- [countable]
a large and important town 都市；城市 
Parking is difficult in the city centre. 在市中心停车很困难。 It is one of the world's most beautiful cities. 它是世界上最美丽的城市之一。 Riots occurred in all the major cities. 各大城市都发生了骚乱。 the country’s capital city 这个国家的首都 Mexico City has a population of more than 20 million people. 墨西哥城有2000多万人口。 Manchester City Football Club 曼城足球俱乐部 - in a city
We live in a big city. 我们住在大城市。 - the city of…
a map of the city of Boston 波士顿市的地图
Extra ExamplesBonn is Oxford's twin city. 波恩是牛津的姊妹城市。 Her native city is Tokyo. 她的家乡是东京。 Rome is one of the great cities of the world. 罗马是世界上伟大的城市之一。 The building runs the length of a city block. 大楼贯穿整个街区。 The city grew rapidly in the 19th century. 这座城市在 19 世纪发展迅速。 There's a park just outside the city. 刚出城就有个公园。 the host city for the Olympic Games 奥林匹克运动会的主办城市 the lost city of Atlantis 消失的亚特兰蒂斯城 the old walled city of Cartagena 有城墙的卡塔赫纳老城 the sister cities of Los Alamos, New Mexico, and Hiroshima, Japan （美国）新墨西哥州洛斯阿拉莫斯与日本广岛这对姊妹城市 The city of Boston is one of America's most historic cities. 波士顿是美国最有历史意义的城市之一。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- huge
- large
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- build
- found
- grow
- flourish
- dweller
- slicker
- boy
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- in a/the city
- outside a/the city
- the centre/center of a city
- the heart of a city
- the middle of a city
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a town that has been given special rights by a king or queen, usually one that has a cathedral （由国王或女王授予特权，通常有大教堂的）特许市 the city of York 约克特许市 Ely is a cathedral city in East Cambridgeshire. 伊利是剑桥郡东区一座有主教座堂的城市。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- huge
- large
- …
- build
- found
- grow
- flourish
- dweller
- slicker
- boy
- …
- in a/the city
- outside a/the city
- the centre/center of a city
- the heart of a city
- the middle of a city
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- [countable] (North American English)
a town that has been given special rights by the state government （由政府授予特权的）特权市 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- huge
- large
- …
- build
- found
- grow
- flourish
- dweller
- slicker
- boy
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- in a/the city
- outside a/the city
- the centre/center of a city
- the heart of a city
- the middle of a city
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all the people who live in a city 全市居民 - the City (of London)[singular] (British English)
the UK’s financial and business centre, in the oldest part of London; the people who work there 伦敦商业区，伦敦城（伦敦最古老的金融商务中心） a City stockbroker 伦敦商业区的证券经纪人 What is the City's reaction to the cut in interest rates? 伦敦金融界对削减利率的反应如何？
Culture the Citythe CityThe business and financial centre of London is called the City or the City of London. It covers an area in east central London north of the River Thames, between Blackfriars Bridge and Tower Bridge. It is only about one square mile/2.5 square kilometres in size and is often referred to as the Square Mile.Many financial institutions have their head offices in the City, including the Bank of England in Threadneedle Street, the London Stock Exchange in Paternoster Square and Lloyd's of London in Lime Street. Many banks, insurance companies and stockbrokers (= companies that buy and sell shares for others) have been in the City many years. When journalists talk about ‘the City’ they are usually not referring to the place but to the people involved in business and commerce, as in: The City had been expecting poor results from the company. The financial businesses and organizations that are based further east, from the Square Mile, in the area known as Canary Wharf are also included in this extended use of the term ‘the City’.In the City old and new buildings stand next to each other. The most famous older buildings include St Paul's Cathedral, the Guildhall and the Mansion House, where the Lord Mayor of London lives. Tower 42, which is 600 feet/183 metres high, and 30 St Mary Axe, nicknamed ‘the Gherkin ’, are two of the City's more recent landmarks. The Shard, on the south side of the Thames, was opened in 2013 and is currently the tallest building in the UK. The Barbican Centre includes an art gallery, a theatre and a concert hall, as well as flats.Few people live in the City and at night the population is about 7 000. During the day it rises to about half a million, as business people commute (= travel from home to work) to the City by car, bus and train. In the past the traditional image of the City gent was of a businessman in a dark suit and bowler hat, carrying a briefcase (= a leather case for papers, etc.) and a newspaper or an umbrella. The expression She's something in the City means ‘She has an important job with a bank or firm of stockbrokers’, and suggests wealth and high social status.Topics Moneyc2 - [uncountable] (informal)
used after other nouns to say that a place is full of a particular thing （用于其他名词之后）充满…的地方
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French cite, from Latin civitas, from civis ‘citizen’. Originally denoting a town, and often used as a Latin equivalent to Old English burh ‘borough’, the term was later applied to foreign and ancient cities and to the more important English boroughs. The connection between city and cathedral grew up under the Norman kings, as the episcopal sees (many had been established in villages) were removed to the chief borough of the diocese.
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