| 单词 | twin town |
| 释义 | twin town noun[C] UKuk/ˌtwɪn ˈtaʊn/us/ˌtwɪn ˈtaʊn/(USsister city)atownorcitythatsharesplannedactivitiesandvisitswith asimilartownin anothercountry: 姐妹城，友好城市Cambridge and Heidelberg aretwintowns.剑桥和海德堡结成了友好城市。 Towns & regions: towns, cities & villages (general)
Examplesoftwin towntwin town Do delegations come from thetwintownwho might talk about their language and its use today? From theCambridge English Corpus A visit purely for goodwill purposes to atwintownwould not necessarily be classed as an official visit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Unless a council authorises a courtesy visit to atwintownand agrees to pay the expenses, it cannot take place; therefore it is an official visit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Similarly, a young vet, fresh out of school, could be sent to atwintownto obtain real training among the difficulties that he would encounter there. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It was also raised in 1985 and it illustrates thetwintowntheme of the park. From Wikipedia  This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Twintownrelations provide opportunities for exchange visits of students, tradition-keeping groups, families and the mutual introduction of cultural values. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Choirs, sports teams and official delegations from both municipalities visited the respectivetwintown. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Eachtwintownis depicted with its heraldic shield above a painting of the town, showing some of its defining features. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Twin towns, cities and regions provide a context for such dialogue, but it is up to local authorities to negotiate their individual trade deals. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not asking for too much for our twin towns which have grown in population from about 6,000 to 96,460 in just over 100 years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They are not twin towns. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These are twin towns now forming one continuous locality. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A recent study has concluded that geographical distance has very little, if any, influence upon communities' selections of atwintownor sister city. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.For other countries' lists see lists of twin towns and sister cities. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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