town
常考释义
1.[c][u]镇；市镇；集镇a place with many houses, shops/stores, etc. where people live and work. It is larger than a village but smaller than a city.
a university town大学城
They live in a rough part of town.他们居住在一个社会秩序混乱的城区。
The nearest town is ten miles away.最近的集镇离这里有十英里远。
We spent a month in the French town of Le Puy.我们在一个叫勒皮的法国小镇里待了一个月。
2.[sing]（某一市镇的）居民，市民the people who live in a particular town
The whole town is talking about it.全镇的人都在议论这件事。
3.[u]（城镇的）商业区the area of a town where most of the shops/stores and businesses are
Can you give me a lift into town?我可以搭你的车到商业区去吗？
4.[u]（生活、工作或刚提到的）城镇a particular town where sb lives and works or one that has just been referred to
I'll be in town next week if you want to meet.如果你想见面的话，我下个星期在城里。
He married a girl from out of town.他娶了一个外地姑娘。
5.[sing][u]城市生活（与乡村生活相对）life in towns or cities as opposed to life in the country
Pollution is just one of the disadvantages of living in the town.污染只是生活在城里的不利条件之一。
One warm spring day, he took her to a town house he saw in the New York Times.
阳春三月的一天，他带她去看一所从《纽约时报》上看到的房子。
My dad, he starts a new family in a new town about every six years. This isn't so much like a family as it's like he sets up a franchise.
我老爸，他每隔六年都会在一个新城市开始一个新家庭------与其说是家庭，不如说是新开一家加盟店。
The Hotel Nydeck is situated in the heart of the old town, only a few minutes' walk from the main station.
Nydeck酒店处于古城的中心地带，步行只需几分钟便可抵达总车站。
The mayor of one town was ready to send a private plane to New York to help.
有一个城市的市长准备送一架私人飞机来纽约援助。
Vertulfo called the name of the town from the front seat, and I opened Google Maps on my iPhone to look it up.
坐在前座的维图尔弗告诉我那个城镇的名字，我便在我的iPhone上打开谷歌地图查询。
As a reminder that the sky is not the limit, the Winter Chamber of Commerce posted a sign on Highway 70, the main road into town.
在此提醒说，天空没有极限，商务厅公布了冬季公路70，进城的主要道路标志。
English gentlemen used to employ correspondents to write them once a week from London the gossip of the court and of the town.
英国绅士们曾经雇佣记者把伦敦法庭和市镇的杂谈每星期给他们写一次。
I met mother, took long-distance bus with her to a small town, and then walked twenty kilometers to my enlisted troop.
我接到母亲，与母亲坐长途汽车到一个小镇，而后步行二十华里到我服役的连队。
I've got a million things to do tomorrow. My Old Pair are coming to town for a few days and I've got to get my place in order.
我明天还有一大堆事儿要做呢。我的老爹老妈要来城里住些日子，我得把我家里弄利落了。
It does matter! You know how she talks to everybody and their brother! Now the whole town will be asking me for money!
怎么会不要紧！你是知道她的，她会告诉所有的人和他们的兄弟！现在全城的人都要向我借钱了！
The deadly suicide blast took place in a remote northwestern village near the Pakistani town of Lakki Marwat.
这起致命自杀式炸弹爆炸发生在巴基斯坦西北部城镇勒基马瓦附近的一个偏远村庄。
The holding of this seminar signified that the concept of New Mother Town is being put into practice, becoming complete and mature.
此次会议的召开标志着新母城理念正在贯彻落实，并将逐步发展、成熟。
Rebecca Johnson knew that pregnancy meant an immediate end to the regular nights out on the town that she had enjoyed with friends.
对丽贝卡约翰逊来说，怀孕就意味这她在夜晚和朋友们出去享乐这种生活的戛然而止。
The U. S. military says it was not involved in a helicopter attack reported by residents of a town in southern Somalia on Sunday.
美国军方说，它们没有参与一次直升飞机袭击，索马里南部一个镇的居民星期天报告了这次袭击。
As I happened to be sitting next the driver going to town on the 'bus, I told him my joke about the "frayed" shirts.
在去城里的公交车上，我碰巧坐在司机身边，我就给他讲关于“磨损”衬衣的笑话。
When you're trying to find someone online, Google's not the only game in town.
当你尝试在互联网上寻找某人时，Google并不是唯一的工具。
Since he was a complete stranger in the town, there was no one to speak up formic when he was brought into court.
因为他在这个镇上是一个完全陌生的人，所以当他受到控告时，没有人替他讲好话。
And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with a plea, Grant me justice against my adversary, she would say.
那城里有个寡妇，常到他那里，说：我有一个对头，求你给我伸冤。
I grew up in a small town with no cinema and no bowling - it was a real dullsville.
我在一个小城长大，没有电影没有保龄球，真实无聊透了。
He flew far over the forest until he came to the towns of men. . . He went into a town and saw the burning thing.
他飞了很远，来到了人们的镇上。他走进了镇子，看到一个正在燃烧的东西。
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