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Nairobi is the capital and largest city of Kenya, a country in East Africa. It has several million people and is one of the main business, transport and diplomatic centres of the whole region — many international organisations, including United Nations offices, have their African bases there, and its airport is a major hub for flights across Africa.
NairobiNairobi is是 the capital and largest city首都,也是最大的城市 of Kenya肯亞的 a country in East Africa東非國家。 It這裡 has several million people有好幾百萬人口 and is並且是 one of the main business, transport and diplomatic centres主要的商業、交通和外交中心之一 of the whole region整個區域的 — many international organisations很多國際組織 including United Nations offices包括聯合國的辦公室 have their African bases there都把非洲基地設在這裡 and and 它的 its airport機場 is也是 a major hub for flights across Africa非洲各地航班的重要樞紐。
The city sits high up, around 1,700 metres above sea level, so although Kenya is on the , Nairobi is cool and often rainy rather than baking hot; visitors are frequently surprised by this.
The city這座城市 sits high up地勢很高 around 1,700 metres above sea level海拔大約 1,700 公尺 so所以 although雖然 Kenya is on the equator肯亞位在赤道上 Nairobi Nairobi卻 is cool and often rainy是涼爽、常常下雨 rather than baking hot而不是酷熱 ; visitors很多遊客 are frequently surprised by this對這一點都感到很意外。
It is also unusual for having a national park with wild animals right on the edge of the city. Like any big city it has both wealthy districts and very poor ones.
It它 is also unusual for having還有一個特別的地方 a national park with wild animals一座住著野生動物的國家公園 right on the edge of the city城市邊緣就有。 Like any big city跟任何大城市一樣 it這裡 has both wealthy districts也有富裕的區域 and very poor ones也有非常貧窮的區域。
As a place name it is always capitalised and takes no article — you say in Nairobi, not in the Nairobi.
As a place name當作地名用的時候 it 第一個字母 is always capitalised一定要大寫 and takes no article而且前面不加冠詞 — you say要說 in NairobiIn Nairobi not in the Nairobi不是 in the Nairobi。
組成來自馬賽語 enkare nyrobi,意思是「冷水、冷河」——原本是流經當地那條河的名字,後來成了城市名。這也剛好呼應了這座城市涼爽的高原氣候。
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。
Nairobiname/naɪˈɹəʊbi/
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The capital city of Kenya.
- By 1899 the railhead had reached the further edge of the Athi Plain at mile 315, and halted while the survey parties went ahead, and a supply base was established at the foot of the hills. This spot has become Nairobi.
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The Kenyan government.
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。