| 词汇 | county-town |
| 释义 | county town noun[ C ] UKuk /ˌkaʊn.ti ˈtaʊn/ us /ˌkaʊn.t̬i ˈtaʊn/(UScounty seat) the most important town or city in a county, especially the one where the local government is based: （英国）郡首府，郡政府所在地;（美国）县首府，县政府所在地 Cambridge is the county town of Cambridgeshire.剑桥是剑桥郡的首府。 UK politics: local government & politics administrative alderman alderwoman anti-city authority councilmember councilwoman county borough county council development area enterprise zone parish parish council parochial prefecture shire the North-South divide town planning unitary unitary authority You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Towns & regions: towns, cities & villages (general) Examples of county towncounty town Nonetheless, informal relationships in a countytown were not entirely without structure. Being a countytown seems to have been more important than having a cathedral (although the two often coincided) and certainly more important than having a garrison. I could give illustrations where it is another realm altogether, the countytown being much nearer to the next county. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Take the case of a ratepayer living far away from the countytown. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It takes us a day and a-half to go to the countytown to do our business and come back. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 People in the villages want to be run to the countytown in the morning and brought quickly back at night. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is really much more convenient that these registers should be kept locally than that they should be kept at the countytown. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I know of one countytown where there are two organisations dealing with exactly the same matters in the same street. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Our historic archives will remain in one site— generally the countytown, its present home—as now. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is the small baker's shop of the countytown, with ovens attached to the shop, and it gets no relief. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In that case your countytown is outside. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A journey to a countytown may be a matter of great inconvenience and expense, not only in money but in time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Not only is it in many cases difficult to get to the countytown but the journey has to be made several days running. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, my constituency contains 120 villages as well as the countytown. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are 40 miles away from the countytown. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of county town 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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