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city fathers 〔美俚〕市參議員 (=city dads)。

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At yesterday s international mayors forum on sustainable urban energy development , the city fathers gleaned valuable experience from overseas experts and city governors about managing transportation systems . xu kuangdi , head of the chinese academy of engineering , yesterday urged city mayors to improve energy efficiency in buildings . they consume 30 per cent of the total energy in china , a percentage in keeping with its increased urban acceleration “城市,讓生活更美好” ,上海以世博為契機,正從更高的起點審視城市發展目標,通過這項市民參與的活動,推動市內公共客運長途客運省際旅游客車出租車等更新換代,使上海的公交車更人性化,更舒適更安全,讓這一城市流動風景線更加美麗。

The city fathers are well aware that unless the picture improves , those middle - class residents who are vacillating between rebuilding and moving out will not have much difficulty making up their minds 城市元老們也清醒的意識到除非現狀有所改善,否則那些在重建或搬離此地間左右搖擺的中等階級居民將不難做出他們的選擇了。

At that the city fathers , alarmed about threats to property , formed a committee of safety and called out the militia 第二天,一家雇用有大量華工的羊毛針織廠也遭到圍攻。

But the city fathers are not content to stop there 但是這個城市的父母官并不想僅此而已。

The city fathers of a town were substantial businessmen . 甲鎮的市鎮官員們都是些有聲望的實務家。