汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 大都
大都
for the most part / on the whole / metropolitan / for the most part / on the whole / also pr. [da4 du1] / Dadu, capital of China during the Yuan Dynasty (1280-1368), modern day Beijing
古代王畿外围公的采地。 泛称都邑之大者。 大概;大抵。 称事物大致的内容或情况。 大多。 6.仅仅;不过。 7.元代京城﹐旧址在今北京城内。蒙古忽必烈以开平为上都﹐辽之燕京为中都。至元四年(公元1267年)在中都东北兴建新城﹐九年(公元1272年)改称大都﹐二十年(公元1283年)筑成。城东西两面相当今北京内城东西城墙﹐南至今东﹑西长安街﹐北至德胜门﹑安定门外土城旧址。参阅《元史.地理志一》﹑清孙承泽《天府广记.建置》。
dà/dài dōu/dū
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

并且中国的矿厂大都老旧。

And China's mines are old.

元代建都于大都,即今之北京。

The Yuan Dynasty established its capital in Dadu, now Beijing.

她对这项研究的贡献大都被忽略了。

Her contribution to the research went largely unacknowledged.

姚伦,扬州大都督府参军。诗二首。

Yao Lun, Yangzhou Grand Military enlistment. Two Poems.

他们大都很穷,哪买得起胸垫啊!

Most of them are too poor to afford breast implants!

他们过去几年的努力大都白费了。

Their efforts over the past years have been largely misdirected.

最顶尖的教练大都坐在台边区。

Most of the top trainers were at the ringside.

其收入大都来自营业税,没有城市财产税。

It derives much of its revenue from sales taxes and has no city property tax.

因为其它电脑制造商大都尚未推出平板电脑。

Because most of the other manufacturers have yet to launch their tablets.

繁荣的大都市里,没有道德情操这一说。

We do not look in our great cities for our best morality.