Borough

['bʌrə] or ['bɝro]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) an English town that forms the constituency of a member of parliament.

(noun.) one of the administrative divisions of a large city.

編輯:奥尔加--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(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.

校對:南森

同義詞及近義詞：

n. Town (In England, a town represented in Parliament).

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解釋/意思:

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.

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