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towntaJnna place where there are a lot of houses, shops, places of work, places of entertainment, places of worship, etc. in which people live and work. A town is usually larger than a village, but smaller than a city.市镇a seaside/coastal/resort town一座海滨/沿海/旅游度假的城镇an industrial town一座工业城镇a fishing town一座渔业城镇a mining town一座矿业城镇a border/frontier town [C]一座边境城镇They live in a sleepy provincial town. [C]他们住在一座死气沉沉的偏远城镇里。He was born in the small town of Castleford, in Yorkshire. [C]他出生在约克郡的卡斯尔福德小镇上。She was buried in her home town (= the town in which she was born). [C]她葬在她的家乡。Mr Dunn has been a member of the town council/a town councillor for many years.邓恩先生多年来一直是镇政务会的成员/镇议员。We stayed in the best hotel in town. [U]我们住在镇上最好的旅馆里。The swimming pool is a couple of miles out of town. [U]游泳池在镇外几英里处。There was a lot of traffic on the main road into/out of town. [U]进/出城的主要道路上有很多车辆。Many people like to do their shopping at an out-of-town shopping centre.许多人喜欢在城外的购物中心买东西。(esp. Am) Town can also mean the place where you live or work.自己居住或工作的城镇I'm leaving town for a few days tomorrow. [U]我明天离开本市几天。I'll be in town on Monday and Tuesday, then away for the rest of the week. [U]我星期一和星期二会在城里，其余的日子不在。Barbara is out of town on business this week. [U]芭芭拉这星期因公出差。(The) town (Br also town centre) is also the part of a town where the main shops are.市内商业中心I'm going into/to town at lunch-time to do some shopping. [U]我打算午饭的时候到市中心去买些东西。I met Charles while I was in town. [U]我在市中心的时候遇见了查尔斯。The town was very busy. [U]市中心非常繁忙。It's very difficult to find anywhere to park your car in the town centre.在市中心很难找到一个停车的地方。Town is also used to refer to the most important city or town in a country or area.城市，都会We went up to town to see a play. [U]我们上城里去看戏。Many people go into town (= New York) from New Jersey on weekends. [U]许多人周末的时候从新泽西到纽约去。Town can also be used to refer to the people who live in the town.全体镇民（市民）The whole town is/are hoping that their football team will win the final tomorrow. [C + sing/pl v]全体市民都希望他们的足球队会在明天的决赛中获胜。I've always lived in the town (= in a town or city rather than in the countryside). [U]我一直住在城里。If you go to town (on something), you do it in a detailed and enthusiastic way, esp. by spending a lot of money.尽情地做; 大量地花钱They've really gone to town on their wedding.他们为了婚礼确实花了大钱。All the newspapers have gone to town on (= printed a lot of details about) this unusual murder trial.所有的报纸都拼命地报道这起非同寻常的谋杀案的审判。On the town means enjoying yourself by going to places of entertainment in a town or city.在城里寻欢作乐I was out on the town/I had a night on the town last night, and I feel really tired today.我昨晚出去到城里寻欢作乐去了/在城里寻欢作乐了一个晚上，今天我感到真的很累。If you are a man-about-town/woman-about-town, you are someone who spends a lot of time in fashionable places and doing fashionable things.追逐时尚的人In Britain, a town clerk is an official who is responsible for acting on the decisions made by a town COUNCIL.（英）镇行政长官A town hall is a building in which local government officials and employees work and have meetings.镇公所; 市政厅They live in a beautiful four-storey town house (= a house in a town or city, esp. one that is comfortable and expensive, and in a fashionable area, and, esp. in the US, often one which is joined to other similar houses).他们住在漂亮的四层楼的小区住宅里。(Am) A town meeting is a gathering of the people who live or pay taxes in a town, for the purpose of governing the town.镇民大会Town planning is the planning of the way in which towns and cities are built in order to make them pleasant to live in.城市规划He studied town planning at college.他在大学里学城市规划。Her husband is a town planner.她的丈夫是个城市规划者。[DOWNTOWN; HOMETOWN; UPTOWN]
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