city hall

英 [ˌsɪti ˈhɔːl]

美 [ˌsɪti ˈhɔːl]

n.  市政府; 市政厅

法律

Collins.1

牛津词典

noun

• 市政府；市政厅
  the local government of a city and the offices it uses

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT; N-PROPER 市政厅
  Thecity hallis the building which a city council uses as its main offices.
  1. They massed in front of the city hall.
     他们在市政厅前集会。
  2. ...at Sheffield City Hall.
     在谢菲尔德市政厅

英英释义

noun

• a building that houses administrative offices of a municipal government

双语例句

• He's been working hard for three months drawing a plan for a new city hall.
  他已经为新市政厅的设计图纸忙碌了三个月。
• The council meets in the city hall.
  该委员会在市政厅开会。
• Thousands attended his two-day wake in the lobby of City Hall.
  成千上万的人参加了在市政厅为他举办的为期两天的追悼会。
• They are holding an exhibition at City Hall.
  他们正在市政厅举办展览。
• Later in his career he virtually defined downtown Dallas with such buildings as the massive city hall.
  在职业生涯后期，他几乎一手缔造了达拉斯市区的当前风貌，在那里设计了规模宏大的市政厅（1978年）等建筑。
• City Hall is working in partnership with the police to combat this problem.
  市政厅与警方合作以解决问题。
• There's a grid of closely space streets with the library next door to city hall.
  这里的市区街道紧密排列成方格子状，图书馆就在市政府的旁边。
• I don't want to tangle with city hall.
  我不想和政府发生纠纷。
• They petitioned city hall to provide more social housing.
  他们向市政厅提交请愿书，要求提供更多的社会住房。
• There is a proposal that we march to city hall to lodge our demands.
  有人建议我们向市政府大厦行进，去递交我们的要求。