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

• 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。
• 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）。
• Youngsters hope to take up residence in metropolises.
  年轻人们希望在大都市中安定下来。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• It also allowed Samsung to more easily expand beyond large metropolises such as Shanghai and Guangdong, markets that Mr Kim says have become saturated.
  三星还能借此更容易地向上海和广东等大都会以外扩张。金永夏表示，这些大城市的市场已经饱和。
• 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。
• 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。