1. [A]大都会的,大城市的 of a metropolis
2. [A]中心地区的,正宗的 being the central country of a system

1. in the Eastern Orthodox Church this title is given to a position between bishop and patriarch; equivalent to archbishop in western Christianity

2. a person who lives in a metropolis

1. relating to or characteristic of a metropolis;

   "metropolitan area"
   

1.大都会的;大都市的
metropolitan means belonging to or typical of a large busy city.

e.g. ...themetropolitan district of Miami.
迈阿密的都市区
e.g. ...a dozen majormetropolitan hospitals.
大城市的12家大医院

2.(东正教和天主教的)大主教
Ametropolitan is an important priest in the Orthodox and Catholic Churches. He has authority over other priests and is in charge of a particular area.

e.g. ...the Ukrainian Catholic representatives,metropolitan Volodymyr and Bishop Sofron.
乌克兰的天主教代表——弗拉基米尔大主教和索夫龙主教

1. 大都会：* 1990年Whit Stillman的喜剧电影<>(metropolitan)中套用了曼斯菲尔德庄园的情节,将背景转换到当代的纽约. 剧中人物争辩时也引用了奥斯丁作品.

2. 大城市：但是它同样忽视绿色通道思想,并且导致了不同寻常的结论即公园应该按照不同的大小等级来配置(图6):大城市(metropolitan)公园、区域(district)公园、地方(local)公园.

3. 都会区：如果方向不变,不难想像香港会发展成大都会区(metropolitan)模式,其中九龙及港岛区成为这个都会的核心地区,这地区的楼价及生活指数会是全港最高,能在这里居住的大概祗有那些投资移民、本地富豪及打工皇帝,至於一般普罗大众,