| 单词 | city |
| 释义 | city (once / 16 pages) n A city is an area in which a large number of people live fairly close together. Cities usually have their own separate governments and systems for maintaining and providing utilities and transportation. A city is basically a big town — the population is large in relation to the amount of land, since people often live in apartments or multi-family housing. The largest city in the world today is Shanghai, China. You can also call the residents of a city as a whole a city: "The city voted to increase recycling." City comes from the Latin civitatem, "citizenship," or "community of citizens," from the root civis, "citizen." WORD FAMILYcity: cities, citify, city-like+/citify: citified, citifying USAGE EXAMPLESI think it’s harder to pull off what Prescott pulled off in a cuckoo football city like Dallas. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) Sadly they are even more popular with Asian mainlanders shopping in the major cities, and the ballot/queue system was in full effect there too. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) It will not be easy for the gardeners employed by cities to turn to more sustainable methods. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1n a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts Ancient Troy was a great city Syn|Hypo|Hyper metropolis, urban center national capital the capital city of a nation provincial capitalthe capital city of a province state capitalthe capital city of a political subdivision of a country municipality an urban district having corporate status and powers of self-government 2n people living in a large densely populated municipality the city voted for Republicans in 1994 Syn|Hyper metropolis municipality people living in a town or city having local self-government 3n an incorporated administrative district established by state charter the city raised the tax rate Hyper administrative district, administrative division, territorial division a district defined for administrative purposes |
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