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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

metropolitan [mεtrə'pɔlɪtn]
  1. 1. adjective 大都市的

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

metropolitan [ˌmetrəˈpɒlɪtən]
  1. 1. adjective 大都市的首都的,中心地区的
  2. 2. n.[c] 大城市人,大城市的居民
  3. 3. n.[c] [Orthodox Church] 都主教大主教

Collins English-English Dictionary

metropolitan ["mεtrə'pɒlɪtən]
  1. 1. adj of or characteristic of a metropolis
  2. 2. adj constituting a city and its suburbs
    the metropolitan area
  3. 3. adj of, relating to, or designating an ecclesiastical metropolis
  4. 4. adj of or belonging to the home territories of a country, as opposed to overseas territories
    metropolitan France
  5. 5. n [Eastern Churches] the head of an ecclesiastical province, ranking between archbishop and patriarch
  6. 6. n [Church of England] an archbishop
  7. 7. n [RC Church] an archbishop or bishop having authority in certain matters over the dioceses in his province

Examples

The county was split in 1899 into metropolitan boroughs.
该县于1899年分裂为两个都会自治市。
Their large metropolitan counties center on three southern cities.
他们的繁华大都会都集中在三个南方城市。
This young soprano debuts next month at the metropolitan opera.
这位年轻的女高音歌唱家下个月将在纽约大都会歌剧院举行首演。
The metropolitan museum is exhibiting Goya's works this month.
大都会博物馆本月正在展出戈雅的作品。
metropolitan France
他参加了这次的会试,终于考取了功名。
He took the metropolitan examination and finally won an official rank.
柳公子参加会试,中了会元。
Junior Lord Liu took the metropolitan examination and came first place.

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