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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- city
['sɪtɪ]
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1.
noun
[c]
城市
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the City
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[BRIT] [金融] 英国伦敦商业区
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- city
[ˈsɪtɪ]
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1.
n.[c]
城市，都市
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We've lived in this city all of our lives and have no desire to move.
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我们一生都一直生活在这个城市，而且不想搬离。
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Ancient troy was a great city.
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古代特洛伊是一个伟大的城市。
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2.
n.[c]
市
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Should the city raise public transport prices?
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这个城市应该提高公共交通的费用吗？
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The city raised the tax rate.
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该市提高了税率。
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3.
n.[c]
全市居民
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The city celebrated New Year's Eve with street parties and fireworks.
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全城居民用街头聚会和燃放烟火庆祝除夕。
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The city voted for Republicans in 1994.
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1994年，这个城市的市民将选票投给了共和党。
Collins English-English Dictionary
- city
['sɪtɪ]
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1.
n
any large town or populous place
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2.
n
(in Britain) a large town that has received this title from the Crown: usually the seat of a bishop
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3.
n
(in the US) an incorporated urban centre with its own government and administration established by state charter
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4.
n
(in Canada) a similar urban municipality incorporated by the provincial government
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5.
n
an ancient Greek city-state; polis
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6.
n
the people of a city collectively
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7.
n
[modifier]
in or characteristic of a city
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a city girl
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city habits
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n
[Etymology]
C13: from Old French cité, from Latin civitas citizenship, state, from civis citizen
Examples
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The city Commission is the principal legislative body of a city.
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市委员会是一个城市的主要立法机构。
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The old city walls still surround the city of Pingyao.
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古老的城墙仍然围绕着平遥古城。
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The city of romance turned into the city of broken dreams.
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这座浪漫之城变成了梦断之城。
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An atomic bomb can annihilate a city.
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一个原子弹能摧毁一个城市。
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a city with the aroma of Paris
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一个带有巴黎格调的城市
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Slums are a blight on a city.
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贫民窟是城市发展的一大阻碍。
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