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

• 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。
• But its biggest metropolises conspicuously failed to explode in size.
  然而总所周知，其最大省会城市的规模却并未激增。
• Similar trends are noted throughout many of China's larger central and eastern metropolises.
  类似的潮流在中国中部和东部的许多大都市中也是随处可见。
• Like many other metropolises in the world, Vienna has entered an old-age society.
  和许多发达城市一样，维也纳也早就进入了老龄社会。
• While coastal China and its major metropolises evince tremendous wealth, large swaths of Western China remain mired in poverty.
  中国沿海城市和一些重要的都市非常富裕，与贫穷的西部存在巨大的差距。
• Study on Development Strategies and System Structure of Passenger Traffic in Metropolises of China
  我国特大城市客运交通系统结构和发展战略研究
• The team noticed that in metropolises like Shanghai, there is a huge waste of coffee grounds every day.
  这支团队注意到，在上海这样的大都市，每天都有大量的咖啡渣被白白浪费掉。
• 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。
• 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）。
• 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。