The Acropolis is the ancient high fortress of Athens: a rocky hill in the middle of the city where people could go if the city was attacked, and where the great temples still stand. The Parthenon is the famous one on top, but the Acropolis is the whole hill-place, not that one building. Tourists go there in huge numbers; in English, when we say the Acropolis with a capital A, we almost always mean this Athens one.

The AcropolisAcropolis is是 the ancient high fortress of Athens雅典古代的高處堡壘：a rocky hill in the middle of the city城市中央的一座石頭山，where人們 people could go if the city was attacked城市被攻擊時可以躲去的地方，and而且 where the great temples still stand偉大的神廟至今還立在那裡；the Parthenon帕德嫩神廟 is the famous one on top是山頂上那座有名的建築，but但 the Acropolis is the whole hill-place衛城指的是整座山丘，not而不是 that one building只是那一棟建築；tourists遊客 go there in huge numbers大批大批地去那裡，in English在英文裡，when當 we say the Acropolis with a capital A我們大寫寫Acropolis時，we almost always mean this Athens one幾乎都是指雅典這座。

Though actually, acropolis can also be a common noun for the high citadel of other ancient Greek cities — you will meet that in history books — but the everyday word in travel talk is the Athens site. Formal in the sense that it is a proper name, not a rare or academic invention.

Though actually不過事實上，acropolisacropolis can also be a common noun for the high citadel of other ancient Greek cities也可以當普通名詞，指其他古希臘城市的高處堡壘——you will meet that in history books你會在歷史書裡看到——but但 the everyday word in travel talk旅遊話題裡日常用的說法 is the Athens site就是指雅典這個地方；formal正式的 in the sense that it is a proper name是因為它是專有名詞，not而不是 a rare or academic invention冷僻或學術造出來的字。