1place with many streets and buildings城鎮ADJECTIVE | VERB + TOWN | TOWN + VERB | TOWN + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤big, large, major大城鎮▸➤little, small, tiny (especially NAmE) 小城鎮▸➤nearby, neighbouring/neighboring, surrounding附近的城鎮▸➤ancient, historic, medieval, old古鎮;中世紀的城鎮;古老的城鎮▸➤new新城鎮◇It was built as a new town in the 1960s. (BrE) 這是在 20 世紀 60 年代建立的新城鎮。➤company, factory, farm, industrial, mill, mining公司/工廠/農場/工業/採礦小鎮◇a 19th-century mill town that used to produce cotton19 世紀生產棉製品的工業小鎮➤busy繁忙的城鎮◇a busy market town繁忙的集鎮➤boom, thriving繁榮的城鎮◇Rio was a boom town and trade was thriving.里約熱內盧是一個繁榮的城市,貿易蓬勃發展。◇a thriving mining town繁榮的採礦小鎮➤dusty, sleepy塵土飛揚的/死氣沉沉的小鎮◇the dusty border town of Eagle Pass, Texas伊格爾帕斯,得克薩斯州一個塵土飛揚的邊境小鎮◇a sleepy provincial town in southern France法國南部一個冷清的小鎮➤remote偏僻的小鎮▸➤country, provincial, rural鄉間小鎮;首都以外的城鎮▸➤county (BrE) 郡首府◇Exeter, the county town of Devon埃克賽特,德文郡首府➤home, native家鄉小鎮◇She has gone back to live in her home town.她已經回到她的故鄉去生活了。➤border, frontier邊境城鎮➤mountain, prairie (especially NAmE) 山區/草原小鎮▸➤beach, coastal, seaside (especially BrE) 海灘/沿海/海濱城鎮◇the sun-drenched beach towns of Southern California沐浴着陽光的南加州海灘小鎮➤holiday, resort度假城;度假勝地▸➤cathedral, college, market, university (especially BrE) 教區總教堂所在地;學院城;貿易集鎮;大學城▸➤dormitory, satellite郊外住宅區;衞星城▸➤fortified設防的城鎮◇Kitzbühel is an ancient fortified town.基茨比厄爾是一個築有要塞的古鎮。➤shanty貧民窟▸➤ghost鬼城;被廢棄的城鎮◇It's been a ghost town since the gold rush ended.淘金熱結束後,這個城市就被廢棄了。➤twin (BrE) 姊妹城◇Darlington's twin town of Amiens達靈頓的姊妹城,亞眠城VERB + TOWN➤build, found建立城鎮▸➤live in生活在城鎮◇How many people live in the town?有多少人生活在城裏?➤get out of, leave, move out of, skip (informal, especially NAmE) 離開城鎮;搬離城鎮◇He left town yesterday for a conference in Cape Town.他昨天離城去開普敦出席一個會議。◇They wanted to move out of town and start a new life in the country.他們想搬離城市去鄉村開始新的生活。➤surround環繞鎮子◇the rolling hills that surround the town環繞着鎮子的連綿起伏的丘陵TOWN + VERB➤flourish, grow城鎮繁榮/發展TOWN + NOUN➤centre (BrE) 城市中心▸➤hall, square, walls市政廳;市政廣場;城牆▸➤council(尤指英國的)鎮委員會➤meeting市民大會▸➤life城鎮生活▸➤planning城鎮規劃PREPOSITION➤in town在城裏◇They'll be back in town tomorrow.他們將於明天返城。➤out of town不在城裏◇I was out of town last week.上星期我去外地了。◇an out-of-town superstore市區外的大型商場➤outside (the) town在城外◇a lake just outside the town城外的湖PHRASES➤the centre/center of (the) town, the middle of (the) town市鎮中心➤the edge of (the) town, the outskirts of (the) town市鎮邊緣/郊區▸➤from town to town從一個城鎮到另一個城鎮◇I spent years moving from town to town.多年來,我從一個鎮子搬到另一個鎮子。town
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2main part of a town, with the shops/stores, etc.商铺林立的主城區VERB + TOWN | PREPOSITIONVERB + TOWN➤go into, hit (informal) 到市中心去◇I'm going into town-can I get you anything?我要到市中心去 - 你要帶點兒什麼嗎?◇Millie hit the town, looking for excitement.米莉來到鎮上尋求刺激。PREPOSITION➤in town在市中心◇Dad's in town shopping.爸爸在市中心購物。
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