| 单词 | city |
| 释义 | city (sɪti ) Word forms: cities countable noun A1 A city is a large town. ...the city of Bologna. ...a busy city centre. Synonyms: town, metropolis, municipality, conurbation City proper noun The City is the part of London where many important financial institutions have their main offices. People often refer to these financial institutions as the City. ...a foreign bank in the City. The City fears that profits could fall. Quotations: The city is not a concrete jungle, it is a human zooThe Human Zoo Collocations: city block It's a whole city block, full of new and secondhand, with incredibly knowledgeable staff. Times, Sunday Times The property occupied one city block, which was already paved for parking cars. Christianity Today It takes up almost an entire city block and takes several hours to get through; if it all gets too much, you can relax in the enclosed courtyard. Times, Sunday Times The show itself was half an hour late starting, although this may have been down to the bedlam outside the theatre, where the queue for tickets stretched a city block. Times, Sunday Times Built in 1902, and taking over most of a city block, it covers 4,800 square metres, with renovated apartments spread out over six courtyards. Times, Sunday Times And the city boasts 24 pistes for all standards of skier. The Sun The city boasts a proud business history. Times,Sunday Times If you are looking for a beach holiday, you won't be disappointed — the city boasts three golden, sandy beaches. The Sun The university city boasts more patent publications than any other and 80 per cent of its start-ups are still in business after three years. Times, Sunday Times The city boasts of several sports legends, past and present. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His dad was going to drive up after driving a city bus for 10 hours. Christianity Today One day we were traveling together on the city bus. Christianity Today Like getting a seat in a city bus. Outlook India She points out the rainy window at the hop-on hop-off city bus tour. Times, Sunday Times City bus services are fast, too, thanks to a network of bus lanes. Times, Sunday Times The hill - or acropolis - was enclosed by cyclopean walls and the other city inhabitants lived outside them. Times, Sunday Times As the player learns new recipes from city inhabitants, an increasingly varied selection of dishes can be prepared once after every battle. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The city inhabitants become aware of the horrible conditions of the homeless and soon voices are raised to build public housing. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The wealthier city inhabitants used to prepare fastidious family dinners and elect a king. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Later, the city inhabitants started wearing these sandals too. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It obtained federal and city landmark status in that same year. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The result was a newly fortified, element-resistant city landmark. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The building was designated as a city landmark in 2004. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Recognizing the historical importance of the building, the city denied the permit and applied to have the house designated as a protected city landmark. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Its exterior was declared a city landmark in 1977. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Armoured vehicles with the names of martyred soldiers printed on the sides patrol what was once the city limit and screen all who enter. The Times Literary Supplement For transport to destinations outside the city limit, there are jeepney and buses travelling set routes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 By 1893 there ended up some 50 miles of zanjas in the city and another 40 miles of zanjas outside the city limit. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These chapels were intended to provide a place for all travelers to and from the city to pray or hear mass at the city limit. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 At the time, the land was in a rural area, a full three and one-half miles from the city limit. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The 2006 census city neighbourhood profiles was released in 2008. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In colloquial usage, the term often refers to an inner city neighbourhood, a suburb or a suburban neighborhood. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 We need a mix of tenures, design styles and approaches to create city neighbourhoods fit for everyone from young flatsharers to retiree downsizers. Times, Sunday Times In 2014, two inner city neighbourhoods recorded the highest increases in the city in terms of assessed property values. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Within downtown are three city neighbourhoods. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A city official admitted last week that he had not realised 'what a big issue this bird would be'. Times, Sunday Times There's no way that they should allow a city official or state or national official to say what you can and cannot talk about. Christianity Today A city official said that the contract also included redesigned stationery, signage and websites. Times, Sunday Times Aware that news regarding the stadiums could trigger panic, a city official would confirm only that they had been identified for possible use. Times,Sunday Times A photograph from around that time shows her shaking hands with a low-level city official. Times, Sunday Times He distinguished himself as a great city planner and public financier. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He held the function as a city planner until 1906. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The enterprise architect however, like a city planner, both frames the city-wide design, and choreographs other activities into the larger plan. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The city planner designed some industrial buildings in the city centre. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For years city planners regarded it as a classic text on the municipal regulation of land. Christianity Today As for fitness, the civilian city population appeared wan and pale. Times, Sunday Times Overall, the city population has an annual net increase of 20,000 people. Times, Sunday Times The city population now totals 47,000 residents. Houston Chronicle As of the 2010 census, the city population was 1,192. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In the 2000 census, the city population was 1,243. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 One of the soldiers had in his possession a hand-written paper containing a name of a city resident. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In 1814 the cemetery was expanded as authorities bought additional land from a city resident. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was customary law that a city resident was free after one year and one day. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 At least one city resident had to stay up at night to keep starving soldiers out of his vegetable garden. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Many city residents remained unconvinced of his vision. Times, Sunday Times Built in the shape of a giant beer glass it is topped with great views of the city skyline. The Sun (2012) All the properties will overlook some greenery, and a number of flats look over the main house and the panoramic city skyline behind it. Times, Sunday Times (2007) On a clear day there are great views of the city skyline. The Sun (2016) From our balcony on the creek we watched the city skyline change. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Another scene, showing a plane flying towards the camera against a city skyline, was less successfully reproduced. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Highly skilled blasters bring down any structure to the ground, including city skyscrapers, massive steel bridges or huge stadiums. ST Gaze up at all that steel lace and then let your eyes wander out over the city skyscrapers. Times, Sunday Times Five levels await ranging from city skyscrapers to alien landscapes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It exposed the grotesque lack of hygiene in the teeming city slums. Times, Sunday Times The environment locales vary and include areas such as sewers, city slums, jungles and tundra. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This crowds the city slums and further aggravates the job, infrastructure and sustainability of city life. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Clips showed vehicles caught up in a muddy torrent pouring down a city street as people clung to lamp posts. Times, Sunday Times Imagine rows and rows of open-air kitchens on a major city street. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In fact, if you're serious about protecting your skin, you should always wear a hat in summer, even walking down a sunny city street. Times, Sunday Times They are then arrayed in ranks reminiscent more of a medieval battlefield than a modern city street. Times, Sunday Times There was one message that stood out like police lights on a dark city street. Times, Sunday Times The gates of the family's semi-detached home in the inner city suburb were padlocked against callers last night. Times, Sunday Times We start in a city suburb, birthplace (in 1898) of a horticulturalist (surname: save letter four). Times, Sunday Times Some come with ten-storey slides, running tracks and private gyms while one boasts as many trees as a small city suburb. Times, Sunday Times These days, it's a city suburb, where, in 1960, a crime writer was married. Times, Sunday Times As an inner city suburb, it has a mix of residential, retail and light industrial properties. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Residents said that the army launched rockets against pockets of insurgents in the coastal city. Times, Sunday Times The sun-drenched coastal city was perfect for a game of flowing football and the sides did not disappoint. ST They'll settle in a big coastal city where they'll achieve all sorts of success. Christianity Today For just 250 extra per head, we flew 18,000 extra miles - and ended up in the most breathtaking coastal city in the world. The Sun Eleven live mosquitoes were found in 126 flights leaving the coastal city in 2006-07. Times, Sunday Times Here you could be in any cosmopolitan city in the world. The Sun (2013) This is also Australia's most cosmopolitan city. Times, Sunday Times (2010) London is a cosmopolitan city, where a player can easily lose himself. The Sun (2013) And space is increasingly precious in what is an increasingly crowded city. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Scores of people were wounded at restaurants, markets and squares in the eastern city. Times, Sunday Times Many hospitals in the eastern city of 8 million people were flooded, and hundreds of people used lifeboats to move out of low-lying areas as forecasts predicted more rains. Times, Sunday Times At that time, the church was quite near the old eastern city wall. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 More than 2,600 have died since rebels stormed several eastern cities. The Sun Eastern cities could focus on textiles and not have to grow their own grain. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As many as 200,000 people could flee the city in the first weeks, although there are only 60,000 tents available in special emergency camps. Times, Sunday Times He gave anyone who could permission to flee the city. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His political activities forced him to flee the city in 1849, beginning a long period of exile. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Many citizens decided to flee the city, filling the steamer lines to capacity. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 With no remaining motivation to stay, the two protagonists split up to look for other survivors and flee the city. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Even storms less powerful than a hurricane can flood the city from the sea. Times, Sunday Times If then the other person answered yes, then he would flood the city. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The hurricane itself did not flood the city. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Dark thunder clouds turned day into night as torrential rain flooded the city's roads. The Sun The streets still run with sewage, though consumer goods have flooded a city so long starved of them by sanctions. Times, Sunday Times In such a historic city new discoveries are a regular happening. Times, Sunday Times The financial mismanagement and scandalous maladministration that have brought an historic city to this pass stand as a warning of wider significance. Times, Sunday Times And even these well-travelled musicians were blown away by the vibrant, historic city. The Sun Head for the historic city centre, where clubs and bars cater for the city's newly affluent. Times, Sunday Times One historic city, one seaside town - but far from one nation. Times, Sunday Times Finally, the three-way profit-share agreed under the host city contract would take effect if there was any money left to divide. Times, Sunday Times But each subsequent host city has had the conundrum of whether to continue with the flawed tradition. Times, Sunday Times Clearing away undesirables from the streets of a host city had become as traditional as the torch relay and the opening ceremony. Times, Sunday Times A marathon always presents the host city with its biggest challenge, image-wise. Times, Sunday Times Since 1912 each host city has commissioned posters, usually by unknown artists. Times, Sunday Times Clermont: an industrial city in the middle of the country. Times, Sunday Times (2014) In the once industrial city of Birmingham, a new powerhouse is emerging. Times, Sunday Times (2015) The other person lives in an industrial city which has considerable traffic jams, pollution, noise and crime. Collins Dictionary of Economics (1993) Show how this was true with the earliest agricultural cities, with industrial cities, and with the emerging global city. Sociology (1995) This is a big industrial city, with sprawling suburbs. Times, Sunday Times (2007) In Roman times it was the second largest city in Britain. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Puerto Cabezas was the largest city on Nicaragua's eastern shore, the largest for hundreds of miles along the entire Mosquito Coast. A KING'S RANSOM (2001) York is a large city with a population of more than 200,000 and the majority of its residential areas remain unaffected. Times, Sunday Times (2016) On your morning tour you will enjoy a predominantly medieval city, criss-crossed by an intricate network of streets which are a joy to explore. Times, Sunday Times Firewalls are visualised as if they were medieval city walls, constantly having to be fortified as attackers develop new catapults and gunpowder. Times, Sunday Times It becomes difficult to define who was a stranger within the medieval city. The Times Literary Supplement Its crumbling masonry and mature trees allow you to imagine the medieval city. Times, Sunday Times Or strolling companionably through some medieval city, his mind swooping off at tangents. Times, Sunday Times When we moved to a nearby city, everyone agreed the name needed to be changed. Christianity Today Then, in 1992, the nearby city decided to turn the mine into a theme park. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I asked a young pastor friend for the name of a counselor, and he recommended someone in a nearby city. Christianity Today But if all of you then want to mingle with thousands of others at a protest rally in a nearby city centre, then the police won't bother you. The Sun There are cafés and a restaurant specialis-ing in bagna cauda, a local fondue of chopped garlic and anchovy, and the low-key nightlife offers a respite from the hectic nearby city. Times, Sunday Times He has dreadlocks and works as a park warden in a small northern city. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Not one city, but a collection of northern cities - sufficiently close to each other that combined they can take on the world. Times, Sunday Times (2014) He offered to cook once a week at a soup kitchen run by monks in the northern city. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The animation staff were directed to populate the city with cars and crowds on the street level. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, he found it difficult to differentiate himself from the thousands of other show business hopefuls who populated the city. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The majority of commoners who populated the cities lived in extended urban and suburban areas outside the city walls and gatehouses. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was extremely difficult to train in the congested, populous city. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The city remained the capital of the kingdom and the most wealthy and populous city, with its status of royal and autonomous city. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Three lines are currently proposed to connect the busiest and most populous city districts. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Its population was 13,708 as of the 2010 census, making it the least populous city in the state. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A single dilapidated street, composed only of a few mean shops, was all that existed of this once thriving populous city. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Public transport was also halted throughout the afternoon in the northern port city. Times, Sunday Times Like any port city, it's a melting pot, but its music hasn't been watered down. Times, Sunday Times Some 29 per cent say a family member has played away, rising to 42 per cent in the port city. The Sun His tales of extraordinary journeys in amazing machines were inspired by his childhood in the port city, watching the ships come and go. Times, Sunday Times Nearby attractions in the port city include the country's oldest treadwheel crane. Times, Sunday Times The commercial heart of a prosperous city, it was once lined with shops, banks, coffee bars and boutiques. Times, Sunday Times He needed a city, a powerful and prosperous city to make him feel safe and secure. Christianity Today Prosperous city dwellers could be banned from buying second homes in some areas under proposals from a countryside group today. Times, Sunday Times With its strategic location, it became a prosperous city. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It expanded greatly over the following centuries, becoming a prosperous city with a forum, palaces, baths, temples, theatres, and an amphitheatre. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The large student population in many provincial cities makes a significant contribution to the local economy in the increasing absence of factories and offices. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Since the 1980s there has been a renaissance of provincial cities not seen since the Victorian era. Times, Sunday Times (2011) For much of its history, Dublin was a provincial city which contained within it the shadow of a capital, rather like a phantom twin. The Times Literary Supplement (2014) Wearing a bulletproof vest and surrounded by bodyguards, she pledged to rebuild the city and to persuade Uzbek refugees who had fled the violence to return. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Then they got down to the hard work of rebuilding the city. Christianity Today (2000) And he was sent to the rebuilt city of Minsk. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Gaines ' eyes flitted towards the windows and the cold sunlight across the mountains and the city being rebuilt. THE LAST RAVEN I went to seminary in a populous southern city directly after graduating. Christianity Today Southern city life pumps through it, from bar to restaurant and on through the night. Times, Sunday Times Like golden mimosa, they will do very well in a southern city, but not so well up north. Times, Sunday Times She frequently praised the $50 million paediatric hospital being built in the southern city. Times, Sunday Times But few will consider making anything more than a brief stay in the southern city. The Sun The sprawling city was built around the car, but often feels like it cannot handle the strain of today's traffic. Times, Sunday Times We would have spent more time in the sprawling city but had just 24 hours as we had flights home to catch. The Sun Power grids are the softest of targets; every sprawling city open to paralysing cyberattack. Times, Sunday Times This exhaustive tour of the sprawling city spends a good deal of time on the wild nightlife and sun-drenched beaches. Globe and Mail These include the arched windows in the living room, with views of the sprawling city, and an intricately carved wood-panelled ceiling in the master bedroom. Times, Sunday Times Outside the small, vibrant city centre there were signs of abject poverty. Times, Sunday Times This modern hotel has a fantastic location overlooking the vibrant city centre. Times, Sunday Times They go to the heart of what it means to be mayor of a cosmopolitan, vibrant city. Times, Sunday Times The legends and traditions of the world's most vibrant city 444pp. The Times Literary Supplement You'll then begin a three-night hotel stay -plenty of time to explore this vibrant city. The Sun The story goes that rebels wrapped messages of their plot to capture a walled city inside cakes that they distributed to the local populace. Times, Sunday Times (2007) The ancient walled city is getting a distinctly 21st-century makeover. Times, Sunday Times (2013) The human population has been all but wiped out by disease and the remaining survivors inhabit a sealed, walled city. The Sun (2009) Properties in the medieval walled city are like gold dust; those with views of the citadel are also rare, and carry a premium. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Translations: Chinese: 城市 Japanese: 都市 |
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