METROPOLIS, n. A stronghold of provincialism.
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n. 大都市，大都會;首府，首都;大主教區;大城市;
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"He was dazzled by the gaiety and splendour of the metropolis."
大都市的花花世界使他感到眼花繚亂.
反義：village, borough, township
n. 要塞;據點;根據地;
"Our army completely surrounded and corked up the enemy stronghold."
我軍把敵人的堡壘完全包圍并封鎖起來.
近義：rampart, bastion, blindage, bulwark, fort, fortification
n. 地方主義，地方偏狹觀念;地區性;
"He wanted to escape from the provincialism of the small university where he taught."
他所執教是一所規模很小的大學,他想擺脫存在于其中的地方主義桎梏.
近義：argot, localism, parochialism, patois, provinciality, regionalism