Borough
['bʌrə] or ['bɝro]
解释:
(noun.) an English town that forms the constituency of a member of parliament.
(noun.) one of the administrative divisions of a large city.
编辑:奥尔加--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) In England, an incorporated town that is not a city; also, a town that sends members to parliament; in Scotland, a body corporate, consisting of the inhabitants of a certain district, erected by the sovereign, with a certain jurisdiction; in America, an incorporated town or village, as in Pennsylvania and Connecticut.
(n.) The collective body of citizens or inhabitants of a borough; as, the borough voted to lay a tax.
(n.) An association of men who gave pledges or sureties to the king for the good behavior of each other.
(n.) The pledge or surety thus given.
校对:南森
同义词及近义词：
n. Town (In England, a town represented in Parliament).
杜威手打
解释:
n. a town with a corporation and special privileges granted by royal charter; a town that sends representatives to parliament.—ns. Bor′ough-English a custom in some ancient English boroughs by which estates descend to the youngest son or the youngest brother; Bor′oughmonger one who buys or sells the patronage of boroughs; Bor′ough-reeve the chief municipal official in some unincorporated English towns prior to 1835.—Close or Pocket borough a borough the representation of which was in the nomination of some person—common before 1832; County borough a borough of above 50 000 inhabitants constituted by the Local Government Act of 1888; Rotten borough one which still returned members to parliament although the constituency had disappeared—all abolished in 1832.—The Scotch terms are grouped under Burgh.
德威特编辑
例句:
- Burke, now:--when I think of Burke, I can't help wishing somebody had a pocket-borough to give you, Ladislaw. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- The ex-butler had obtained a small freehold there likewise, which gave him a vote for the borough. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- Mr. Pickwick, with his usual foresight and sagacity, had chosen a peculiarly desirable moment for his visit to the borough. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- Counting both pleasure and business vehicles, the borough of Manhattan boasted about 2,500 storage-battery driven wagons in active use. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- When Sir Thomas comes, I dare say he will be in for some borough, but there has been nobody to put him in the way of doing anything yet. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
- It's the man I spoke to you about,' said Mr. Pickwick; 'I sent for him to the Borough this morning. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- This narrow canyon street in the lower part of the Borough of Manhattan is the financial center of New York City. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- And then he left the hot reeking room in the borough court, and went out into the fresher, but still sultry street. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
- The next three or four days were occupied with the preparations which were necessary for their journey to the borough of Eatanswill. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- Hold still, Sir; wot's the use o' runnin' arter a man as has made his lucky, and got to t'other end of the Borough by this time? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- Lant Street, Borough; it's near Guy's, and handy for me, you know. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- You want to be Member for the County, where, with your own vote and your borough at your back, you can command anything. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- Now that I represent my borough and may sit for the county, they begin to recollect me! 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- Why it's a good long way to the Borough, sir,' remonstrated Mrs. Bardell. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- BOB SAWYER AT HIS LODGINGS IN THE BOROUGH There is a repose about Lant Street, in the Borough, which sheds a gentle melancholy upon the soul. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- Pocket-boroughs would be a fine thing, said Ladislaw, if they were always in the right pocket, and there were always a Burke at hand. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- In the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx alone, in New York City, there were more than 2,000 such trucks in operation in 1916. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
手打:托马斯