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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- metropolitan
[mεtrə'pɔlɪtn]
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adjective
大都市的
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- metropolitan
[ˌmetrəˈpɒlɪtən]
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1.
adjective
大都市的,首都的,中心地区的
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2.
n.[c]
大城市人,大城市的居民
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3.
n.[c]
[Orthodox Church]
都主教,大主教
Collins English-English Dictionary
- metropolitan
["mεtrə'pɒlɪtən]
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1.
adj
of or characteristic of a metropolis
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2.
adj
constituting a city and its suburbs
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the metropolitan area
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3.
adj
of, relating to, or designating an ecclesiastical metropolis
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4.
adj
of or belonging to the home territories of a country, as opposed to overseas territories
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metropolitan France
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n
[Eastern Churches]
the head of an ecclesiastical province, ranking between archbishop and patriarch
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n
[Church of England]
an archbishop
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n
[RC Church]
an archbishop or bishop having authority in certain matters over the dioceses in his province
Examples
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The county was split in 1899 into metropolitan boroughs.
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该县于1899年分裂为两个都会自治市。
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Their large metropolitan counties center on three southern cities.
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他们的繁华大都会都集中在三个南方城市。
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This young soprano debuts next month at the metropolitan opera.
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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。
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The metropolitan museum is exhibiting Goya's works this month.
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大都会博物馆本月正在展出戈雅的作品。
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metropolitan France
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他参加了这次的会试,终于考取了功名。
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He took the metropolitan examination and finally won an official rank.
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柳公子参加会试,中了会元。
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Junior Lord Liu took the metropolitan examination and came first place.
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