municipality

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n. 自治区, 市当局, 市民 [法] 市, 自治市, 自治地区

发音

UK /mjʊˌnɪsɪˈpælɪti/
其它
CA
US

词形变化

municipalities 复数 municipalities

别名

munic

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts; a borough, city, or incorporated town or village.

    直辖市

  2. 2.

    The governing body of such a district.

  3. 3.

    In the Philippines and in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries, second-level administrative divisions that may house one or more cities or towns whose head of government may be called mayors or, in Mexico, municipal presidents.

    政治

词汇关系

名词

上位词 3

gathering administrative division assemblage

下位词 5

city town metropolis townspeople townsfolk

部分词 1

ward

相关短语

specialized municipality Mark Municipality prefecture-level municipality province-level municipality county-level municipality regional municipality federal municipality state-level municipality Cape Breton Regional Municipality regional county municipality

词源

Borrowed from French municipalité (Edmund Burke), from municipal + -ité, from Latin municipalis, from municipium (“free city, township”), from municeps (“citizen of a free city or township”), from mūnus (“duty, service”) + -ceps (“taker, catcher”). Equivalent to municipal + -ity.

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