beltway

英 [ˈbeltweɪ]

美 [ˈbeltweɪ]

n.  (尤指环绕华盛顿特区的)环行路，环路

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牛津词典

noun

• （尤指环绕华盛顿特区的）环行路，环路
  a ring road , especially the one around Washington DC

柯林斯词典

• 环城公路；环线
  Abeltwayis a road that goes around a city or town, to keep traffic away from the centre.

in BRIT, use 英国英语用 ring road

英英释义

noun

• a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center
  Synonym:bypassring roadringway

双语例句

• As a result, it has created quite a buzz inside the Beltway, not least because it casts President Barack Obama in an unflattering light.
  其结果是，本书在华盛顿掀起了不小的轰动，尤其是因为它对总统巴拉克奥巴马（barackobama）的描述比较负面。
• This is not the first time he has found himself in a "Beltway" brouhaha, and the relationship between politicians and generals has always been more complex in Washington where the president is also the commander-in-chief, than in London.
  麦克里斯特尔陷入“环路”骚乱已不是第一次了，而且在总统兼任总司令的华盛顿，政客与将军的关系永远要比在伦敦更复杂。
• As host of Meet the Press, Russert established himself as the consummate Washington insider, but he drew much of his knowledge and authority from his roots outside the Beltway.
  作为《和媒体面对面》节目的主持人，罗斯特成为一位完美的华盛顿知情人，但是他的大部分知识和权威性都来自平民的出生。
• Study on Key Technology Forecast about Metropolitan Beltway Highway Traffic
  大都市绕城高速公路交通量预测关键技术研究
• Give-and-take is essential to the Beltway process.
  互让妥协对工作的进展是很重要的。
• Like the Beltway shooter, it's probably a sedan.
  像公路射手一样，可能是辆轿车。
• That they now see Mr Obama as a one-term president will soon mean the worst open warfare inside the Beltway in 30 years.
  共和党现在将奥巴马视为一任总统，这意味着，华盛顿不久将爆发一场30年来最糟糕的公开战争。
• The US may have gone off the idea of acting as the new Rome. But the barbarians are still a long way from the Beltway.
  美国也许已经抛弃了扮演新罗马帝国的想法，但对于野蛮人们而言，他们距离罗马的环城公路还很远呢。
• Beltway pundits believed Al Gore and George W.Bush were centrists who would govern similarly.
  华府的专家学者认为，戈尔和小布什都是中间派，无论谁执政，出台的方针政策都会差不多。
• After Lew, a Queens, New York native, graduated from Harvard University and Georgetown Law, he headed straight to Washington and has mostly stuck inside the Beltway ever since.
  卢自小在纽约皇后区长大，从哈佛大学（HarvardUniversity）和乔治敦大学法学院（GeorgetownLaw）毕业后直接去了华盛顿，此后的大部分时间里都在政府圈子里供职。