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borough

noun
🔊/ˈbʌrə/
🔊/ˈbɜːrəʊ/
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  1. a town or part of a city that has its own local government自治市镇；（城市）行政区
    • the London borough of Westminster伦敦的威斯敏斯特自治市
    • The Bronx is one of the five boroughs of New York.布朗克斯是纽约市的五个行政区之一。🔊🔊
    • He wrote to the borough council, expressing his concerns about the project.他写信给自治市议会，表达对项目的关注。
    Extra Examples
    • the New York borough of Queens纽约昆斯区
    • to establish unemployment committees in all metropolitan boroughs在所有大都市城区建立失业委员会
    • She served as a local councillor in the London Borough of Westminster.她是伦敦的威斯敏斯特自治市的地方议员。
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • county
    • metropolitan
    • outer
    • …
    borough + noun
    • council
    • councillor
    • president
    • …
    preposition
    • in a/​the borough
    • throughout a/​the borough
    • within a/​the borough
    • …
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    Word OriginOld English burg, burh ‘fortress, citadel’, later ‘fortified town’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch burg and German Burg. Compare with burgh.