borough
gb/bˈɚoʊ/ us/bˈɚoʊ/
B2
انگریزی
~ 8300
kerület, városkerület, parlamenti választókerület
اسم
B2
1
kerület
A2
városkerület
B1
استعمال کا انداز:
the borough of [place]
She grew up in the New York City borough of Queens.
New York Queens nevű kerületében nőtt fel.
The borough council voted to increase funding for public parks.
A kerületi tanács megszavazta, hogy növelik a közparkok támogatását.
Housing prices have risen sharply across the London boroughs in recent years.
Each borough is responsible for maintaining its own local roads and schools.
The city is divided into several boroughs, each with its own mayor.
سیکھنے والوں کے لیے مثالیں
He lives in the borough of Brooklyn.
Brooklyn kerületében lakik.
The borough has its own town hall.
A kerületnek saját városházája van.
People in this borough pay higher taxes.
Our borough is building a new school.
Each borough has different rules for parking.
عام غلطی:
Learners sometimes use “borough” to mean any neighborhood. In many cities, a borough is a specific official unit of local government, which is usually larger and more formal than a neighborhood. Also, the pronunciation of the ending is /-bə-rə/ or /-b(ə-)roʊ/, not like the verb “borrow”.
معنی
town or district with local government
لفظی تراکیب
the borough of [place]
|borough council
|borough president
|borough boundaries
|inner-city borough
|borough residents
ہم معنی الفاظ
district (A very general word for part of a city or region; does not always imply separate local government like “borough” does.)
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municipality (More formal and technical; clearly emphasizes the legal and administrative status as a self-governing area.)
متضاد الفاظ
rural area (Refers to countryside with low population and typically no urban local government, contrasting with an urban borough.)
موضوعات
geography
|government
|politics
|cities
|law
|housing
تعریف
A town or city area that has its own local government, often as part of a bigger city or county.
A town, district, or urban area that forms a separate administrative unit with its own local government, especially as part of a larger city or county.
اسم
C1
ARCHAIC
2
استعمال کا انداز:
a parliamentary borough
Before the Reform Act of 1832, many small parliamentary boroughs sent members to the House of Commons.
Az 1832-es reformtörvény előtt sok kis parlamenti választókerület küldött képviselőket az Alsóházba.
The so‑called rotten boroughs had very few voters but still enjoyed full parliamentary representation.
Az úgynevezett rothadt választókerületeknek nagyon kevés szavazójuk volt, mégis teljes parlamenti képviseletet élveztek.
Some borough constituencies were merged or abolished as the electoral system was modernized.
In the eighteenth century, control of a borough could give a landowner significant political influence.
The history book explains how borough and county seats were distributed across England.
سیکھنے والوں کے لیے مثالیں
In old Britain, a borough could send a man to Parliament.
A régi Britanniában egy parlamenti választókerület képviselőt küldhetett a parlamentbe.
Some small boroughs had only a few voters.
Néhány kis választókerületnek csak kevés szavazója volt.
The government changed the law and removed many borough seats.
A borough was different from a county area in elections.
The chapter tells how boroughs lost their special power.
عام غلطی:
Learners may assume this historical sense is the same as the modern local-government meaning. In older British texts, “borough” often means a parliamentary district for elections, not just any town or city district.
معنی
historical parliamentary town district
لفظی تراکیب
parliamentary borough
|rotten borough
|borough constituency
|county and borough
|abolition of the boroughs
ہم معنی الفاظ
constituency (A general term for an area that elects a representative; “borough” in this sense refers specifically to a town-based constituency in historical British practice.)
متضاد الفاظ
non-represented area (Describes a place that does not have the right to send representatives, which contrasts with a borough that does.)
موضوعات
history
|politics
|government
|law
|core_vocabulary
تعریف
In older British history, a town or area that could choose a person to sit in Parliament.
In historical British usage, a town or district that had the right to elect one or more members of Parliament.
گرامر
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IPA
GB/bˈɚoʊ/
US/bˈɚoʊ/
ہجا بندی اور زور
bor - ough (2 ہجے)
Stress on 1st syllable (bor)
لفظ کی شکلیں
Noun
- Base: borough
- Plural: boroughs
متعلقہ الفاظ
Forms
boroughs
noun
Related words
boroughwide
adjective
Advanced or less common
interborough
adjective
burgher
noun
عبارات
outer boroughs
1/ˈaʊtɚ bˈɚoʊz/
fixed phrase
non-central city boroughs
The boroughs of a big city that are away from the center, especially the parts of New York City that are not Manhattan.
مثالیں
- Rents in the outer boroughs have increased as more people move out of Manhattan.
- Many families choose the outer boroughs because they can get larger apartments.
- The new subway line will better connect the outer boroughs to downtown.
the five boroughs
1/ðə fˈaɪv bˈɚoʊz/
fixed phrase
the five parts of New York City
The five parts of New York City: the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island.
مثالیں
- Their food tour takes you through all of the five boroughs in one day.
- The festival brings artists from across the five boroughs together in Central Park.
- Public transit connects the five boroughs, but some routes are still very slow.