a large city; a metropolis;metropolitan cities ❍ 他们当局的至少会敛迹起来; 谨严起来,因为不只几处~表示态度,连穷乡僻壤都跳出来了。(叶圣陶《倪焕之》271) The least we could do would be to make those who are in office draw in their horns and watch their step;for it will not be just a few great and busy cities that have raised their voices;even poor villages in out-of-the-way places will have sprung to their feet.