Metropolis
[mɪ'trɒp(ə)lɪs] or [mə'trɑpəlɪs]
解释:
(n.) The mother city; the chief city of a kingdom, state, or country.
(n.) The seat, or see, of the metropolitan, or highest church dignitary.
编辑:纽曼
同义词及近义词：
n. Chief city, capital.
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解释:
n. the capital of a country; the chief cathedral city as Canterbury of England: the mother-city of an ancient Greek colony: a generic focus in the distribution of plants or animals:—pl. Metrop′olises.—adj. Metropol′itan belonging to a metropolis: pertaining to the mother-church.—n. the bishop of a metropolis presiding over the other bishops of a province: an archbishop.—n. Metropol′itanate.—adjs. Metropol′itic -al.
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娱乐性解释：
n. A stronghold of provincialism.
整理:凯瑟琳
例句:
- The next day she proceeded to the Asylum, which was situated not far from London on the northern side of the metropolis. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- On the 26th day of October we arrived at the metropolis, called in their language _Lorbrulgrud_, or Pride of the Universe. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
- Such levity is proper enough in the provinces, we make no doubt, but it ill suits the dignity of the metropolis. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- He remained in London a year and a half, working in two of the leading printing establishments of the metropolis, where his skill and reliability were soon prized. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- One day my editor wished to have a series of articles upon begging in the metropolis, and I volunteered to supply them. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- The Sanhedrim met here last, and for three hundred years Tiberias was the metropolis of the Jews in Palestine. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- The metropolis, I imagine, is a pretty fair sample of the rest. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
- We have to deal with all grades of life from the frontier to the metropolis, with men who differ in sense of fact, in ideal, in the very groundwork of morals. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- But men saw that it was bound to grow, for railroads would have to come to bring the wheat and others to carry it away, and that meant that some day it would be a great metropolis. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- A description of the metropolis, and the country adjoining. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
- He had traced the man to one of the most penurious streets in the metropolis. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- To a certain extent--with regard to populous districts, and in the metropolis, said the Doctor. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- It seemed fitting that this cosmopolitan organization should be located in the world's metropolis rather than in a mere university town. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- They came from the east and the north, and directed their course without apparent motive, but unanimously towards our unhappy metropolis. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- The king's palace; and some account of the metropolis. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
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