| 单词 | city-state |
| 释义 | city-state (once / 33578 pages) n A city-state is an independent city — and sometimes its surrounding land — which has its own government, completely separate from nearby countries. Monaco is a city-state. Today, there are only five city-states that are truly self-governing, but in the past this was more common. In fact, well-known cities such as Rome and Athens were city-states, and the entire country of Italy was made up of independent merchant city-states during the Renaissance. These days, government tends to be concentrated in a larger country, rather than split into small, sovereign cities. WORD FAMILYcity-state: city-states USAGE EXAMPLESThis month, Singapore’s Monetary Authority cited the letter in saying it planned to bar Mr. Leissner from doing business in the city-state for a decade. Wall Street Journal(Dec 21, 2016) In the wealthy city-state of Singapore, police said they were adding officers and increasing bag checks. Wall Street Journal(Dec 21, 2016) She added that she was "puzzled" as to why the tiny city-state in particular added such a boost. BBC(Dec 15, 2016) n a state consisting of a sovereign city Syn|Exp|Hyper city state Carthage an ancient city state on the north African coast near modern Tunis; founded by Phoenicians; destroyed and rebuilt by Romans; razed by Arabs in 697 body politic, commonwealth, country, land, nation, res publica, state a politically organized body of people under a single government |
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