"The Mayor's tax proposal was bad enough on its face, but the coming state-mandated increase adds up to a one-two punch that would stagger city homeowners, " Mr. Vallone, a Queens Democrat, said in a City Hall news conference. 皇后區民主黨[市議員]瓦隆在記者會(huì )上說(shuō),"市長(cháng)的稅收提案一看就覺(jué)得糟蹋透,可是州政府所規定的增稅等于給紐約市房主難以招架的致命一擊。"
The poet paints the simple country life in glowing colours, and is clearly against living in a city. 這位詩(shī)人頌揚鄉村的簡(jiǎn)樸生活,顯然他不贊同居住在城市中。
The children are unused to city life/to living in a city. 這些孩子不習慣城市生活。
He lives in a city with 100000 inhabitants. 他住在一個(gè)有十萬(wàn)居民的城市。