| 词汇 | example_english_concrete-jungle |
| 释义 | Examples of concrete jungleThese 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. Harlow, unlike many other new towns, is not a concretejungle. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Smith's name is usually spoken in negative terms regarding the destruction of historic and aesthetically pleasing buildings which were replaced with a concretejungle. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. If we are not careful we shall become a concretejungle, with cattle standing on concrete, eating imported food. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We all know of whole areas of towns where old houses have been replaced by a concretejungle, with all the attendant social problems. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We cannot replace agricultural ground, but we can replace this concretejungle. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is now covered by a concretejungle, my own house included. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Those cities have natural amenities and resources, whereas urban areas—massive areas of concretejungle—have very little or nothing at all. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I genuinely hope that she is misrepresenting him, and that a concretejungle is not his vision of the future. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is the kind of growth we are having in the south-west, and the concretejungle is eating into the countryside. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Much of the land which will be taken and turned into concretejungle will be good farming land. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A concretejungle was developed, with so-called slums being replaced by far worse ones, instead of dwellings being systematically restored. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It represents a breath of fresh air amidst the concretejungle of anonymous urban life and an opportunity to out price the supermarkets. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Large areas of the country are covered in what might be called a reinforced concretejungle. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We do not want it to be turned into a concretejungle. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are now moving out of the cardboard cities and into the concretejungle because winter is coming. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We cannot, and must not, allow the continued spread of the concretejungle as, once it has come, it cannot he taken back. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not true that it is a concretejungle. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I was talking about the tower block, the concretejungle type of estate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The site for that massive piece of concretejungle was in the green belt. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The area where it is located is what might be termed a concretejungle consisting of high-rise blocks of flats. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is certainly facing enormous pressures from nearby conurbations and from the spread of the concretejungle. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The concretejungle is spreading not only in our big cities and towns, but in many parts of our countryside. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 My constituency has been portrayed inaccurately as a vast concretejungle full of ill-intentioned people. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It prevents a city centre becoming a soulless, concretejungle of office blocks; it prevents properties decaying altogether into slums. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Some people prefer a desert landscape or a concretejungle: this is a subjective matter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not in the interests of the nation to let the land become a concretejungle. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We tore down solid buildings to erect modern, concretejungle blocks. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It spoke of the prospects of our countryside becoming a sterile food factory; a noisy fun palace; a concretejungle; the preserve of the affluent; and a decaying museum piece. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Behind the cilché "concretejungle" is the reality of sprawling, soulless public housing estates, built without people in mind, without shops, pubs, places of entertainment, or social amenities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Has technology the right to bulldoze away hundreds of years of history, and replace it with a concretejungle that could well be a white elephant in 20 years? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 So it will be good to visit to get refreshed from the concretejungle. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The similarities are uncanny and the animals skills echo the skills humans required to survive mans concretejungle. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The urban park is frequently billed as a cooling oasis in the concretejungle of downtown. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Locals were then slowly becoming aware of the thriving nature within the concretejungle they were living in. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The veneer of peace that had been maintained in the city's streets by total information control suddenly vanished, and the computer-controlled concretejungle stopped functioning. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Slowly this once sleeping village of orchids is turning in to concretejungle and hub of commercial activities. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The high-rise and high density buildings are derided as a concretejungle. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Acting as an unemployed couple, their street credibility is often questioned by their new neighbours who are more at home with the ways of the concretejungle. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The more interesting are the visuals that overlook the valley in a synchronizing way of contouring the old cultural heritage with the increasing encroachment of the concretejungle. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. There is pollution of the environment and concrete jungles of multi-storey blocks. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The centres of our cities are becoming concrete jungles and people are moving out of them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Are we going to have an indefinite extension of concrete jungles, enormous numbers of huge uninhabitable flats? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is indeed a great fear of ghost towns and concrete jungles. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We spend less on rent, but we get a poorer housing stock, and too many people live in concrete jungles and high-rise blocks of flats. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many inner-city areas are concrete jungles; there are 32 tower blocks in my constituency. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Are we really wise to put all our faith in high-rise blocks and concrete jungles? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are too fond of creating concrete jungles that leave people without the things they need, including the pubs and the shops. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We must make all the use we can of those acres that remain beyond the ever-growing tentacles of the concrete jungles. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I admit that the police know too little about what goes on in these high-rise concrete jungles. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The concrete jungles could be in many ways improved if an attempt was made to plant some trees in the middle of these urban constituencies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We must concentrate on ensuring that we do not build a series of concrete jungles, because they do not solve the problem. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We must encourage people to get together to run their own estates and improve the concrete jungles in which they live. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I look at some of the buildings for which we were responsible and ask myself whether we have in many cases created concrete jungles for people to live in. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That period created the concrete jungles. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We call them concrete jungles. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Those developments were purely concrete jungles. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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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