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单词 shire county
释义
shire county
noun[C]
uk
/ˈʃaɪə ˌkaʊn.ti/us
/ˈʃaɪr ˌkaʊn.t̬i/
acounty(=areawithitsownlocalgovernment)inEnglandthat is in thecountryside, not ametropolitancounty:
乡郊郡（与都市郡相对）
Theceremonialcountyboundariesof Kentincludetheshirecountyof Kent and theunitaryboroughof Medway.肯特郡形式上的郡界包括肯特郡这个乡郊郡和梅德韦单一行政区。
Synonym
non-metropolitan county
More examples
  • Inlocalgovernment, many ofourshirecountiesanddistrictshaveledthe way inraisingthequalityofpublicservice.
  • In the moreruralshirecounties, theprovisionofeducationandwelfareserviceswasallocatedto thecounties, not to the second-tierauthorities.
  • thelong-termdriftofpopulationfrom thecitiesto thesuburbsand theshirecounties
  • In London and theshirecounties, thebillperhomewillexceed£1,000 for the firsttime.
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(Definition ofshire countyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

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An average of over £1 million pershirecountycan do an awful lot.
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The information requested is given in the table, which includes combined county forces and joint metropolitan areas, as well as singleshirecountyforces.
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That is by no means the lowest for ashirecounty.
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Details of funding for eachshirecountyis not collected as many projects operate across boundaries.
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One cannot compare a metropolitan district with ashirecounty.
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That will be 4p in theshirecountyareas that the districts can have.
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One typicalshirecountyestimates that at present even its principle roads are only being surface dressed every 10–12 years.
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It is not as if the fire authority's spending or council tax levels are out of line withshirecountyaverages.
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What would happen in ashirecountywhere there was one district that became an authority which was responsible for its education and social services?
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Theshirecountyaverage is £148 per head, and the national average is £178 per head.
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I say "shirecounty" because it is a strictly comparable unit.
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Oneshirecountyalone has a backlog of repairs amounting to £35 million.
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An authority such as mine, once part of a largeshirecountywith historically low spending patterns, never catches up.
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The case for having targets relating to a specific urban area will often be entirely different to that for ashirecounty.
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A report identified serious problems that the oldshirecountysocial services departments had created over the years.
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