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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• It seems reasonable to expect rapid urban growth.
  似乎有理由期望城市快速发展。
• 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 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。
• Those wishing to study urban development have a ready-made example on their doorstep
  那些想要研究城市发展的人眼下就有一个十分现成的范例。
• 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。
• School crime and violence cuts across urban, rural and suburban areas.
  城市、乡村和郊区都出现了校园犯罪和校园暴力现象。
• 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。