二线城市——second-tier city
短语
second tier city 二类城市
second-tier and third-tier city 二三线城市
双语例句
The picture below is an early morning photo at the train station of a second-tier city in China.
下面的图片展示了中国一个二线城市的火车站清晨的图景。
This paper argues that a second-tier city in a global city region not only plays important functions in the global urban system but also within the global city region.
作为国际城市区域中的二级城市不仅在全球城市体系中发挥作用，同时也在国际城市区域中担任重要的功能。
Often they are jobs at a second - or third-tier city, where the presence of pale-faced foreigners is needed to impress local officials.
他们的工作范围通常集中在二线或者三线城市，在这种城市中一个外表堂堂的外国人会给当地官员留下比较好的印象。
一、“二线城市”的英语是：second-tier cities
二、词语解析
音标：英 [ˈsekənd tɪə(r) ˈsɪtiz] 美 [ˈsekənd tɪr ˈsɪtiz]
重点单词：cities
音标：英 [ˈsɪtiz] 美 [ˈsɪtiz]
释义：n.都市;城市;
city的复数
三、双语应用举例
Firms also report rising demand for services in second-tier cities.
各公司还称，二线城市的服务需求正在上升。
The expansion of luxury towards Chinese second-tier cities was only a matter of time.
奢侈品向中国二线城市扩张只是一个时间问题。
The barriers and measures to develop the modern service industry in second-tier cities
二级城市发展现代服务业的困境和解决途径&以苏州、无锡、杭州为例。
Second-tier cities rose 25.3 percent and third-tier cities rose 32.1 percent, the report said.
二线城市同比上涨25.3%，三线上涨32.1%。
您好，“二线城市”可以翻译为second-tier city。其中tier(英 [tɪə(r)]美 [tɪr])作名词，意为“等级，层级；一排，一层”，如：the highest tier of society （社会的最上层），a three-tier wedding cake（3层的结婚蛋糕）。
相应地，把 second 换成 first, third, fourth, fifth 就得到了一、三、四、五线城市的英文说法。
Second-tier city or Tier-2 city
二线城市
扩展
一线城市
可以表达为
First-tier City
或者
Tier-1 city
以此类推
Second-tier city or Tier-2 city
二线城市
Third-tier city or Tier-3 city
三线城市
例句：
Chengdu turned into a first-tier city this year.
成都今年跃居一线大城市
知识拓展:
大城市除了big city还能怎么说呢？
1. Major city
Every major city was affected by the government’s decision.
每个大城市都受政府决定的影响
2. Large city
I want to move to a large city on the coast.
我想搬到沿海的大城市去居住
二线城市的英语:second-tier cities
英[ˈsekənd tɪə(r) ˈsɪtiz]
美[ˈsekənd tɪr ˈsɪtiz]
词典释义
second-tier cities
second-tier city
beta city
second-tier city就是“二线城市”的意思，其中tier作名词，意为“等级，层级;一排，一层”，如：the highest tier of society (社会的最上层)，a three-tier wedding cake(3层的结婚蛋糕)
例句:Although I live in the capital city of my province, it is still a second-tier city as it is under developed in some way.
尽管我住在省会城市，它仍是一个二线城市，因为在某些方面它还是欠发达的。
I don't want to live in a second-tier city because there are only a few opportunities for my career.
我不想生活在二线城市，因为我的事业机会不多。
She didn't want to stay in a small county, so she moved to the second-tier city.
她不想待在小县城，所以她搬去了二线城市。
He's pretty content with his life in this second-tier city. There's no much pressure and the environment is fairly good here.
他对自己在这个二线城市的生活还算满意。没有太大的压力，这里的环境也相当不错。