city

英 ['sɪti] 美 ['sɪti]

• n. 城市；都市；全体市民；特许市；特权市
• City.
• n. （伦敦最古老的金融商务中心）伦敦商业区

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]城市,都市,市

   a large group of houses and other buildings where people live and work

2. [S]全市居民,全城居民

   all the people who live in a city

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 城市，都市，市
2. 全体市民，全城居民
3. 伦敦城，伦敦商业中心区
4. 【希史】城邦
5. <俚>境地
6. 市容
7. 有...特征的人、事、物
8. 特许市，特权市
9. 充满…的地方

英英释义

Noun:

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

   "Ancient Troy was a great city"
   

2. an incorporated administrative district established by state charter;

   "the city raised the tax rate"
   

3. people living in a large densely populated municipality;

   "the city voted for Republicans in 1994"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Beijing is a large city.
   北京是一座大城市。
2. I live in the west of the city.
   我住在该城市的西部。
3. The city is held by the enemy.
   这座城市已被敌人占领。
4. He said he preferred country life to city life.
   他说他喜欢乡下生活，而不喜欢都市生活。
5. The pressures of city life forced him to move to the country.
   都市生活的艰难迫使他迁往乡村。
6. The city turned out to welcome back its victorious team.
   全市居民倾城而出迎接凯旋球队。

用作名词 (n.)

1. She works in the City.
   她在伦敦商业区工作。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. This city has everything that one could wish for except good weather.
   这座城市里应有尽有,就是没有好天气。
2. I tried to get any kind of job but it seemed that the whole city had closed the door on me.
   我想随便找个工作干,但整个城市看来都拒不接受我。
3. London, Paris and New York are all large cities.
   伦敦、巴黎和纽约都是大城市。
4. The fighting reduced the city to a shambles.
   这场战斗使这座城市成了一片废墟。
5. The Romans founded a great city on the banks of this river.
   罗马人在这河岸上建立了一座大城市。
6. Do you like to live in a great city?
   你喜欢住在大都市里吗?
7. She strayed about in the strange city.
   她在这个陌生的城市四处乱逛。
8. The traffic accidents in the city decreased last year.
   该城市去年交通事故减少了。
9. Do you know of a really good hotel in this city?
   你知道这个城里有家真正像样儿的好旅馆吗?
10. Sister Carrie was bewildered by the crowd and traffic in the city.
    嘉莉妹妹被城里众多的人群和繁忙交通弄得晕头转向。
11. There are many differences between living in a city and living in the country.
    住在城里和住在乡下有许多差别。
12. We hired a driver to take us on a tour of the city.
    我们雇了一个司机带我们浏览这个城市。
13. A week may be spent in seeing the interesting sights of the city.
    参观这个城市的名胜古迹可能要用一个星期。
14. The habitants tried to fight against being moved to another city, but it was no use.
    居民们试图抵制移居到另一座城市去,但无济于事。
15. To avoid the city centre, turn right here.
    如果要避开市中心,请在这里向右拐弯。
16. Jenny was exhausted by the hustle and bustle of city life.
    珍妮被城市生活的忙乱喧嚣弄得筋疲力尽。
17. Members of the city council peppered him with questions about the details of his plan.
    市议员们对他的计划的详情问个不休。
18. I have inquires of the city planners, but they will give me no information about future plans for the area.
    我问过城市规划人员,可是他们不告诉我关于本地区远景规划的问题。
19. The city's population prepared to flee heat for the relative cool of the rivers.
    该市居民准备逃到天气较为凉爽的江河流域避暑。
20. Now we supply power to nine-tenths of the city's homes.
    现在我们向这个城市十分之九的家庭提供了电力。
21. The city of Beijing was founded 3700 years ago.
    北京建城于3700年前。
22. The entire city turned out for the celebration.
    全城的人都出来参加庆祝活动。
23. The police searched all over the city.
    警察搜查全城。
24. There are rumors in the City that the company is about to be taken over.
    伦敦商业区有种种谣传,说这家公司即将被收购。

经典引文

• He went into a city called Nain.

  出自：Bible (AV): Luke

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• adopt a city as one's residence 把某城市作为居住地
• beautify a city 美化城市
• build a city 建设城市
• burn a city 烧毁城市
• defend a city 保卫城市
• destroy a city 破坏城市
• develop a city 发展城市
• dust a city 清扫城市
• expand a city 扩建城市
• found a city 建立城市
• live in the city 住在城市
• manage a city 管理城市
• plan a city 规划城市
• pollute a city 污染城市
• run a city 管理城市

形容词+～

• ancient city 古代的城市,古城
• beautiful city 美丽的城市
• central city 市中心区
• chief city 主要城市,重镇
• free city 自由城市
• friendly city 友好城市
• great city 大城市,伟大的城市
• growing city 崛起的城市,发展中的城市
• inner city 内城
• large city 大城市
• lovable city 可爱的城市
• medium-sized city 中等城市
• old city 旧城
• open city 不设防城市
• overpopulated city 人口过剩的城市
• peaceful city 平静的城市
• planned city 有计划建设的城市
• the most populous city 人口最多的城市
• provincial city 省辖市
• sleepy city 沉睡的城市
• tourist city 旅游城市
• twin citys 姊妹城市
• youthful city 年轻的城市,新兴城市

名词+～

• business city 商业城市
• capital city 首都
• coal mine city 煤城
• coast city 海滨城市
• edge city 边缘城市
• garden city 花园城市
• home city 家乡城市
• lake city 湖畔城市
• port city 港口城市
• satellite city 卫星城市
• trading city 贸易城市

～+名词

• city article 报纸上有关商业财政之消息
• city council 市议会
• city councilor 市议员
• city desk 报馆的采访
• city edition 报纸本地版
• city hall 市政府大厦

介词+～

• in a city 在城里
• the poorer quarters of the city 城市的贫民区
• through the city 穿过城市

～+介词

• city of David 耶路撒冷
• city of Light 巴黎
• city of Seven Hills 罗马

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. city是可数名词,意思是“城市,都市,市”,多指较大或重要的城市。在美国,人口在8000人以上的都可称为city。
2. city也可表示“全市居民,全城居民”,作此解时是集合名词,常用作单数,可与单数或复数动词连用。
3. the City的意思是“伦敦商业区,伦敦城”。
4. “进城”可说go to the city,也可说go to town。注意town前无冠词。

词义辨析

n. (名词)

city, town

• 这两个词的共同意思是“城市”或“城镇”。其区别在于:
• 1.city一般指规模较大或较重要的城市; town则一般指比city规模较小的城镇。例如:
• The big city bewildered the old woman from the countryside.大城市把乡下来的老奶奶弄糊涂了。
• The old couple will attempt to leave the town as soon as possible.这对老夫妇想要尽快离开这个小城。
• 2.city在美国比在英国更常用,大小相当于英国的town的市镇在美国都可以叫做 city ; 而town则在英国比在美国更常用,一个在美国可以称之为city的都市,在英国仍可叫做town。
• 3.town有时也可指城市的商业中心区,还可用以指整个城镇居民。例如:
• The whole town knew of it.全城(居民)都知道这件事。

city，town

• 这两个名词均含“城市”之意。
• city一般指大城市或重要城市。
• town一般指规模小的城镇，也指城市中的市区，有时也泛指城市。

常见错误

n. (名词)

1. 杭州是一个富有吸引力的旅游城市。

   误 Hangzhou is an attractive city of tourism.

   正 Hangzhou is an attractive city for tourists.

   正 Hangzhou is an attractive tourist city.

   析 “旅游城市”可说tourist city或city for tourists,不可说city of tourism。

2. 我从未到过该市。

   误 I've never been to the City.

   正 I've never been to the city.

   析 the City特指伦敦商业区。

词源解说

• ☆ 13世纪初期进入英语，直接源自古法语的cite，意为城。

近反义词

【近义词】

• capital
• metropolis
• town
• borough