urban

英 [ˈɜːbən]

美 [ˈɜːrbən]

adj.  城市的; 都市的; 城镇的

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Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.1749 / COCA.1583

牛津词典

adj.

• 城市的；都市的；城镇的
  connected with a town or city
  1. damage to both urban and rural environments
     对城乡环境的破坏
  2. urban areas
     城镇地区
  3. urban life
     城市生活
  4. urban development (= the process of building towns and cities or making them larger)
     城市发展
  5. 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
  6. efforts to control urban sprawl (= the spread of city buildings into the countryside)
     控制城市扩展的努力

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 城市的；城镇的；都市的
  Urbanmeans belonging to, or relating to, a town or city.
  1. Most of the population is an urban population...
     绝大多数人口都是城镇居民。
  2. Most urban areas are close to a park.
     绝大多数城区附近都有公园。
  3. ...urban planning.
     城市规划

英英释义

adj

• located in or characteristic of a city or city life
  1. urban property owners
  2. urban affairs
  3. urban manners
• relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area
  1. urban sociology
  2. urban development

双语例句

• Urban dwellers often accept noise as part of city life
  城市居民常将噪音当成城市生活的一部分。
• 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。
• The government recognised there were problems in urban areas but these could never be an excuse for lawless behaviour.
  政府承认市区存在问题，但决不可拿这些作为不法行为的借口。
• The immaculately tended gardens are an oasis in the midst of Cairo's urban sprawl.
  在开罗不断扩张的都市版图内，这些被悉心照料的花园成了一片世外桃源。
• 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。
• They had not been exposed to most diseases common to urban populations
  城市人口中多数常见的疾病他们都没有接触到。
• Most of the population is an urban population
  绝大多数人口都是城镇居民。
• 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。
• 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。
• Boston's traditional drab brick was slow to yield to the modern glass palaces of so many American urban areas.
  波士顿传统而单调的砖石建筑并没有迅速被许多美国城市地区流行的现代玻璃大厦所取代。