里曾经是城里的豪宅区,如今却成了一片废墟。

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