city-state

Word family nouncitificationcity deskcity editorcity fatherscity hallcity planningcityscapecity slickercity-statecityadjectivecitifiedverbcitify

Related topics: Government

ˌcity-ˈstate / $ ˈ.. ˌ., ˌ.. ˈ./ noun [countableC]

PGan independent state that consists of a city and the surrounding country area, especially in the past 〔尤指旧时的〕城邦

the city-state of Athens

雅典城邦

Examples from the Corpus

city-state• As cities and their monetary systems organized further into city-states and then into nations, an economic system called mercantilism developed.• The old realm of Caledor was eclipsed by other realms including the fast-rising mercantile city-state of Lothern.• The Empire, a loose alliance of city-states and provinces owing allegiance to its Emperor, and the kingdom of Bretonnia.• The exhibition organisers have preferred to explore the social, political and religious mechanisms of the Etruscan confederation of city-states.• They also took turns administering the city-state, drawing lots to settle who would take on which job.• The sense of insecurity which affected the city-states of Mesopotamia led to a rudimentary interest in the history of social order.• In the Politics the existence of the city-state is taken for granted.• However, Eataine is simply the hinterland of the vast city-state of Lothern.

词汇	city-state
释义	city-state Word family nouncitificationcity deskcity editorcity fatherscity hallcity planningcityscapecity slickercity-statecityadjectivecitifiedverbcitify Related topics: Government ˌcity-ˈstate / $ ˈ.. ˌ., ˌ.. ˈ./ noun [countableC] PGan independent state that consists of a city and the surrounding country area, especially in the past 〔尤指旧时的〕城邦 the city-state of Athens 雅典城邦 Examples from the Corpus city-state• As cities and their monetary systems organized further into city-states and then into nations, an economic system called mercantilism developed.• The old realm of Caledor was eclipsed by other realms including the fast-rising mercantile city-state of Lothern.• The Empire, a loose alliance of city-states and provinces owing allegiance to its Emperor, and the kingdom of Bretonnia.• The exhibition organisers have preferred to explore the social, political and religious mechanisms of the Etruscan confederation of city-states.• They also took turns administering the city-state, drawing lots to settle who would take on which job.• The sense of insecurity which affected the city-states of Mesopotamia led to a rudimentary interest in the history of social order.• In the Politics the existence of the city-state is taken for granted.• However, Eataine is simply the hinterland of the vast city-state of Lothern.
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