英汉词典

city 基本解释

• n. 城市，都市
• adj. 城市的；都会的

city 词态变化

city 中文词源

来自PIE*kei,躺下，休息，词源同civil,home.-ty,名词后缀。词义由休息引申至家园，住所。 在中世纪city 和town 在规模上并无明显区别。

city 英文词源

city

city: [13] The Latin word for ‘city’ was urbs (whence English urban), but a ‘citizen’ was cīvis. From this was derived the noun cīvitās, which originally had the abstract sense ‘citizenship’. Gradually it acquired more concrete connotations, eventually coming to be used as a synonym of urbs. It passed into English via Old French cite, and at first was used for any settlement, regardless of size (although it was evidently felt to be a grander term than the native borough); the modern distinction between towns and cities developed during the 14th century.

The Italian descendant of Latin cīvitās is città. A now obsolete variant of this was cittade, whose diminutive form is the source of English citadel [16].
=> citadel, citizen, civil

city (n.)

early 13c., in medieval usage a cathedral town, but originally "any settlement," regardless of size (distinction from town is 14c., though in English it always seems to have ranked above borough), from Old French cite "town, city" (10c., Modern French cité), from earlier citet, from Latin civitatem (nominative civitas; in Late Latin sometimes citatem) originally "citizenship, condition or rights of a citizen, membership in the community," later "community of citizens, state, commonwealth" (used, for instance of the Gaulish tribes), from civis "townsman," from PIE root *kei- "to lie; bed, couch; homestead; beloved, dear" (see cemetery).

The sense has been transferred from the inhabitants to the place. The Latin word for "city" was urbs, but a resident was civis. Civitas seems to have replaced urbs as Rome (the ultimate urbs) lost its prestige. Loss of Latin -v- is regular in French in some situations (compare alleger from alleviare; neige from nivea; jeune from juvenis. A different sound evolution from the Latin word yielded Italian citta, Catalan ciutat, Spanish ciudad, Portuguese cidade.

Replaced Old English burh (see borough). London is the city from 1550s. As an adjective from c. 1300. City hall first recorded 1670s to fight city hall is 1913, American English; city slicker first recorded 1916 (see slick); both American English. City limits is from 1825. The newspaper city desk attested from 1878. Inner city first attested 1968. City state (also city-state) is attested from 1877.

city 英文释义

1. a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts;

"Ancient Troy was a great city"

2. an incorporated administrative district established by state charter;

"the city raised the tax rate"

3. people living in a large densely populated municipality;

"the city voted for Republicans in 1994"

city 同义词解析

city, town

这两个名词均含"城市"之意。

city： 一般指大城市或重要城市。

town： 一般指规模小的城镇，也指城市中的市区，有时也泛指城市。

city 双语例句

1. After years of neglect and decline the city was cleaning itself up.

多年的玩忽职守和经济萧条过后，这个城市在进行自我整顿。

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2. The journey ends in the ancient city of Marrakesh.

旅行的终点是马拉喀什古城。

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3. Leningrad was the third alien city to offer him a surrogate home.

列宁格勒是他在异地安家的第三个外国城市。

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4. Officers were going to retake sectors of the city.

军官们打算重新夺回该市的防御区。

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5. She had an entree into the city's culti-vated society.

她得以进入该城的上流社会。

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city 实用场景例句

Mexico City

墨西哥城

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the city of York

约克特许市

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The city turned out to welcome the victorious team home.

全市居民倾城而出欢迎凯旋归来的队伍。

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a City stockbroker

伦敦商业区的证券经纪人

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What is the City's reaction to the cut in interest rates?

伦敦金融界对削减利率的反应如何？

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It's not exactly fun city here is it?

这里并不是好玩的地方，对吧？

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a major city

大城市

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the country's capital city

这个国家的首都

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the city centre

市中心

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one of the world's most beautiful cities

世界上最美的城市之一

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...the city of Bologna.

博洛尼亚市

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...a busy city centre.

繁忙的市中心

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He traded a job in New York City for the life of a cowboy.

他放弃了在纽约的工作,去过牛仔生活.

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The city is justly famous for its nightclubs.

这座城市因其夜总会而闻名,的确不无道理.

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The little town mushroomed into a city.

那座小镇迅速发展成一座城市.

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The historic mansion was presented by the owner to the city, and is now kept up by the local authority.

这幢有历史意义的宅邸是房主送给城市的, 现在由地方当局保养维修.

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This company employs more people than any other outfit in the city.

这家公司雇用的人员多于市里任何机构.

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They succeeded in the conquest of that city.

他们夺取了那城市.

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A detailed street plan of the city is inserted in a corner of the area map.

城市的街道详图印在该区地图的一个角上.

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I live in the city, and he lives in the country.

我住在城市, 他住在农村.

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She landed up in a strange city without any money or friends.

她到达一个陌生的城市,没有钱和朋友.

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The traffic in the city was chaotic.

这城市的交通糟透了.

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We live too far from the city to get a strong television signal.

我们住的地方离城里太远,不能收到清晰的电视图像.

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You have to balance the advantages of living in a big city against the disadvantages.

你必须权衡住在大城市的利与弊.

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This bank has ten branches in the city.

这家银行在城里有10家分行.

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The enemy is closing in on the city.

敌军正逼近这座城市.

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Our troops joined with enemy forces just outside the city.

我们的部队就在城外与敌人交火.

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