metropolis
n. 大都市；首府；重要中心
n. (Metropops)人名；(英)梅特罗波利斯
n.
大都市，大都会；首府，首都；大主教区；大城市
变形
复数：metropolises
英英释义
metropolis[ mi'trɔpəlis, me- ]
n.
a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
同义词：cityurban center
people living in a large densely populated municipality
同义词：city
双语例句
用作名词(n.)
New York is the metropolis of North America.
纽约是北美的大都市。
This was a great, pleasing metropolis after all.
这毕竟是个令人振奋的大都市。
The former appealed to Corcyra, which was the metropolis of Epidamnus.
民主者向伊庇丹努的首府科西拉求助。
权威例句
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Understanding the Metropolis-Hastings Algorithm
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Parallel Metropolis coupled Markov chain Monte Carlo for Bayesian phylogenetic inference
A Study on Recreational Belt Around Metropolis (ReBAM): Shanghai Case
A Shuffled Complex Evolution Metropolis algorithm for optimization and uncertainty assessment of hydrologic model parameters
Estimating effective population size and mutation rate from sequence data using Metropolis-Hastings sampling.
metropolis
metropolis: [16] A metropolis is etymologically a ‘mother city’. The word comes via late Latin mētropolis from Greek mētrópolis, a compound formed from métēr ‘mother’ (a distant relative of English mother) and pólis ‘city’ (source of English police, policy, politics, etc).=> mother, police, policy, politics
metropolis (n.)
"seat of a metropolitan bishop," 1530s, from Late Latin metropolis; see metropolitan. Meaning "chief town or capital city of a province" is first attested 1580s, earlier metropol (late 14c.).
1. The metropolis is a confusion of old and new.
大都市是新与旧的大杂烩。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
2. He was dazzled by the gaiety and splendour of the metropolis.
大都市的花花世界使他感到眼花缭乱。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
3. The quaint Persian city has been engulfed by a roaring metropolis.
那富有奇趣的波斯城市已经被一座喧嚣的大都会所吞没。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
4. Tessenow decried the metropolis and extolled the peasant virtues.
特森诺夫痛诋大都市，颂扬农民的美德。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
5. a business metropolis
一个商业中心
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
6. can you spell the word " metropolis " ?
你会拼写"metropolis"这个词吗？
-- 来源 -- life - 汉英
7. the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police =the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
((英)) (伦敦警务署的) 警务署长
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
8. It was delightful to see the green landscape before us and the immense metropolis behind.
展望前边青翠的景色，回顾后面雄伟的京城，真使人心旷神怡。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
9. Anshan is a steel metropolis in our country.
鞍山是我国的钢都。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
10. It was clumsier; it lacked the excitement of a great metropolis.
它比较粗陋；缺少大都市的激情。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
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