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city hall

市政厅,市政府,市政府大楼,市府

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the administration building of a city government.
    • : a city administration or government.
    • : Informal. a bureaucracy or bureaucratic rules and regulations, especially that of a city government: You can't fight city hall.

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Examples

  • Throughout the 20th century, many city halls abused their borrowing power, taking on debt they could never hope to repay for projects that were never even built.

  • Zane, the younger one, started doing his own regular, Greta Thunberg-style climate strikes in front of city hall.

  • On Saturday, a dozen off-duty ski patrollers from Stevens Pass ski resort stood outside city hall in downtown Leavenworth, Washington, the Bavarian-themed tourist town 40 minutes from the mountain.

  • Some 30 players gathered outside city hall Friday evening to appeal for the chance to play.

  • Meanwhile, government buildings and city halls remain closed or limited in their ability to address the growing needs of citizens applying for unemployment, signing up for social services, or simply renewing a driver’s license.

  • Throughout the fifties, in city after city, fluoridation became the subject of fierce debate.

  • To put it rather uncharitably, the USPHS practiced a major dental experiment on a city full of unconsenting subjects.

  • Today, the city is an Asian hipster outpost, with shopping malls, clothing boutiques, and mixologist-prepared cocktails.

  • “I love my job and I love my city and I am committed to the work here,” he said in a statement.

  • Saved from the public gallows, Weeks was virtually exiled from the city, and wound up in Mississippi, where he raised a family.

  • This city stands upon almost two equal parts on each side the river that passes through.

  • When she arrived she made a regular entry into the city in a coach all gold and glass, drawn by eight superb plumed horses.

  • In the entrance hall of the Savoy, where large and lonely porters were dozing, he learnt that she was at home.

  • You see, I am the city undertaker, and the people are dying here so fast, that I can hardly supply the demand for coffins.

  • Cheap as they are, they are a poorer speculation than even corner lots in a lithographic city of Nebraska or Oregon.