conurbations

英 [ˌkɒnɜːˈbeɪʃənz]

美

n.  (有卫星城镇的)大都市，集合城市
conurbation的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (有卫星城镇的)大都市圈，集合城市
  Aconurbationconsists of a large city together with the smaller towns around it.
  1. ...London and all the other major conurbations.
     伦敦和所有其他的大都市圈

双语例句

• Locally distributed computing station Spatial patterns of habitation areas in conurbations of central Liaoning Province
  局部地区分布式计算站辽宁省中部城市群居民地的分布格局
• This ability to keep up as growth radiates from large conurbations to progressively smaller cities is key for sportswear manufacturers accessing a market in which some 340m people are estimated to take regular exercise.
  随着增长从大城市向规模渐小的城市辐射，跟进能力已成为运动服饰制造商进入中国市场的关键。在中国，估计有3.4亿人经常锻炼。
• The main focus of interest is now on the huge conurbations in the interior of the country, typified by cities such as Chongqing.
  更多的关注和重心正在向例如重庆这样的内陆大的节点城市转移。
• When confronted with larger conurbations, such as Misurata, his forces have been repulsed.
  在进攻米苏拉塔等较大城市时，他的军队被击退。
• As China and India rise towards global pre-eminence, their great conurbations are becoming altogether less neurotic about their imperial pasts.
  随着中国和印度逐渐崛起为世界强国，两国的大都市基本上都能越来越坦然地面对自己在帝国时代的历史。
• Cities, if unrestricted, tend to coalesce into bigger and bigger conurbations
  如果不加限制，城市往往会联合发展成越来越大的集合城市。
• What is clear, is that many universities are in locations that will never become global conurbations. New Haven, Connecticut ( home to Yale) will never make the cut.
  有一点显而易见，许多大学所在的城市永远也不会成为全球性大都市。美国耶鲁大学（Yale）所在地、康涅狄格州的纽黑文永远也入围不了。
• The photo showed the lights of South Korean conurbations, and even large clusters of fishing boats, in stark contrast to an almost entirely black North Korea.
  从图片上不仅可以看到韩国大都市灯火通明，甚至还能看到大量渔船的灯光。相比之下，朝鲜几乎一片黑暗。