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🏙n.城市⁹²;都市⁵;全体市民¹;特许市¹;特权市¹City.n.伦敦最古老的金融商务中心伦敦商业区名词复数cities；复数cities
n.名词
C城市,都市,市a large group of houses and other buildings where people live and work S全市居民,全城居民all the people who live in a city
Noun:
a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts;Ancient Troy was a great city an incorporated administrative district established by state charter;the city raised the tax rate people living in a large densely populated municipality;the city voted for Republicans in 1994
n.名词
杭州是一个富有吸引力的旅游城市。❌ Hangzhou is an attractive city of tourism. ✔️ Hangzhou is an attractive city for tourists. ✔️ Hangzhou is an attractive tourist city. 析 “旅游城市”可说tourist city或city for tourists,不可说city of tourism。 我从未到过该市。❌ I've never been to the City. ✔️ I've never been to the city. 析 the City特指伦敦商业区。
n.名词
city, town这两个词的共同意思是“城市”或“城镇”。其区别在于: 1.city一般指规模较大或较重要的城市; town则一般指比city规模较小的城镇。例如: The big city bewildered the old woman from the countryside.大城市把乡下来的老奶奶弄糊涂了。
The old couple will attempt to leave the town as soon as possible.这对老夫妇想要尽快离开这个小城。2.city在美国比在英国更常用,大小相当于英国的town的市镇在美国都可以叫做 city ; 而town则在英国比在美国更常用,一个在美国可以称之为city的都市,在英国仍可叫做town。 3.town有时也可指城市的商业中心区,还可用以指整个城镇居民。例如: The whole town knew of it.全城居民都知道这件事。city，town这两个名词均含“城市”之意。 city一般指大城市或重要城市。 town一般指规模小的城镇，也指城市中的市区，有时也泛指城市。 来自原始印欧语*kei，躺下，休息，词源同civil, home。-ty，名词后缀。词义由休息引申至家园，住所。在中世纪city和town在规模上并无明显区别。 civil来自拉丁语civilis，市民的。来自civis，市民。来自原始印欧语*kei，躺，休息，词源同home, city。 home来自古英语ham，村庄，屋子，居住地。来自原始日耳曼语*haimaz，词源同hamlet, haunt。来自原始印欧语*kei，聚居，定居，安家，词源同city, civil。现词义局限为家，住所。 city来自原始印欧语*kei，躺下，休息，词源同civil, home。-ty，名词后缀。词义由休息引申至家园，住所。在中世纪city和town在规模上并无明显区别。 town来自古英语tun，村庄，围场，居住区。来自原始日耳曼语tuna，栏杆，围栏。来自原始印欧语*dheue，围，围住，词源同down, tune。后用于指城镇，在过去与city常混用。
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动词+～adopt a city as one's residence把某城市作为居住地beautify a city美化城市build a city建设城市burn a city烧毁城市defend a city保卫城市destroy a city破坏城市develop a city发展城市dust a city清扫城市expand a city扩建城市found a city建立城市live in the city住在城市manage a city管理城市plan a city规划城市pollute a city污染城市run a city管理城市形容词+～ancient city古代的城市,古城beautiful city美丽的城市central city市中心区chief city主要城市,重镇free city自由城市friendly city友好城市great city大城市,伟大的城市growing city崛起的城市,发展中的城市inner city内城large city大城市lovable city可爱的城市medium-sized city中等城市old city旧城open city不设防城市overpopulated city人口过剩的城市peaceful city平静的城市planned city有计划建设的城市the most populous city人口最多的城市provincial city省辖市sleepy city沉睡的城市tourist city旅游城市twin citys姊妹城市youthful city年轻的城市,新兴城市名词+～business city商业城市capital city首都coal mine city煤城coast city海滨城市edge city边缘城市garden city花园城市home city家乡城市lake city湖畔城市port city港口城市satellite city卫星城市trading city贸易城市～+名词city article报纸上有关商业财政之消息city council市议会city councilor市议员city desk报馆的采访city edition报纸本地版city hall市政府大厦介词+～in a city在城里the poorer quarters of the city城市的贫民区through the city穿过城市～+介词city of David耶路撒冷city of Light巴黎city of Seven Hills罗马
钱博士civ市民+ty抽象名词后缀→市民身份和状态→市民群体→市民聚居区⇒城市
词根civ-市民来自拉丁语。
近义辨析city和town都可以表示城市，但town来自来自英国人本族语属于日耳曼语，出身较卑贱，所以常用来表示较小的城镇。而city来自法语，出身高贵，所以常用来表示大都市。但在go to town进城等短语中，遵循惯例采用本族语词汇town。串联记忆常见城市：Beijing北京 New York纽约 Hong Kong香港 London伦敦 Paris巴黎 Sydney悉尼非常记忆ci刺+ty太阳⇒在城市里刺客怕见到太阳civ-公民近义词 towncapitalboroughmetropolis
用作名词n.This city has everything that one could wish for except good weather.这座城市里应有尽有,就是没有好天气。
I tried to get any kind of job but it seemed that the whole city had closed the door on me.我想随便找个工作干,但整个城市看来都拒不接受我。
London, Paris and New York are all large cities.伦敦、巴黎和纽约都是大城市。
The fighting reduced the city to a shambles.这场战斗使这座城市成了一片废墟。
The Romans founded a great city on the banks of this river.罗马人在这河岸上建立了一座大城市。
Do you like to live in a great city?你喜欢住在大都市里吗?
She strayed about in the strange city.她在这个陌生的城市四处乱逛。
The traffic accidents in the city decreased last year.该城市去年交通事故减少了。
Do you know of a really good hotel in this city?你知道这个城里有家真正像样儿的好旅馆吗?
Sister Carrie was bewildered by the crowd and traffic in the city.嘉莉妹妹被城里众多的人群和繁忙交通弄得晕头转向。
There are many differences between living in a city and living in the country.住在城里和住在乡下有许多差别。
We hired a driver to take us on a tour of the city.我们雇了一个司机带我们浏览这个城市。
A week may be spent in seeing the interesting sights of the city.参观这个城市的名胜古迹可能要用一个星期。
The habitants tried to fight against being moved to another city, but it was no use.居民们试图抵制移居到另一座城市去,但无济于事。
To avoid the city centre, turn right here.如果要避开市中心,请在这里向右拐弯。
Jenny was exhausted by the hustle and bustle of city life.珍妮被城市生活的忙乱喧嚣弄得筋疲力尽。
Members of the city council peppered him with questions about the details of his plan.市议员们对他的计划的详情问个不休。
I have inquires of the city planners, but they will give me no information about future plans for the area.我问过城市规划人员,可是他们不告诉我关于本地区远景规划的问题。
The city's population prepared to flee heat for the relative cool of the rivers.该市居民准备逃到天气较为凉爽的江河流域避暑。
Now we supply power to nine-tenths of the city's homes.现在我们向这个城市十分之九的家庭提供了电力。
The city of Beijing was founded 3700 years ago.北京建城于3700年前。
The entire city turned out for the celebration.全城的人都出来参加庆祝活动。
The police searched all over the city.警察搜查全城。
There are rumors in the City that the company is about to be taken over.伦敦商业区有种种谣传,说这家公司即将被收购。Pcity-staten.城邦Pcitywardsad.向城市Pcityscapen.都市风景Pintercitya.城市间的Pcity-breda.在城市长大的Pconsumer-cityn.消费城市Pproducer-cityn.生产城市
n.名词
city是可数名词,意思是“城市,都市,市”,多指较大或重要的城市。在美国,人口在8000人以上的都可称为city。 city也可表示“全市居民,全城居民”,作此解时是集合名词,常用作单数,可与单数或复数动词连用。 the City的意思是“伦敦商业区,伦敦城”。 “进城”可说go to the city,也可说go to town。注意town前无冠词。
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用作名词Beijing is a largecity.北京是一座大城市。
I live in the west of thecity.我住在该城市的西部。
Thecityis held by the enemy.这座城市已被敌人占领。
He said he preferred country life tocitylife.他说他喜欢乡下生活，而不喜欢都市生活。
The pressures ofcitylife forced him to move to the country.都市生活的艰难迫使他迁往乡村。
Thecityturned out to welcome back its victorious team.全市居民倾城而出迎接凯旋球队。用作名词⎤adj.metropolitan
同义词 burghal,citified,civic,civil,interurban,intraurban,megalopolitan,municipal,urban
反义词 ruralnoun.large town
同义词 capital,center,downtown,metropolis,municipality,place,portborough,burg,conurbation,megalopolisboom town,metropolitan area,polis,urban place,urbs
areanoun region, district
belt,block,county,division,domain,dominion,enclosure,field,kingdom,locality,neck of the woods,neighborhood,parcel,patch,plot,precinct,principality,quarter,section,sector,sphere,square,state,stretch,territory,township,tract,turf,vicinity,ward,zone
areasnoun region, district
breadths,compasses,distances,expanses,fields,operations,ranges,sizes,spaces,spheres,stretches,widths
asphalt junglenoun urban area
city,concrete jungle,downtown,inner city,mean streets,metropolis,municipality,urban complex
centernoun point of attraction for visitors, shoppers, travelers
capital,city,club,concourse,crossroads,focal point,focus,heart,hub,mall,market,marketplace,mart,meeting place,metropolis,nerve center,plaza,polestar,shopping center,social center,station,town,trading center
centersnoun point of attraction for visitors, shoppers, travelers
capitals,cities,clubs,concourses,crossroads,focal points,focuses,hearts,hubs,malls,marketplaces,markets,marts,meeting places,metropolises,nerve centers,plazas,polestars,shopping centers,social centers,stations,towns,trading centers
concrete junglenoun urban area
asphalt jungle,city,downtown,inner city,mean streets,metropolis,municipality,urban complex,urban sprawl |