Metropolitan Large Belonging Catholic Met·Ro·Pol·Itan ˌmetrəˈpɒlɪtən ˌmetrəˈpɑːlɪtən Adjective
The word "metropolitan" can refer to something belonging to or typical of a large city or a major urban area. It can also refer to an important priest in the Orthodox and Catholic Churches, known as an archbishop.
[ADJ 形容词]大都会的;大都市的Metropolitan means belonging to or typical of a large busy city.
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...the metropolitan district of Miami.
迈阿密的都市区
...a dozen major metropolitan hospitals.
大城市的12家大医院
...metropolitan sophistication and rustic naivety.
大城市的圆滑世故和乡村的天真纯朴
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[N-COUNT; N-TITLE 可数名词;头衔名词](东正教和天主教的)大主教 A metropolitan is an important priest in the Orthodox and Catholic Churches. He has authority over other priests and is in charge of a particular area.
...the Ukrainian Catholic representatives, Metropolitan Volodymyr and Bishop Sofron.
乌克兰的天主教代表——弗拉基米尔大主教和索夫龙主教
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met·ro·pol·itan/ˌmetrəˈpɒlɪtən; NAmEˌmetrəˈpɑːlɪtən/adjective[only before noun ]1(also NAmE,informalmetro)connected with a large or capital city 大城市的;大都会的◆the New York metropolitan area纽约都市区◆metropolitan districts/regions都市区2connected with a particular country rather than with the other regions of the world that the country controls 本土的◆metropolitan France/Spain法国╱西班牙本土metropolitanmetropolitansmet·ro·pol·itan/ˌmetrəˈpɒlɪtən; NAmEˌmetrəˈpɑːlɪtən/
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metropolitanmet‧ro‧pol‧i‧tan /ˌmetrəˈpɒlətən◂ $ -ˈpɑː-/ adjective [only before noun]
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1relating or belonging to a very large city: a metropolitan area of South Australia2technical relating to France, rather than its colonies: metropolitan France
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大都市的(55%),大主教(25%),大都市的居民(12%),大主教区的(8%)
adj.大都市的;大主教辖区的;宗主国的
n.大城市人;大主教;宗主国的公民
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