metropolitan
🇬🇧 /ˌmɛtrəˈpɒlɪtən/
🇺🇸 /ˌmɛtrəˈpɑlətən/
📖 释义
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adjective
大都市的; 大主教的; 都市化的; 本土的
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noun
大都市居民; 都主教; 宗主国公民
🔗 详情
词形变化
可数
复数: metropolitans
常用搭配
metropolitan areametropolitan citymetropolitan lifemetropolitan policemetropolitan regionmetropolitan museum
派生词
metropolismetropolitanismmetropolitanize
同义词
urbancosmopolitanmunicipalcity
反义词
ruralprovincial
易混淆词
metropolis
EN: 'Metropolis' is the noun for the large city itself; 'metropolitan' is the adjective describing things related to such a city, or a noun for a person living there.
zh: 'Metropolis' 是大型城市本身的专有名词；'metropolitan' 是描述与该城市相关事物的形容词，也可指居住在那里的人的名词。
cosmopolitan
EN: 'Cosmopolitan' emphasizes international sophistication and diversity; 'metropolitan' relates specifically to a large city and its characteristics.
zh: 'Cosmopolitan' 强调国际化和多样性；'metropolitan' 特指大城市及其特征。
拼写提示
EN: Remember the single 'l' and double 'o': 'metropolitan', not 'metropollitan' or 'metropolitian'.
zh: 记住单个 'l' 和双 'o'：'metropolitan'，而不是 'metropollitan' 或 'metropolitian'。
💬 例句
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The metropolitan area experienced rapid population growth over the past decade.
过去十年间，该大都市地区经历了快速的人口增长。
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The metropolitan cathedral served as the seat of the archbishop.
大主教座堂是大主教的驻地。
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She had a metropolitan air about her that set her apart from the small-town locals.
她身上有一种都市气质，使她与小镇上的当地人截然不同。
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The metropolitan government imposed new trade regulations on the colonies.
宗主国政府对殖民地实施了新的贸易法规。
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As a lifelong metropolitan, he found rural life unbearably quiet.
作为一个一辈子的大都市人，他觉得乡村生活安静得令人难以忍受。
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The metropolitan presided over the synod of all the suffragan bishops in the province.
都主教主持了该省所有附属主教的宗教会议。
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The metropolitans looked down upon the colonial administrators as provincial.
宗主国公民看不起殖民地行政官员，认为他们见识浅薄。