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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Mr Urban looks increasingly like someone fighting a rearguard action to keep their job.
  厄本先生越来越像为了保住工作作最后一搏的那些人。
• But a concerted effort has begun to improve the quality of the urban air.
  但是各方已经开始共同努力改善城镇空气质量。
• 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。
• His analysis of urban use of agricultural land has been proved essentially correct
  他有关城市占用农业用地的分析已被证明大体上是正确的。
• For urban areas this approach was wholly inadequate
  对于市区来说，这种办法根本不会奏效。
• The undulating planes of the countryside provide relief from the hard horizontals and verticals of the urban scene.
  乡村起伏不平的地势使人们摆脱了城市刻板的横平竖直景象。