| 词汇 | shire |
| 释义 | shire noun uk /ʃaɪər/ us /ʃaɪr/ [ C ]UKold use a county, now used in combination in the names of many British counties: 郡（现用于英国许多郡的郡名中） Yorkshire约克郡 Oxfordshire牛津郡 the shires[ plural ]UK the central rural counties of England, such as Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, and Derbyshire: 英格兰中部农业诸郡（如莱斯特郡、诺丁汉郡、德比郡） The county is called 'the rose of the shires'. UK politics: local government & politics administrative alderman alderwoman anti-city authority councilmember councilwoman county borough county council development area enterprise zone municipality parish parish council parochial prefecture the North-South divide town planning unitary unitary authority You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Towns & regions: parts of countries Examples of shireshire Moreover, we have the lowest per capita fire service spend of all the shires. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If we are allowed to refuse massive development in the shires, far more houses will be built in the inner cities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The shires and cities are beginning to voice their opposition together. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They tend to get a little lost in the shires. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are working with metropolitan authorities to identify ways of taking the policy forward there as well as in the shires. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Our agents, the county councils in the shires, normally design the works or approve the developer's design. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Local people do not identify with the new county but with the historic shires. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not greatly familiar with the hierarchy of the shires. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The poll tax will transfer much-needed inner cities' cash to the county shires. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The pattern of local government expenditure in the shires is fairly consistent. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the shires, we are doing excellent work and performing a great many operations at even lower cost. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In some cases, the new unitary authorities contain towns and historic shires that retain a strong sense of identity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He said that local people identify not with the new county imposed in 1974, but with the historic shires. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have been the champion of not just the local authorities but the shires. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Their constituencies are those of the seaside boarding house towns, the snob suburbs and the hunting shires. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of shire These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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