🇬🇧🇨🇳 metropolis - 都会 : English Lesson

Meaning of "metropolis" ("都会"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A metropolis is a major city, often the capital or most important city of a region or country. It is characterized by a large population, extensive infrastructure, and significant cultural, economic, and political activities.

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Living in a metropolis means waking up to the sound of car horns and going to bed to the sound of more car horns.

In the metropolis, you can find pizza at 3 AM, but good luck finding a parking spot at any time.

The subway in the metropolis is great—if you like playing “Guess That Mysterious Smell.”

A metropolis is a place where walking somewhere takes 10 minutes, but driving there takes 40.

If you drop your ice cream in a metropolis, five pigeons and a squirrel will fight for it.

He left the quiet town and stood at the edge of the metropolis. The metropolis hummed with buses, lights and hundreds of doors opening. A child laughed, a vendor shouted, a taxi honked — the metropolis rolled like a wave and the metropolis swallowed the sky. He climbed the stairs, watched the metropolis glow, and, smiling, fell asleep.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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