metropolis

• n. 大都市；首府；重要中心
• n. (Metropolis)人名；(英)梅特罗波利斯

来自希腊语meter,母亲，词源同mother,polis,城市，词源同police,policy.比喻用法。

1. a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts;

"Ancient Troy was a great city"

2. people living in a large densely populated municipality;

"the city voted for Republicans in 1994"

metropolis

metropolis: [16] A metropolis is etymologically a ‘mother city’. The word comes via late Latin mētropolis from Greek mētrópolis, a compound formed from métēr ‘mother’ (a distant relative of English mother) and pólis ‘city’ (source of English police, policy, politics, etc).
=> mother, police, policy, politics

metropolis (n.)

"seat of a metropolitan bishop," 1530s, from Late Latin metropolis; see metropolitan. Meaning "chief town or capital city of a province" is first attested 1580s, earlier metropol (late 14c.).

...the bustling metropolis of Chengdu.

熙熙攘攘的大城市成都

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Shanghai is an international financial metropolis with Big commerce, Big circulation and Big market.

上海是一个大商业, 大流通,大市场的国际金融都市.

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The living cost in this metropolis has been too gigantic for a poor person like him.

对于像他这样的穷人而言,这座大都市的生活费用实在太高了.

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Wel Bioer locates internationalization metropolis Shanghai City that industry and business industry prosper.

公司位于工商业发达的国际化大都市上海市.

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Shanghai a dense and bustling metropolis with people coming and going in every direction.

熙熙攘攘的上海,人来人往的大都市.

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New York has the sweetest water in the world, for a metropolis.

就一个大都会来说,纽约可说有世界上最甜美的水了.

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Anyway , A rural girl, holding a dream come metropolis of Shanghai, to a pop singer.

一个农村姑娘, 抱着一个梦想,来到大都市上海, 想要成为流行音乐歌星.

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Guangzhou is a metropolis oozing vitality.

广州是一个活力四射的大都会.

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This is a bench specially designed for a single lady who lives in a metropolis.

这是为大都市中的一位单身女子设计的长凳.

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The exterior link that becomes before such word is major the metropolis is trashy.

这样的话之前做的外部链接大部份都会没用了.

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This was a great , pleasing metropolis after all.

这毕竟是个令人振奋的大都市.

英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹

This metropolis of 600,000 is the cultural center of Siberia.

这个大城市是西伯利亚的文化中心,有60万人口.

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Twelve years old boy after retirement, visit really living alone in metropolis, Shanghai's aunt.

十二岁的男孩子宽宽, 去看望退休后独自生活在国际化大都市---上海的姨妈.

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Superman's had a hard week of fighting crime in Metropolis and is ready for some fun.

超人这一个礼拜过得可够累的,他一直在打击犯罪,现在也该找点乐子了.

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Tessenow decried the metropolis and extolled the peasant virtues.

特森诺夫痛诋大都市,颂扬农民的美德.

辞典例句

But no other metropolis close to matching its efficiency, drive and spirit.

但没有其他大都市的接近匹配其效率, 驱动器和精神.

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KAI SHING MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED ( METROPOLIS PLAZA )

启胜管理服务有限公司 ( 新都广场 )

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Living in metropolis provides a lot of benefits, such as good schools, libraries and theaters.

住在大都市有很多好处, 像是好的学校, 图书馆及戏院.

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The quaint Persian city has been engulfed by a roaring metropolis.

那富有奇趣的波斯城市已经被一座喧嚣的大都会所吞没.

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He was dazzled by the gaiety and splendour of the metropolis.

大都市的花花世界使他感到眼花缭乱.

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In 1962 an uncharted assemble from metropolis entered Abbey Road Studios to achievement their entry single.

1962年,利物浦的一支名不见经传的乐队,走进艾比路录音室,录制了他们的首支单曲.

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Now if you ask this question, almost everybody metropolis raise one's hand.

现在如果你问这个问题, 几乎人人都会举手.

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The lithe and parting cause in the metropolis transportation to drive become very relaxed.

轻盈的离合使得在都市交通中驾驶变得很轻松.

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In addition to being a commercial metropolis, Shanghai also has a rich cultural ambience.

除了作为商业大都会, 上海也有着浓厚的人文气息.

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Shanghai is an international metropolis full of vigor, dynamism and variety.

上海是一座朝气蓬勃 、 充满活力、多姿多彩的国际化大都市.

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Life is not easy in the metropolis, especially for the poor guy side.

在这个灯红酒绿的城市里,生活很不容易, 特别对那些外来的穷小子,家里又没靠山的.

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As the capital city of Hubei province, Wuhan is the biggest metropolis in central China.

武汉是湖北省省会, 是华中地区特大中心城市.

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Control and optimize controllable cost of power supply to reach international medium level of comparable metropolis.

控制优化可供电成本,达到国际可比大型城市中等水平.

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Either vitals had a problem the metropolis is lack of power.

任一重要器官有了问题都会乏力的.

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