metropolises

英 [mɪˈtrɒpəlɪsɪz]

美 [məˈtrɑpələsɪz]

n.  大都会; 大城市; 首都; 首府
metropolis的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 首都;大都会;大都市
  Ametropolisis the largest, busiest, and most important city in a country or region.
  1. ...the bustling metropolis of Chengdu.
     熙熙攘攘的大城市成都

双语例句

• Although I had experienced the bird's-eye view of the metropolises several times when traveling in China, I was still deeply impressed by such a proud sight.
  虽然在国内旅行时，也曾几度鸟瞰过大都市的景象，但如此壮丽的景色，还是给我留下了深刻的印象。
• We've also commissioned a further study of this kind for the so-called European Green City Index, where we will benchmark the sustainability of30 European metropolises.
  类似的，我们还启动了一项名为“欧洲绿色城市指数”的深入研究，在这一研究中，我们将对30座欧洲城市的可持续发展能力进行评估。
• Traffic congestions are occurring daily in Chinas metropolises, wasting energy and time.
  在中国的大都市，交通拥堵每天都在发生，不仅浪费了能源，也浪费了时间。
• Halfway up China's coastline, Ningbo is one of the major metropolises in the Yangtze River Delta, and one of the most dynamic an prosperous cities in China.
  宁波位于中国大陆海岸线中段，是中国长江三角洲的区域中心城市之一，也是中国经济最活跃、最丰富的城市之一。
• As retailers and marketers have rushed into China, shoppers there are responding, triggering a shift particularly among consumers living in China's so-called Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities outside the metropolises of Beijing and Shanghai.
  随着零售公司和营销公司蜂拥进入中国，中国的购物者开始做出响应，这引发了中国消费者消费习惯的转变，特别是在北京和上海以外的二三线城市。
• Many big cities, including Beijing, plan to become major world metropolises in the future.
  包括北京在内的很多大城市，都计划在未来成为世界级的大都市。
• As many as 90 cities in China have a population of more than 1m. Mr Wong says, however: A city might be wealthy, but people might not shop locally particularly if there are high-speed trains [ to take prospective customers to major metropolises].
  中国人口在100万以上的城市多达90个，但王日明表示：一个城市就算很富裕，人们也未必会在当地购物，特别是有高铁的地方（高铁会把潜在顾客带到大城市）。
• Since reform and opening up, Shanghai's urban construction has developed along with its commercial functions, which has become the highlight in the construction of international metropolises.
  改革开放以来，上海城市建设与商业功能开发互动发展，成为国际大都市建设的亮点。
• As more and more young Chinese complete their exodus from major metropolises to less polluted small towns, their counterparts in the US are increasingly finding themselves stuck in big cities.
  在中国，越来越多的年轻人逃离大城市，移居环境较好的小城镇；与此同时，在美国，却有越来越多的年轻人发现自己被困在了大城市。
• As China unveiled a shiny new high-speed train connecting the great metropolises of Beijing and Shanghai on Monday there was one thing conspicuously absent from the comfortable new carriages: a speedometer.
  周一，中国推出了一条连接北京和上海两大都市的崭新高速铁路专线。然而在舒适的新车厢里，有一件东西却明显不见了踪影：时速表。