metropolitan

noun

1. a person who lives in a metropolis

2. in the Eastern Orthodox Church this title is given to a position between bishop and patriarch
equivalent to archbishop in western Christianity

adj

1. relating to or characteristic of a metropolis

e.g. metropolitan area

1. 大都会的;大都市的
Metropolitan means belonging to or typical of a large busy city.

e.g. ...the metropolitan district of Miami.
迈阿密的都市区
e.g. ...a dozen major metropolitan hospitals.
大城市的12家大医院

2. (东正教和天主教的)大主教
A metropolitan is an important priest in the Orthodox and Catholic Churches. He has authority over other priests and is in charge of a particular area.

e.g. ...the Ukrainian Catholic representatives, Metropolitan Volodymyr and Bishop Sofron.
乌克兰的天主教代表——弗拉基米尔大主教和索夫龙主教

1. 大都会：* 1990年Whit Stillman的喜剧电影<>(Metropolitan)中套用了曼斯菲尔德庄园的情节,将背景转换到当代的纽约. 剧中人物争辩时也引用了奥斯丁作品.

2. 大城市：但是它同样忽视绿色通道思想,并且导致了不同寻常的结论即公园应该按照不同的大小等级来配置(图6):大城市(metropolitan)公园、区域(district)公园、地方(local)公园.

3. 都会区：如果方向不变,不难想像香港会发展成大都会区(Metropolitan)模式,其中九龙及港岛区成为这个都会的核心地区,这地区的楼价及生活指数会是全港最高,能在这里居住的大概祗有那些投资移民、本地富豪及打工皇帝,至於一般普罗大众,