city state

短语

[法]城邦国家

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词形变化

city states 复数

别名

city-state

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A sovereign city, as in Ancient Greece, often part of a league of such cities.

    城邦

    城国

    市国

    城市国家

    都市国家

    Singapore is the world's most populous city state and the only island city-state in the world.

    The Vatican City State, a sovereign city-state governed by Holy See, has a large number of embassies across the world.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 7

country land state nation commonwealth body politic res publica

词源

From city + state, a calque of German Stadtstaat.

来源：wiktionary