municipal elections

/mjuːˈnɪsɪpəl ɪˈlɛkʃənz/· 名词短语

政治/外交/军事B2

municipal elections
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Chinese meaning

市shì政zhèng选xuǎn举jǔ

城chéng市shì/地dì方fāng层céng级jí的de公gōng职zhí选xuǎn举jǔ

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加jiā拿ná大dà今jīn秋qiū市shì选xuǎn,老lǎo鼠shǔ治zhì理lǐ成chéng了le竞jìng选xuǎn承chéng诺nuò

Example

Rats are on the ballot in Canadian municipal elections this fall, with several political parties promising to tackle city rat problems.

老lǎo鼠shǔ今jīn年nián秋qiū天tiān成chéng了le加jiā拿ná大dà市shì政zhèng选xuǎn举jǔ的de议yì题tí,几jǐ个gè政zhèng党dǎng都dōu承chéng诺nuò要yào解jiě决jué城chéng市shì老lǎo鼠shǔ问wèn题tí。

Source: Phys.org · 13 Oct 2026

Background ✎

加jiā拿ná大dà今jīn年nián秋qiū天tiān的de市shì政zhèng选xuǎn举jǔ中zhōng,治zhì理lǐ老lǎo鼠shǔ问wèn题tí成chéng了le不bù少shǎo政zhèng党dǎng的de竞jìng选xuǎn承chéng诺nuò。老lǎo鼠shǔ看kàn似shì是shì个gè小xiǎo众zhòng议yì题tí,但dàn背bèi后hòu其qí实shí折zhé射shè出chū住zhù房fáng、公gōng共gòng服fú务wù和hé市shì民mín参cān与yù等děng更gèng大dà的de社shè会huì问wèn题tí。

Roots · etymology

municipal源自拉丁municipium(自治城镇);election源自拉丁eligere(挑选出)

  • municipal = munus(公职、义务)+ capere(承担)→ municeps(承担公职的自治市民)+ -al(形容词后缀);election = e-(向外)+ lect(挑选)+ -ion(名词后缀)

Collocations

  • municipal elections / hold municipal elections / on the ballot in municipal elections

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