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a conurbation of [plural noun]
of 后接复数名词，强调多个聚落连成一片连续的城市区域。
The area is a conurbation of many small towns and cities.
这个地区是由许多小城镇和城市组成的集合城市。
集合城市；大都市圈
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集合城市；大都市圈
a large continuous urban area formed by towns and cities expanding and merging with each other
The area is a conurbation of many small towns and cities.
这个地区是由许多小城镇和城市组成的集合城市。
由城市扩张形成的连绵都市群。
A continuous aggregation of built-up urban communities created as a result of urban sprawl.
Many people commute into the conurbation every morning for work.
许多人每天早上通勤到这个大都市圈上班。
Over the years, the nearby villages expanded until they formed one huge conurbation.
多年来，附近的村庄不断扩展，最终形成了一个巨大的集合城市。
The new high-speed railway runs through the entire conurbation, linking its main cities.
这条新高速铁路贯穿整个大都市圈，连接其主要城市。
of 后接复数名词，强调多个聚落连成一片连续的城市区域。
The area is a conurbation of many small towns and cities.
这个地区是由许多小城镇和城市组成的集合城市。
地名直接放在 conurbation 前作定语，指该城市及其周边连成一片的都会区。
The London conurbation is home to over nine million people.
伦敦大都市圈居住着九百多万人。
become 后接 a conurbation 作表语，描述多个城镇逐渐融合为一个连续城市区的过程。
As the suburbs spread, the neighboring towns became a single conurbation.
随着郊区不断扩展，相邻的城镇连成了一个集合城市。
Not this
Many conurbation have more than one city center.
Use this
Many conurbations have more than one city center.
conurbation 是可数名词，复数形式为 conurbations；在 many 之后必须用复数，不能用单数形式 conurbation。
Not this
Greater Manchester is a conurbation city.
Use this
Greater Manchester is a conurbation.
conurbation 本身指由多个城市连成的都市区，词义已包含“城市”，再加 city 造成赘余；应直接用 conurbation 作表语。
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大型集合城市
This major conurbation is home to over ten million people.
这个大型集合城市居住着一千多万人。
工业集合城市
Many industrial conurbations grew up around coal mines.
许多工业集合城市都是围绕煤矿发展起来的。
扩展蔓延的集合城市
The city has become a sprawling conurbation with no clear center.
这座城市已发展成一个没有明确中心的扩展蔓延的集合城市。
人口密集的集合城市
This densely populated conurbation faces serious housing problems.
这个人口密集的集合城市面临严重的住房问题。
大都会集合城市
The region forms a metropolitan conurbation stretching for miles.
该地区形成一个绵延数英里的大都会集合城市。
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由 con（共同）+ urb（城市）联想：多个城市连成一体，形成大都市圈。
语域：formal 常见场景：城市规划、人口统计、地理学文献 conurbation 是较正式的术语，通常用于城市规划、人口统计或学术地理讨论中，日常口语中较少使用。
与 conurbation /ˌkɒnɜːˈbeɪʃən/ 押韵（重音都在 /eɪ/ 上，末尾为 /ʃən/）的有 perturbation、incubation、vibration、nation。注意 urban /ˈɜːbən/ 和 suburb /ˈsʌbɜːb/ 拼写含 -urb-，但读音与 conurbation 不同，不押韵。
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