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指城市时，介词通常用 in；专有名词首字母大写。
She was born in Constantinople in 540.
她于540年出生在君士坦丁堡。
869年君士坦丁堡公会议
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
869年君士坦丁堡公会议
the church council in 869 that condemned Photius, who had become patriarch of Constantinople without papal approval, widening the split between the Eastern and Western churches
She was born in Constantinople in 540.
她于540年出生在君士坦丁堡。
指以该城命名的主教会议，并非城市本身。
君士坦丁堡
n. the council in 869 that condemned Photius who had become the patriarch of Constantinople without approval from the Vatican, thereby precipitating the schism between the eastern and western churches；n. the sixth ecumenical council in 680-681 which condemned Monothelitism by defining two wills in Christ, divine and human；n. the fifth ecumenical council in 553 which held Origen's writings to be heretic
Constantinople was once the capital of the Byzantine Empire.
君士坦丁堡曾是拜占庭帝国的首都。
The ship will stop at Constantinople during its Mediterranean cruise.
这艘船在地中海航行途中将在君士坦丁堡停靠。
Many old maps show Constantinople on the Bosphorus.
许多旧地图上都把君士坦丁堡标在博斯普鲁斯海峡旁。
指城市时，介词通常用 in；专有名词首字母大写。
She was born in Constantinople in 540.
她于540年出生在君士坦丁堡。
“the city of + 城市名”是常见的同位结构，用来明确指出所谈的城市。
The city of Constantinople was famous for its walls.
君士坦丁堡这座城市以城墙闻名。
描述城市陷落常用被动语态。
Constantinople was captured by the Ottoman forces in 1453.
君士坦丁堡于1453年被奥斯曼军队攻占。
Not this
Istanbul was the capital of the Byzantine Empire.
Use this
Constantinople was the capital of the Byzantine Empire.
拜占庭帝国时期这座城市的英文名称是 Constantinople；Istanbul 是后来（尤其是现代土耳其）使用的名称，用在拜占庭语境中会造成时代错位。
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The Constantinople was the capital of the Byzantine Empire.
Use this
Constantinople was the capital of the Byzantine Empire.
城市专有名词前一般不加定冠词 the；中文没有冠词系统，容易把“这个/那个”的错误对应带入英语。
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The city of constantinople was an important trade center.
Use this
The city of Constantinople was an important trade center.
Constantinople 是专有名词，无论在句中什么位置都必须首字母大写；小写形式属于拼写错误。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
君士坦丁堡的陷落
The fall of Constantinople in 1453 marked the end of the Byzantine Empire.
1453年君士坦丁堡的陷落标志着拜占庭帝国的终结。
君士坦丁堡围城战
The siege of Constantinople lasted for several weeks before the city fell.
君士坦丁堡围城战持续了数周，最终城市陷落。
君士坦丁堡公会议
The Council of Constantinople in 869 condemned Photius.
869年的君士坦丁堡公会议谴责了佛提乌。
君士坦丁堡城墙
The walls of Constantinople protected the city for over a thousand years.
君士坦丁堡城墙保护这座城市超过一千年。
攻占君士坦丁堡
The conquest of Constantinople by the Ottomans changed the balance of power.
奥斯曼人攻占君士坦丁堡改变了权力平衡。
伊斯坦布尔以前叫君士坦丁堡，现在叫伊斯坦布尔，而不是君士坦丁堡。
The 1953 song 'Istanbul (Not Constantinople)' is the main reason many people still remember the name Constantinople.
1953年的歌曲《伊斯坦布尔（不是君士坦丁堡）》是许多人至今仍记得君士坦丁堡这个名称的主要原因。
Use Constantinople naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
记住 constantinople 开头是 constant：君士坦丁堡是座‘恒定’的千年古都，今伊斯坦布尔。
语域：formal 常见场景：历史读物、学术论文、正式演讲 该词是历史地名，多用于正式或书面语境，常见于历史叙述和学术写作；日常口语中很少单独使用。
These words share the spelling '-ple' and end in /pəl/, but they are only lookalikes: none rhymes with Constantinople. The given pronunciation /ˌkɔnstæntiˈnəupl/ has the stressed vowel /əʊ/ before /pəl/, so a true rhyme would require a stressed /əʊpəl/ (rare in common words). The stressed vowels of the words below all differ from this.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT.