borough

英 [ˈbʌrə]

美 [ˈbɜːroʊ]

n.  自治市镇; (城市)行政区

复数：boroughs　

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牛津词典

noun

• 自治市镇；（城市）行政区
  a town or part of a city that has its own local government
  1. the London borough of Westminster
     伦敦的威斯敏斯特自治市
  2. The Bronx is one of the five boroughs of New York.
     布朗克斯是纽约市的五个行政区之一。
  3. a borough council
     自治镇政务会

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 自治市镇；（大城市中的）行政区
  Aboroughis a town, or a district within a large town, which has its own council.
  1. ...the South London borough of Lambeth.
     伦敦南部的兰贝斯区
  2. ...the New York City borough of Brooklyn.
     纽约市的布鲁克林区
  3. ...Kirklees Borough Council.
     柯克利斯自治区委员会

英英释义

noun

• an English town that forms the constituency of a member of parliament
• one of the administrative divisions of a large city

双语例句

• A municipal borough of northern Ireland on Sligo Bay, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean.
  斯莱戈爱尔兰北部一自治城市，濒临斯莱戈湾，为大西洋上的一个小港。
• A municipal borough of southeast England east of London.
  马尔盖特英国东南部一自治市，位于伦敦的东部。
• The former borough of Holborn was merged with St paneras and hampstead.
  原来的霍尔本自治市已和圣潘克拉斯以及汉普斯特德合并了。
• The Bronx Zoo in the northern borough of the Bronx is one of the world's best.
  位于东北部布朗克斯区的布朗克斯动物园是世界上最棒的动物园之一。
• If, in a few years, you can hail a famous black taxi in Baku but not in the London borough of Bow, that will be one reason why.
  如果几年后你能在巴库（阿塞拜疆首都）叫到著名的黑色出租车，却不能在伦敦鲍（Bow）区叫到的话，这便是原因之一。
• I work for the borough, for30 years now.
  我为这个小镇工作了30年了。
• Under the background of local autonomy from Late Qing dynasty, borough system was established between county system and country administrative system in every county of North China.
  清末以来，在地方自治的背景下，华北各县境内形成了介于县制与村制之间的区制，成为近代华北乡村政治体制变动的一大特征。
• I live in Hackney, a London Borough where crime is high and the schools are poor.
  我住在伦敦的哈克尼区（hackney），这里犯罪率较高，学校教育质量也比较差。
• Manhattan is the most famous borough. In fact, many people who visit it think that Manhattan is all of New York City.
  曼哈顿是最有名的一个区，以致许多参观过曼哈顿的人认为它就是整个纽约市。
• A municipal borough of west-central England on the Severn River north-northeast of Gloucester.
  英格兰中西部自治城市，位于赛文河上，在格罗西斯特东北偏北。