township
township — 名詞
- townshipsingular
- townshipsplural
1. in the United States and Canada, a small area with its own local government, mad
鄉鎮區
美加由城鎮及周邊地區組成的地方自治單位
in the United States and Canada, a small area with its own local government, made up of a town together with the land around it
The township council voted to build a new library near the school.
鄉鎮區議會投票決定在學校附近興建一座新圖書館。
compound: township council as a local body
Minh grew up in a quiet township just north of the state capital.
Minh 在州首府北邊一個安靜的鄉鎮區長大。
named subject anchors the place reference
Roads and snow removal in the township are paid for by local taxes.
鄉鎮區內的道路和除雪工作由地方稅收支付。
Each township in the county elects its own board every four years.
縣裡的每個鄉鎮區每四年選出自己的委員會。
Ezra moved his family to a rural township to farm the open land.
Ezra 把家人搬到一個鄉下的鄉鎮區，耕種那片開闊的土地。
- municipality
broader, can mean a city, town, or district with self-government
- district
any marked-off area, not always a unit of government
用法筆記
Subject of news and legal writing about local government in North America. Often pairs with 'county', 'council', or 'board'.
2. in South Africa, an area on the edge of a city set aside for Black or non-white
黑人城鎮
南非種族隔離時期劃給黑人居住的城郊地區
in South Africa, an area on the edge of a city set aside for Black or non-white residents under the old system of racial separation, where many people still live today
Kabir interviewed elderly residents who had lived in the township since the 1960s.
Kabir 訪問了自一九六零年代起就住在這個黑人城鎮的年長居民。
township as a long-standing residential area
Buses carried workers from the township into the city every morning.
公車每天早上把工人從黑人城鎮載進城裡。
township located on the edge of a city
The musician was born in a township outside Johannesburg during apartheid.
這位音樂家在種族隔離時期出生於約翰尼斯堡郊外的一個黑人城鎮。
Tariq photographed the small brick houses lining the dusty township streets.
Tariq 拍下了黑人城鎮塵土飛揚的街道兩旁那一排排小磚房。
Today many families in the township run small shops and restaurants from home.
如今這個黑人城鎮裡許多家庭在自家經營小商店和餐館。
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1: this sense is specific to South Africa and carries the history of forced racial separation, while sense 1 is a neutral North American unit of government.