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双解例句
小知识
A city is an area in which a large number of people live fairly close together. Cities usually have their own separate governments and systems for maintaining and providing utilities and transportation.
A city is basically a big town — the population is large in relation to the amount of land, since people often live in apartments or multi-family housing. The largest city in the world today is Shanghai, China. You can also call the residents of a city as a whole a city: “The city voted to increase recycling.” City comes from the Latin civitatem, “citizenship,” or “community of citizens,” from the root civis, “citizen.”
实用短语
常用短语
单词用法
这两个词的共同意思是“城市”或“城镇”。其区别在于：
1.city一般指规模较大或较重要的城市；town则一般指比city规模较小的城镇。
例如：
The big city bewildered the old woman from the countryside.大城市把乡下来的老奶奶弄糊涂了。
The old couple will attempt to leave the town as soon as possible.这对老夫妇想要尽快离开这个小城。
2.city在美国比在英国更常用，大小相当于英国的town的市镇在美国都可以叫做city；而town则在英国比在美国更常用，一个在美国可以称之为city的都市，在英国仍可叫做town。
3.town有时也可指城市的商业中心区，还可用以指整个城镇居民。
例如：The whole town knew of it.全城(居民)都知道这件事。
词根词缀
词根: cit
1. =quote,call, 表示”引用,唤起”; 2. =citizen,表示”公民”
adj.
excitant 使兴奋的excite[v.使兴奋,刺激]+ant表形容词→adj.使兴奋的
n.
citation 引用,引证cit引用,唤起+ation表名词→n.引用,引证
excitement 兴奋excite[v.使兴奋,刺激]+ment表名词→n.兴奋
incitation 激动incite[v.鼓励,煽动]+ation表名词→n.激动
recital 背诵;独奏recite[v.背诵;演奏]+al……的→n.背诵;独奏
city 城市, 都市, 全体居民, 城邦cit公民+y→公民居住的地方
v.
cite 引用;引证cit引用,唤起+e→v.引用;引证
excite 使兴奋,刺激ex出+cite[v.引用;引证]→引出情绪
incite 鼓励,煽动in进入+cit引用,唤起+e→引进[精神]→鼓励
recite 背诵;演奏re再+cit引用,唤起+e→再[把记的东西]引出
resuscitate 复活;恢复re再+sus下面+cit引用,唤起+ate表动词→把下去的东西再引出→恢复;激活
同义词
social / metropolitan / municipality / town / capital / metropolis