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Almaty is a large city in the southeast of Kazakhstan. From 1929 to 1997 it was the country’s capital; since 1997 the capital has been , farther north. Before that, the same town was called Vernoye, Verny, or Vernyi. People still treat Almaty as the biggest city and a main centre of business and culture, even though it is no longer the capital — so “the capital of Kazakhstan” is a trap. In English we say Almaty; older books may print Alma-Ata, the Russian form of the name. It is a place name, so it takes a capital letter.
阿拉木圖(哈薩克東南部大城市;1997 年以前是首都,現在首都是阿斯塔納 Astana)
組成A transliteration of Kazakh Almatı, an adjective form of alma, “apple” — so the name is like “apple place” or “of apples”.
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Almatyname/ælˈmɑːtə/
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The largest city in and former (until 1998) capital of Kazakhstan, formerly known as Alma-Ata.
- Unlike Uzbekistan, which unsuccessfully pursued the 2000 summer Games, the Almaty bid was crafted by wily veterans of the process.
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A region of Kazakhstan. Capital: Qonayev.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。