PGTOWNa town, city, or other small area, which has its own government to make decisions about local affairs, or the officials in that government 市,自治市;市政当局
the municipality of Berkeley
伯克利市政当局
an elected municipality
选举产生的市政府
Examples from the Corpus
municipality• At stake were 12,600 seats in 439 municipalities.• By last night, five municipalities had declared a state of emergency.• Because bondinsurance helps municipalitiestrimborrowing costs, it has become increasingly popularnationwide.• In the proposal, each part of Jerusalem would have its own municipality.• Debt made the municipalitydepend more and more on the central government and its treasury.• Company workers have presentedpetitions to the municipalities where the company has its mainplants.• the municipality of Knoxville• A lot of the water could have gone to municipalities in the NorthBay and to grapegrowers.