metropolises

英 [mɪˈtrɒpəlɪsɪz]

美 [məˈtrɑpələsɪz]

n.  大都会; 大城市; 首都; 首府
metropolis的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 首都;大都会;大都市
  Ametropolisis the largest, busiest, and most important city in a country or region.
  1. ...the bustling metropolis of Chengdu.
     熙熙攘攘的大城市成都

双语例句

• As retailers and marketers have rushed into China, shoppers there are responding, triggering a shift particularly among consumers living in China's so-called Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities outside the metropolises of Beijing and Shanghai.
  随着零售公司和营销公司蜂拥进入中国，中国的购物者开始做出响应，这引发了中国消费者消费习惯的转变，特别是在北京和上海以外的二三线城市。
• Traffic congestions are occurring daily in Chinas metropolises, wasting energy and time.
  在中国的大都市，交通拥堵每天都在发生，不仅浪费了能源，也浪费了时间。
• Market towns trade crops. Second cities produce and trade manufactured goods. Metropolises design, make and sell everything, especially services.
  集镇交换农作物；二线城市生产并交易制成品；大城市设计、生产并销售各种商品、特别是服务。
• This has turned great metropolises such as Shanghai into vast laboratories of consumer research.
  新兴市场把上海之类的重大城市转为研究顾客的大型实验室。
• Halfway up China's coastline, Ningbo is one of the major metropolises in the Yangtze River Delta, and one of the most dynamic an prosperous cities in China.
  宁波位于中国大陆海岸线中段，是中国长江三角洲的区域中心城市之一，也是中国经济最活跃、最丰富的城市之一。
• Driven by the surging demand, giant shopping malls have been springing up in Chinese metropolises such as Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen.
  由于需求的激增，大型购物中心已在北京、上海、深圳这样的中国大都市涌现出来。
• Although I had experienced the bird's-eye view of the metropolises several times when traveling in China, I was still deeply impressed by such a proud sight.
  虽然在国内旅行时，也曾几度鸟瞰过大都市的景象，但如此壮丽的景色，还是给我留下了深刻的印象。
• But its biggest metropolises conspicuously failed to explode in size.
  然而总所周知，其最大省会城市的规模却并未激增。
• Like many other metropolises in the world, Vienna has entered an old-age society.
  和许多发达城市一样，维也纳也早就进入了老龄社会。
• As many as 90 cities in China have a population of more than 1m. Mr Wong says, however: A city might be wealthy, but people might not shop locally particularly if there are high-speed trains [ to take prospective customers to major metropolises].
  中国人口在100万以上的城市多达90个，但王日明表示：一个城市就算很富裕，人们也未必会在当地购物，特别是有高铁的地方（高铁会把潜在顾客带到大城市）。