metropolis
metropolis — noun
1. a very large and important city that serves as the main center of business, cult
a very large and important city that serves as the main center of business, culture, or government for a region or country
Tokyo is a bustling metropolis of over thirteen million people, offering endless sights and sounds.
proper noun + is a + adjective + metropolis
After university, Élise moved to the metropolis to find work in the publishing industry.
moved to the metropolis for [purpose]
The metropolis has grown rapidly over twenty years, with new apartment blocks appearing everywhere.
People from the surrounding villages travel to the metropolis for hospitals and universities.
Traffic jams are a daily problem in many a modern metropolis around the world.
- megacity
focuses specifically on population size (over 10 million); more modern and statistical than metropolis
- capital
specifically the political or administrative center of a country or region; narrower in meaning
- conurbation
a technical term for a continuous urban area formed by merging towns and cities; less common in everyday speech
- village
a small rural settlement, opposite in scale and pace of life
- countryside
the rural land outside cities and towns, contrasting with the built-up character of a metropolis
文法句型
the + noun
a + adjective + noun
用法筆記
More formal and literary than city; used to emphasize a city's scale and importance. Not typically used for everyday small or medium-sized urban areas.