the city-state had nearly a third more millionaires in 2010 than a year earlier, the swiftest increase of any country.
城市里2010年新增百万富翁比上一年增加了近三分之一,超越了世界上其它国家。
that city-state rocked in the 「90s, and banks sprung up like palm trees.
这座城邦在90年代盛极一时,银行如雨后春笋般涌现。
socrates died when golden age athens – an ambitious, radical, visionary city-state – had triumphed as a leader of the world, and then over-reached herself and begun to crumble.
苏格拉底是在雅典的黄金岁月——一个雄心勃勃的,激进的,想象中的城邦——越上了世界领袖的巅峰之时去世的,在此之后雅典开始分化瓦解。
some worry, however, that the island」s unique patois known as singlish could be lost, and with it an important cultural glue unifying the multiethnic, multi-religious city-state of 5.1 million people.
有些人担心,当地独特的方言土语,人称「新」式英语的语言会消失。这种语言是重要的文化粘合剂,把这个多种种族、多种宗教信仰的城市国家的五百一十万人民联合起来。
that was the case with the debts of dubai world, which the city-state claimed were not government-backed (abu dhabi, dubai’s fellow emirate, eventually agreed to help out).
迪拜债务的案例也是如此,这个城邦国家声称不是由政府支持的(阿布扎比,迪拜的酋长国,最终决定帮个大忙)。
the greatest ruler of this city-state was pacal, who took power in 603 a.d. and commenced a construction boom of architecturally innovative buildings that lasted through and beyond his 68-year reign.
这座城邦最伟大的统治者是帕克,他于公元603年夺取政权,他在位的68年间和以后,建筑革新开始,全国大兴土木,呈现一片建设繁荣景象。
an alternative for the city-state of berlin is to do a secondary offering of its 81% stake.
目前摆在柏林城邦眼前可供选择的办法是发行其百分之八十一的二次股份。
the brash city-state of dubai, one of the seven statelets that make up the united arab emirates, expects to inaugurate the world’s tallest building, the 160-storey burj dubai, in 2009.
组成阿拉伯联合酋长国的七个地区之一的激进城邦迪拜,预计在2009年开建世界第一高楼,160层的迪拜塔。
the company says the increase in luxury properties in the city-state has made for a lucrative dynamic.
该公司表示,这个城邦国家的奢华房地产猛增,已经造成了一股奢侈品的消费动力。
today, it「s the city-state that」s being touted as the successor to the nation-state.
现在倒是「城邦」被吹捧为民族国家的继任者。
it’s essentially a city-state connected to the world not by sea lanes but by wire transfers and airplanes.
它本质上是一个通过电汇和航线而非海路与世界连接的城邦国家。