"The Mayor's tax proposal was bad enough on its face, but the coming state-mandated increase adds up to a one-two punch that would stagger city homeowners, " Mr. Vallone, a Queens Democrat, said in a City Hall news conference. 皇後區民主黨[市議員]瓦隆在記者會上說，"市長的稅收提案一看就覺得糟蹋透，可是州政府所規定的增稅等於給紐約市房主難以招架的致命一擊。"
The poet paints the simple country life in glowing colours, and is clearly against living in a city. 這位詩人頌揚鄉村的簡樸生活，顯然他不贊同居住在城市中。
The children are unused to city life/to living in a city. 這些孩子不習慣城市生活。
He lives in a city with 100000 inhabitants. 他住在一個有十萬居民的城市。
