town hall

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˌtaʊn ˈhɔːl]
• 美式音标 [ˌtaʊn ˈhɑːl]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• 市政厅；市政府；市民集会所

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• Last year he turned heads when he accused Barack Obama at a televised town-hall meeting of "whacking" Wall Street "like a piñata".
  去年，他指责总统奥巴马在直播的市政厅见面会上称华尔街“像彩陶”，因此他获得了相当高的回头率。
• This evening, when I arrived in these parts, I went to an inn, and they turned me out, because of my yellow passport, which I had shown at the town-hall.
  天黑时才到这地方，我到过一家客店，只因为我在市政厅请验了黄护照，就被人赶了出来。 那又是非请验不可的。
• The House Republicans, taking advantage of the coming summer recess, have started a series of “town-hall” hearings on the supposed defects of the Senate bill.
  众议院共和党议员利用近期的暑假，对参议院法案的假定过失启动了一系列类似在市政厅式的听政会。

原声例句

• She sang in one of the most important concert theaters in the city - Town Hall.
• From Raleigh,Mr.Obama traveled to the town of Bristol,Virginia for another town-hall meeting on health care reform this time with employees at a local supermarket.
• During a wide-ranging 45-minute town hall-style meeting with several hundred U.S.troops, Secretary Gates was asked whether there is any plan for military action against Iran.

权威例句

• At a packed town-hall meeting, he was introduced by an unemployed father of seven.
  ECONOMIST: The new president is storm-lashed, but still at the helm

词组短语

短语

• Old Town City Hall 市政厅
• Cape Town City Hall 开普敦市政厅
• town meeting hall 集镇会堂
• town Auction Hall 布雷拍卖所
• Town -hall 市政府大楼

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• (BUILDING) a building in which local government officials and employees work and have meetings

柯林斯英英字典

• A town hall is a building or hall used for local government business, usually a building which is the main office of a town council.

专业释义

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• 市政厅