和人们居住环境相关的英语表达
Places cosmopolitan (environment) metropolitan (city) downtown city centre urban the suburbs / suburban areas (NOTE: when referring to the suburbs, we generally always use THE) rural the outskirts CBD (Central Business District) city hall coastal city inland city mountainous city housing accommodation housing complex industrial estate housing estate apartment (US) / flat (UK) house villa 2-storey house 5-level apartment building office tower skyscraper landmark(s) buildings marina port / harbour airport bus/train/air terminal urban sprawl The people: city-dwellers (this is the only word that focuses specifically on people who live in cities) inhabitants citizens residents commuters internal migrants (people from the same country, but moving from another part of the country) Population overcrowded (too many people) densely-populated (a lot of people in a given area) sparsely-populated (very few people in a given area) high-density housing (a lot of houses / apartments that are close together) |