localism['ləukəlizəm]n.1.■地方风俗习惯2.■土话，方言，土音3.■乡土观念，地方观念；地方主义4.■思想闭塞，心胸狭隘
localismlocalism[ˈləukəlizəm]n.1.■地方风俗2.■方言, 土音3.■乡土观念, 地方主义4.■思想闭塞, 心胸狭隘
noun
- [mass noun]preference for a locality, particularly to one's own area or region
地方主义，地方观念
■(derogatory)the limitation of ideas and interests resulting from this
(贬)思想狭隘，兴趣贫乏
■[count noun]a characteristic of a particular locality, such as a local idiom or custom
地方（或语言、风俗）特色
localist
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noun& adjective
localism
名词 localism:
a phrase or pronunciation that is peculiar to a particular locality
a partiality for some particular place
同义词：sectionalism, provincialism
localism
■A syndicate of local businessmen is bidding for the contract.
一个当地企业家的联合组织在向这一合同投标。
■Some local government officials have delusions of grandeur far in excess of their actual value to the community.
一些地方政府官员对自己的夸大妄想，远远超出了他们对社区产生的实际价值。
■A local newspaper remarks that crime is on the decrease.
一家地方报纸评论说犯罪案件在减少。
■Money give by central government to local government to help pay for a project.
中央政府为帮助项目所需资金给地方政府的钱。
■The local team won (the match) hands down.
主队以悬殊比分垂手赢得(这场比赛的)胜利。
■The smallest local political division of various European countries, governed by a mayor and municipal council.
乡镇各种欧洲国家的最小地方政治区域，由市长和市委员会管理
■The people have just voted in a new local authorities.
人们刚刚选出新的地方政府官员。
■He ran off an article for the local newspaper.
他为当地报纸匆匆写了篇文章。
■They subscribed to local charities.
他们向当地的慈善团体捐款。
■They began to levy recruits among the local people.
他们开始在当地人中间徵兵。
■They moved the local people and settle them in another place.
他们把当地人迁移到别处定居。
■Their nuptials were performed by the local priest.
他们的婚礼由当地牧师主持。
■Their engagement was announced in the local paper.
他们订婚的消息已登在当地报纸上。
■He speaks the local patois.
他会说当地方言。
■He was hauled up before the local magistrates for disorderly conduct.
他因妨害治安被送交地方法官究办。
■He works in the local court.
他在地方法院工作。
■He's a paint sprayer in the local factory.
他在当地工厂当喷漆工。
■He works on the assembly line at the local car factory.
他在本地汽车制造厂装配线上工作。
■He works at the local post office.
他在本地的邮局工作。
■His familiarity with the local languages surprised me.
他对当地语言如此精通令我吃惊。
■He has secured two commissions to design buildings for a local authority.
他已承包两项为当地政府设计建筑物的业务。
■He's in the care of the local authority.
他归地方当局管。
■He quickly became accustomed to the local food.
他很快就习惯了当地的食物。
■Retiring early from his job freed him to join several local clubs.
他早早退休，摆脱了工作的羁绊而加入了当地的几个俱乐部。
■He's a local government administrator, that is to say a Civil Servant.
他是地方行政官员，也就是说是文官。
■He supports the local team with a fever that borders in idolatry.
他是本地队的球迷，狂热得到了近乎盲目崇拜的程度。
■He supports his local team with a fervour that borders on idolatry.
他是本地队的球迷，狂热得到了近乎盲目崇拜的程度了。
■He is an official at the local bank.
他是这家地方银行的高级职员。
■He was educated at the local comprehensive school.
他曾在地区的综合中学受教育。
■He provided local delicacies for his guests' meal.
他用当地的美味佳肴来招待客人。
■His son was indentured to the local blacksmith.
他的儿子拜当地的铁匠为师签订了师徒合同。
■His little son is the mascot for the local football team.
他的小儿子是当地足球队的吉祥人物。
■His latest play got/was given an enthusiastic write-up in the local press.
他的最新剧本获得当地新闻界的热情赞扬。
■He constantly writes articles for the local paper.
他经常给当地报纸写文章。
■Every now and then he would lapse into the local dialect.
他讲话中时而不自觉地冒出地方方言。
■He came up against the local police.
他跟地方警察惹上麻烦了。
■Elizabeth Bennet, the liveliest and most intelligent of the Bennet girls, overhears the newcomer making condescending remarks about the local provincial society.
伊丽莎白在班纳特家姑娘中是最活泼、最聪慧的一位，她无意中听到这位新来者十分高傲地贬评当地庸俗的社交界。
■Ian witnessed the incident and he's been asked to write it up for the local paper.
伊恩亲眼目睹了这一事件，结果他被要求为本地报纸写文章报道此事。
■If you live abroad it helps to know the local lingo.
住在国外，学一点当地的语言自有好处。
■If you want to sell your old sofa, why not put an advertisement in the local paper?
你若打算卖掉旧沙发，何不在本地报纸上登个广告呢?
■The club has made an approach to a local business firm for sponsorship.
俱乐部已试探向本地一家公司寻求资助。
■The club faced bankruptcy until a wealthy local businessman bail them out.
俱乐部那时眼看就要破产，後来本地有位富商鼎力相助，才摆脱困境。
■A regional dialect or language that becomes the standard language over a wider area, losing its most extreme local features.
共通语一种地区方言或语言，它成为广大地区的通用语言而失去了最显著的地方特征
■One of the reforms allows the local education department to choose their own textbooks based upon the national teaching guideline.
其中之一就是允许地方教委在国家教学大纲的指导下选择合适自身的教材。
■The farm was keyed to the needs of the local people.
农场按当地人的需要作了调整。
■Peasants used to be subject to the local landowner.
农民过去受地主的压迫。
■The local or general use of low temperatures in medical therapy.
冷疗法一种在医疗中局部或全部使用低温的方法
■A small, sharp, local pain, such as that made by a needle or a bee sting.
刺痛小范围，剧烈的局部疼痛，如被针刺或黄蜂螯造成的刺痛
■Betty was given full measure at the local shop the other day and won't go any other one far away.
前几天贝蒂在当地商店买的东西份量很足，她再不不去远的商店了。
■The museum uses volunteers from the community who act as guides to show visitors the displays of local artists' work.
博物馆利用当地居民中的志愿人员作向导，带领参加者观看当地艺术家作品的展览。