【city音标】 英[ˈsɪti] 美[ˈsɪti]
【单词释义】 city是什么意思：
n.城市；全市居民；（由国王或女王授予特权，通常有大教堂的）特许市；（由政府授予特权的）特权市
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[单词复数] cities
【关联词/派生词】
civilize v.使文明；使开化；教化
civilisation n.[U]文明(Br.)；文明社会
civilization n.文明，文化；文明社会
civilian n.平民，百姓；市民 adj.民用的；平民的
civil adj.公民的，市民的
civic adj.城市的；公民的，市民的；市政的
civility n.[U]礼貌；礼仪；[pl.]客套
【city形近词/近似词】
pity n.怜悯；同情 vt.同情；怜悯；可怜
【单词例句】
◇ The rich shoemaker in the city took the measure of her little foot. This took place at his house, in his room; where stood large glass-cases, filled with elegant shoes and brilliant boots.
城里一个富有的鞋匠把她的小脚量了一下——这件事是在他自己店里、在他自己的一个小房间里做的。那儿有许多大玻璃架子，里面陈列着许多整齐的鞋子和擦得发亮的靴子。
---- The Red Shoes
◇ All the people throughout the city had heard of the wonderful property the cloth was to possess; and all were anxious to learn how wise, or how ignorant, their neighbors might prove to be.
全城的人都听说过这种布料有一种奇异的力量，所以大家都很想趁这机会来测验一下，看看他们的邻人究竟有多笨，有多傻。
◇ His train started from Vancouver, a city surrounded by mountains. After confirming his baggage was aboard the train, Kuang settled down in his seat.
他的火车从群山围绕的温哥华启程。在证实了自己的行李都在火车上之后，光就在座位上安坐下来。
◇ For example, tigers are hunted for fur to make carpets so that they can only live in secure reserves; grassland is destroyed without mercy so that dust storms come into being affecting distant cities.
例如，老虎被猎杀以获取做地毯的皮毛，以致它们只能生活在安全的保护区里；草地被毫不怜悯地破坏，以致沙尘暴开始影响遥远的城市。
---- Wildlife Protection
◇ So, in the gymnastics event to be held in our city next month, one of the host’s responsibilities is to keep competitions fair.
因此，在我们市下个月即将举行的一场体操赛事中，主办方的其中一项责任就是要确保比赛的公平。
---- A Fair Competition
◇ It is reportedly part of a plan to draw tourists to other parts of the country as some cities battle overtourism.
据报道，该计划也是为了吸引游客到荷兰其他地方旅游。荷兰一些城市正面临“过度旅游”这一难题。
---- Netherlands doesn't want you to call it Holland anymore
◇ (8)Chengdu is a park city with snowy mountain skyline.
(8)成都是一座雪山下的公园城市。
---- FISU Games Sentences for Citizens (4)
◇ (8)Every summer,we hold the Chengdu International Sister Cities Youth Music Festival.
(8)我们每年夏天都会举办成都国际友城青年音乐周。
---- FISU Games Sentences for Citizens (3)
◇ The jet’s flight control unit was badly damaged by the resulting sudden decompression. Some parts of the system were reportedly sucked out of the gaping window, forcing the pilots to fly manually before landing the airliner safely at the south-west Chinese city of Chengdu.
由于突然失压，飞机的飞行控制器遭到严重毁坏。据报道，部分飞行控制零件被吸出窗外，驾驶员不得不手动操纵，最终安全地把飞机降落在成都机场。
---- 3U8633 forcing emergency landing
◇ Besides bringing a better quality of life to more people, Foster said this policy will help prevent another problem for China-a large migration of people from the interior to coastal cities, which puts a lot of pressure on the infrastructure of cities like Shanghai and Beijing.
福斯特说，除了让更多人享受到更高品质的生活外，减贫政策还有助于防止中国出现另一个问题：大量人口从内陆迁移到沿海地区，这将给上海和北京等城市的基础设施带来许多压力。