Urban Development Vocabulary

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urbanization

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the process by which towns and cities grow bigger and more and more people go to live in them (城市化)

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predominant

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more powerful, more common, or more easily noticed than others (占优势的；占主导地位的；显著的)

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excess

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additional and not needed because there is already enough of something (过多的；多余的)

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excel

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to be very good at doing something (擅长；善于；突出)

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extra

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additional; not included in the usual charge (额外的；另外收费的)

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exceed

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to be greater than a particular number or amount (超过)

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prone

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likely to do something or suffer from something, especially something bad (易于发生某事的；很可能...的)

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escalate

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to become much worse or more serious, or make something do this (（使）升级；（使）恶化)

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inhabitant

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one of the people who live in a particular place (居民)

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transit

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a system for moving people from place to place (交通运输系统)