英语单词 | metropolitan |
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英美音标 | 英 [ˌmetrə'pɒlɪtən] 美 [ˌmetrə'pɑːlɪtən] |
中文释义 | adj.大都市的;大主教区的 n.大都市的居民;大主教 |
英语例句 | (1) Metropolitan residents are used to fast rhythm. (2) He can not adjust himself to the pace of metropolitan life. (3) She left the small island and became famous in metropolitan France. (4) Metropolitan residents are used to fast rhythm. |
中文例句 | (1) 大都市的居民习惯于快节奏。 (2) 他适应不了都市生活的节奏。 (3) 她离开小岛而在法国的大都市中成名。 (4) 大都市的居民习惯于快节奏。 |
vocabulary简明 | The adjective metropolitan describes something that's characteristic of a city. You really enjoy metropolitan life — there's always something happening, and you can walk or take the subway anywhere you want to go. |
vocabulary扩展 | The word metropolitan comes from metropolis, which in Greek means mother city, made up of mētēr meaning mother, and polis meaning city. A person who lives in a metropolis, or city, is also called a metropolitan. You may have loved cities even when you were growing up in the suburbs, looking forward to the day you could become a true metropolitan in the biggest city you could find. |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ 形容词]大都会的;大都市的 Metropolitan means belonging to or typical of a large busy city. [ADJ n]
2 [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.
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