- 1aC1/mjuˈnɪsəpəl/ · /mjuːˈnɪsɪpəl/市政的
正式Relating to the government of a town or city, or to the public services that it runs.
示範例句 · Example
The town will hold its municipal elections next month.
逐字這個鎮下個月將舉行它的市政選舉。
municipal 指「跟一個城鎮或城市的政府、公共服務有關的」，像 municipal election（市政選舉）、municipal park（市立公園）、municipal library（市立圖書館）。可以想成「城市這一級的政府在管的」——比 national（國家級）小，是地方層級的。
常見搭配
municipal election
市政選舉
an election to choose the government of a town or city
Turnout was low at this year's municipal election.
municipal government
市政府
the government that runs a town or city
The municipal government promised to fix the roads.
municipal services
市政服務、公共服務
public services provided by a city, e.g. rubbish collection
Water and rubbish collection are important municipal services.
municipal park
市立公園
a public park run by the city
The children play football in the municipal park.
core核心畫面
You can picture a town hall that runs the shared machinery of a city — the roads, the water , the rubbish collection, the local council. 'Municipal' is the label for anything at that level: belonging to the town itself and the everyday services it keeps going for the people who live there.
From the word’s history
From Latin municipalis, from municipium — a town whose people took on the running of their own affairs. It splits into munus 'a service or duty owed to the community' + a form of capere 'to take up'. So a municipality is, at root, a town that takes up its own public duties — exactly the sense of shared services the word still carries.
來自拉丁文 municipalis，源於 municipium——一座自己承擔起自身事務的城鎮。拆開來是 munus（欠社群的一份服務、義務）加上 capere（承擔、接下）的變形。所以一個 municipality 骨子裡就是「自己接下公共義務的城鎮」，正對應這個字今天仍帶著的公共服務含義。
Online Etymology Dictionary (etymonline.com/word/municipal); munus + capere
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原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
municipaladj/mjuˈnɪsɪpəl/
- 1
Of or pertaining to a municipality (a city or a corporation having the right of administering local government).
- More than 100 provincial and municipal firefighters were brought in, with helicopters and aircraft used to drop water and fire retardant, while bulldozers were digging firebreaks.
- 2
Of or pertaining to the internal affairs of a nation.
municipalnoun/mjuˈnɪsɪpəl/
- 1
businessfinanceA financial instrument issued by a municipality (e.g., municipal bonds).
- “This might be the last great opportunity for preretirement baby boomers to buy municipals at such attractive levels,” said Janet Fiorenza, head of municipal fixed income at Lehman Brothers Asset Management.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。