核心畫面

One way to hold this word: one building at the middle of a city, with wide steps, a board of office numbers, and the mayor somewhere upstairs. Everything the city decides comes out of that building — so when English wants to talk about the deciding rather than the walls, it just keeps pointing at the same building.

city hall 可以想成城市中間的那一棟樓:門口一片寬寬的台階,大廳掛著各辦公室的樓層牌,市長在樓上某一間。這個更多收起city hall 可以想成城市中間的那一棟樓:門口一片寬寬的台階,大廳掛著各辦公室的樓層牌,市長在樓上某一間。這個城市所有的決定都是從那棟樓裡出來的,所以英文要講「做決定的那群人」時,手指頭並沒有移開,還是指著同一棟樓。

Two branches

那一棟樓

最實在的一層:可以走進去、辦事、拍照的那棟建築。

noun · A2

The building that a city government uses for its offices — where the mayor works and where people go to deal with city paperwork.

市政府大樓

樓裡做決定的那群人

同一棟樓,但這次指的是裡面的人。英文很習慣用地點代表機構,所以句子的主詞看起來是建築,做事的其實是官員。

noun · B1

The people who run a city, taken together — the mayor and the city officials who decide how the city is run.

市政府當局