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单词 conurbation
释义
conurbation
noun[C]
formal
uk
/ˌkɒn.əˈbeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌkɑː.nɚˈbeɪ.ʃən/
acityareacontainingalargenumberofpeople,formedbyvarioustownsgrowingandjoiningtogether:
（由多个城镇扩建连接而成的）大都市，集合城市，大都市圈
the conurbations of Tokyo and Osaka东京和大阪都市圈
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(Definition ofconurbationfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

conurbation| Business English

conurbation
noun[C]
mainlyUK
uk
/ˌkɒnəˈbeɪʃən/us
alargeareaincludingseveral differentcitiesorlargetownsthat have allgrownso much that they are nowconnectedto each other:
Thelargesturbanconurbation inScotlandiscentredaround Glasgow.
(Definition ofconurbationfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofconurbation

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In the combined young group, a greater majority of speakers believed that theconurbationshould not be divided (13 of 16).
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However, theconurbationwas compact, the centre dominated economically, the ancient corporation provided leadership and excellent wholesale markets and the economy was quite different.
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The same can be said of the metropolitanconurbationin the 1850s when compared to the urban clusters that grew around near-northern cities.
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The districts were chosen for their geographical spread and to include rural villages, small towns, suburbs and larger conurbations.
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The capacity to provide information in these conurbations is exceptional in its wealth and complexity, seldom found in other places or in other circumstances.
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The town chosen should not be on the coast or part of aconurbationas this would complicate geographical migration patterns.
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Understandably, most works that have examined the middle classes have tended to focus on the 'city' or neighbouring industrial conurbations.
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But he also insists that policymakers would have been better advised to put money into smaller and less expensive get-away venues, closer to the heart of major conurbations.
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Fifty-one older people, mainly from an urban area but including some from a rural setting and aconurbation, were interviewed and their stories form a number of cases studies.
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It will not stay rich and mellow if we do not have adequate development within the conurbations rather than merely within the rural areas.
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I stress that it is a rural district council and not a mighty, wealthyconurbation.
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The second problem requiring urgent attention is traffic congestion in large conurbations and the concentration of exhaust fumes in cities and intercity transport corridors.
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This is particularly true in the major conurbations and in the corridors between them, where use of radio is naturally most concentrated.
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I am satisfied with current operational procedures which require that such flights should be made over water as far as possible, avoiding large conurbations.
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The new town is part of theconurbationand was built to provide a focal point for the renewal of thatconurbation.
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