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township

/toun-ship/US // ˈtaʊn ʃɪp //UK // (ˈtaʊnʃɪp) //

乡镇,乡镇的,镇区,城镇

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a unit of local government, usually a subdivision of a county, found in most midwestern and northeastern states of the U.S. and in most Canadian provinces.
    • : a region or district approximately 6 miles square, containing 36 sections.
    • : English History. one of the local divisions or districts of a large parish, each containing a village or small town, usually with a church of its own.the manor, parish, etc., itself.its inhabitants.
    • : a small town or settlement serving as the business center of a rural area.the business center of a town or suburb.
    • : a segregated residential settlement for Black people, located outside a city or town.

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Examples

  • So, they were still going through a lot of political struggle, and I volunteered in a township in a children’s hospital there.

  • Never mind that Soweto, a township near Johannesburg, is nearly 900 miles from Robben — not Robbens — Island, which is off the coast of Cape Town.

  • It was signed by a developer who stood to gain from zoning changes Karcher opposed on the township council.

  • Pension records indicate two of them are still employed in other roles with their township.

  • Building an insurer “for the townships, villages and informal settlements” became a passion project.

  • You stand on an unsteady pontoon bridge spanning the Tigris River in a township called Adh Dhouloueya.

  • And now this quiet township had also become the home of an ugly mosque controversy.

  • In February 2011, during a winter storm, a tree fell into a creek in Franklin Township, New Jersey, and caused flooding.

  • The people of Fairview Township, Pa. can finally sleep at night knowing the Ku Klux Klan is watching over them.

  • Mormons first came to England in 1837, just seven years after Joseph Smith founded the Church in Fayette Township, New York.

  • Brockton was a part of Bridgewater until 1821, when it was incorporated as the township of North Bridgewater.

  • But Mort knows just how many voters there are in every township and just how they line up election morning.

  • About the same time Warwick was divided and a new township set out under the name of Coventry.

  • Abercrombie—a township in the parish of Abercrombie and county of Somerset.

  • Summerleas—a township in the parish of Kingborough and county of Buckingham.