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单词 hometown
释义
hometown
noun[C]
uk
/ˈhəʊm.taʊn/us
/ˈhoʊm.taʊn/
thetownorcitythat apersonis from,especiallythe one in which they werebornandlivedwhile they wereyoung:
家乡，故乡
He wasbornin Miami, but heconsidersNew York his hometown since he'slivedthere most of hislife.他出生在迈阿密，但却将纽约视作自己的故乡，因为他一生的大部分时间都生活在那里。
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(Definition ofhometownfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

hometown| American Dictionary

hometown
noun[C]
us
/ˈhoʊmˈtɑʊn/
thetownorcityyou are from,esp. the one in which you werebornandlivedwhile you wereyoung
(Definition ofhometownfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofhometown

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This poem suggests an ' ' inner folding' ' of border effects between ' ' this place' ' and that ' 'hometown,' ' which accompanies the experience of identity disorientation in diaspora.
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It is interesting to note that this progressive union was firmly focused on the urban public sphere, and had no link with any particularhometown.
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Nationalist political parties also actively worked on gaining the support of thehometownassociations.
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Hishometowninternist had now arrived and was checking him out.
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According to one significant criterion, a cor relation between the size of a club'shometownand the league it played in began to appear.
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The second feature is that urban migrants used development projects as a justification for claiming a role in the government of thehometown.
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I then introduce thehometownassociations founded by the migrants and examine their role in political representation in townships and villages.
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Another way of acquiring business contacts and social security is through so-called ethnic orhometownassociations.
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Yet it is also clear from the widely differing names they chose that the 'hometown' was initially not an obvious or unambiguous marker of identity.
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First, they helped determine the actual boundaries of thehometownand the procedures for political representation in that town.
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I opened each in turn and selected those which recognisably dealt with an individual and named ahometownin one of my three target areas.
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Many unions attempted to operate as a vehicle for urban dwellers to have some say in the affairs of the hometowns.
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To be sure, the urban migrants, as ' sons abroad ' and kin, were linked into their hometowns already, but these interconnections were fraught with tensions.
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Some associations had even been established with the specific purpose of influencing political affairs in thehometown.
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These are the hometowns of the eight men - the place where people start and ideally end their lives and perform all major life-cycle rituals.
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