英汉词典

urban 基本解释

• adj. 城市的；住在都市的
• n. (Urban)人名；(西)乌尔万；(斯洛伐)乌尔班；(德、俄、罗、匈、塞、波、捷、瑞典、意)乌尔班；(英)厄本；(法)于尔邦

urban 中文词源

来自拉丁语urbanus, 城市，罗马城。

urban 英文词源

urban

urban: [17] Urban comes from Latin urbānus, a derivative of urbs ‘city’ (a word of unknown origin). It was preceded into English by urbane [16], which is essentially the same word, but came via Old French urbaine. It was originally used as urban is now, but after urban arrived it gradually took the metaphorical path to ‘smooth, sophisticated’. The derivatives suburb and suburban date from the 14th and 17th centuries respectively; and suburbia was coined in the 1890s.
=> suburban, urbane

urban (adj.)

"characteristic of city life, pertaining to cities or towns," 1610s (but rare before 1830s), from Latin urbanus "of or pertaining to a city or city life; in Rome," also "in city fashion, polished, refined, cultivated, courteous," but also sometimes "witty, facetious, bold, impudent;" as a noun, "city dweller," from urbs (genitive urbis) "city, walled town," of unknown origin.

The word gradually emerged in this sense as urbane became restricted to manners and styles of expression. In late 20c. American English gradually acquiring a suggestion of "African-American." Urban renewal, euphemistic for "slum clearance," is attested from 1955, American English. Urban sprawl recorded by 1958. Urban legend attested by 1980.

Urban

masc. proper name, from Latin urbanus "refined, courteous," literally "of a city" (see urban).

urban 英文释义

1. relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area;

"urban sociology"

"urban development"

2. located in or characteristic of a city or city life;

"urban property owners"

"urban affairs"

"urban manners"

urban 双语例句

1. The government is spending billions of dollars on new urban rail projects.

政府正把数十亿元花在新城市铁路项目上。

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2. There are problems of urban decay and gang violence.

存在城市衰败和帮派暴力的问题。

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3. Wanton violence is now becoming a regular feature of urban life.

肆无忌惮的暴行在城市生活中越来越司空见惯。

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4. Waits sang about the boozy netherworld of urban America.

韦茨歌唱美国都市纵酒豪饮的下层世界。

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5. The whole urban sprawl of Ankara contains over 2.6m people.

安卡拉整个肆意扩展的城区容纳了260多万人口。

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urban 实用场景例句

damage to both urban and rural environments

对城乡环境的破坏

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urban areas

城镇地区

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urban life

城市生活

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urban development (= the process of building towns and cities or making them larger)

城市发展

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urban renewal/regeneration (= the process of improving the buildings, etc. in the poor parts of a town or city)

城市环境更新

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efforts to control urban sprawl (= the spread of city buildings into the countryside)

控制城市扩展的努力

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Most of the population is an urban population...

绝大多数人口都是城镇居民。

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Most urban areas are close to a park.

绝大多数城区附近都有公园。

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She examines the interplay between changing gender divisions and urban change.

她研究性别差异的变化和城市变化之间的相互影响.

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The world urban population is rocketing upwards at a rate of 6.5 per cent per year.

世界城市人口以每年6.5%的速度急速上升.

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The spread of urban areas endangers wildlife.

扩大城市面积危害着野生物.

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Modern industry has been concentrated in a few urban centers.

现代工业全集中在几个市中心.

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Industrialization inevitably led to the expansion of the urban working class.

工业化不可避免地导致了城市工人阶级人数的增多.

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Once lovely countryside is absorbed by urban sprawl.

这个曾经风光秀丽的乡村在城市的无规划扩展中消失了.

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Urban development has led to the ruination of vast areas of countryside.

城市发展导致大片的乡村遭到毁坏。

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damage to both urban and rural environments

对城乡环境的破坏

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The government is spending billions of dollars on new urban rail projects.

政府正把数十亿元花在新城市铁路项目上。

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Urban planners in practice have to take account of many interest groups in society.

城市规划人员在实际工作中必须把社会各利益集团都考虑在内。

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Most urban water supplies in the United States now contain fluoride in varying amounts.

现在美国大部分城市供水中都存在含量不一的氟化物。

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There are problems of urban decay and gang violence.

存在城市衰败和帮派暴力的问题。

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His parents are trying to make up to him for the restrictions of urban living.

他的父母正试图弥补他在城市生活的局限。

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Japan has advanced from a rural, feudal society to an urban, industrial power.

日本已从封建农业社会发展成一个城市化工业强国。

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But social workers say that this has created a culture of dependency, particularly in urban areas.

然而社会工作者认为这使得人们普遍产生了依赖，尤其是在城市地区。

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Mr Urban looks increasingly like someone fighting a rearguard action to keep their job.

厄本先生越来越像为了保住工作作最后一搏的那些人。

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But a concerted effort has begun to improve the quality of the urban air.

但是各方已经开始共同努力改善城镇空气质量。

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Congress has tried dozens of approaches to revitalize decaying urban and rural areas.

国会已试行过数十种方法来重振正在走向衰败的城乡地区。

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Waits sang about the boozy netherworld of urban America.

韦茨歌唱美国都市纵酒豪饮的下层世界。

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He explained the yellow fever epidemic as a providential act to discourage urban growth.

他解释说黄热病的流行恰好减缓了城市的扩张。

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Most of the population is an urban population.

绝大多数人口都是城镇居民。

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