释义
[ myoo-nis -uh -puh l ] SHOW IPA
/ myuˈnɪs ə pəl / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective of or relating to a town or city or its local government: municipal elections.
Archaic . pertaining to the internal affairs of a state or nation rather than to international affairs.
Origin of municipal 1530–40; <Latin mūnicipālis, equivalent to mūnicip- (stem of mūniceps ) citizen of a free town (mūni (a ) duties + -cip-, combining form of capere to take) + -ālis -al1
OTHER WORDS FROM municipal mu·nic·i·pal·ly, adverb in·ter·mu·nic·i·pal, adjective non·mu·nic·i·pal, adjective non·mu·nic·i·pal·ly, adverb
pre·mu·nic·i·pal, adjective qua·si-mu·nic·i·pal, adjective qua·si-mu·nic·i·pal·ly, adverb su·per·mu·nic·i·pal, adjective
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Words nearby municipal muni, muni bond fund, munic., Munich, Munich Pact, municipal , municipal bond, municipal bond fund, municipal bonds, municipal corporation, municipal court
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Example sentences from the Web for municipal Last year, Takoma Park in Maryland took a similar step when it allowed 16- and 17-year-olds to vote in municipal elections.
Paying Taxes and Going to Jail Like Adults; Teens Deserve the Right to Vote, Too | Jillian Keenan| October 6, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Criminal justice is quintessentially a local matter; policing, judging, and operating local jails are municipal endeavors.
Prosecuting Officer Wilson Won't Bring Justice to Ferguson | Candace McCoy| August 23, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Earlier this month, Toledo, Ohio, watched its municipal water supply descend into an undrinkable stew of algal toxins.
Are Water Filters B.S.? | Michael Schulson| August 19, 2014| DAILY BEAST
But municipal workers are still to be seen tending flowerbeds.
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Devouassox was apparently fired last June from the Menthon-Saint-Bernard police station where he worked as a municipal cop.
Breakthrough In Alps Family Murder Case | Barbie Latza Nadeau| February 19, 2014| DAILY BEAST
These are often charitable and public-spirited, and active in municipal rather than in parliamentary life.
The Long White Cloud | William Pember Reeves
Here our leading punter was a cheery, friendly miller—like the host of the hotel at St. nimie, a municipal councillor.
The Roof of France | Matilda Betham-Edwards
In this tendency to municipal extravagance he saw one of the gravest menaces to property.
Historical and Political Essays | William Edward Hartpole Lecky
During the last sixteen years of his life (338-322) he rendered services to Athens not less important, and Municipal activity.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 | Various
The municipal employees had refused to strike, and only by force would the city go dark that night.
A Poor Wise Man | Mary Roberts Rinehart
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British Dictionary definitions for municipal adjective of or relating to a town, city, or borough or its local government
Derived forms of municipal municipalism , noun municipalist , noun municipally , adverb Word Origin for municipal C16: from Latin mūnicipium a free town, from mūniceps citizen from mūnia responsibilities + capere to take
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