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ci.ty LARGE PLACEH5sIt7i, $5sIt-n [C]a place in which there are many houses, shops, places of work, places of entertainment, places of worship etc., and which is bigger than a town城市Many of the world's cities have populations of more than 5 million.世界上许多城市有5000000 以上的人口。Wellington is the capital city (=centre of government) of New Zealand.惠灵顿是新西兰的首都。City life doesn't suit me--I prefer the country.城市生活不适合我----我更喜爱乡村。When their team won the European Cup, the whole city was (= all the people in the city were) on the streets to welcome the footballers home.他们的球队赢了欧洲杯以后，整个城市的市民到街上欢迎足球运动员凯旋而归。(Br and Aus) The city centre is the central part of a city.市中心It's impossible to park in the city centre.市中心不可能停车。The new out-of-town supermarket will take business away from city-centre shops.新建的城外的超级市场会夺走市中心商店的生意。☆DOWNTOWNThe city council is the local government of a city.市议会，市政府City councillors are people who form the local government of a city.市政（议）会成员(dated) The city fathers are members of the governing group of a city.市政府主要成员(esp. Am) A city hall is a building used as offices by people working for a city government.市政厅The nicest buildings in the city are the Federal Court House and the City Hall.城市里最好的建筑物是联邦法院和市政厅。☆TOWN中的town hall。(esp. Am) City Hall also refers to the government of a city.市政府You will have to apply to City Hall for a building permit.你得向市政府申请建筑许可证。(infml disapproving) A city slicker is a person who knows how to deal with the problems of living in city and who pretends to know more about fashion and culture than people who live in the countryside.（农民眼中的）城市滑头A city-state in the ancient world was a city and the area around it which had an independent government.城邦Rome, Carthage and Athens were some of the great city-states of the ancient world.罗马、迦太基和雅典是古代几个强大的城邦。
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