Hong kong has beaten macao in the struggle for the chinese trade , and now the greater part of the transportation of chinese goods finds its depot at the former place . docks , hospitals , wharves , a gothic cathedral , a government house , macadamized streets give to hong kong the appearance of a town in kent or surrey transferred by some strange magic to the antipodes 這里有船塢醫(yī)院碼頭倉庫還有一座哥特式建筑的大教堂和一個總督府到處是碎石鋪成的馬路,這一切都使人覺得這是英國肯特郡或薩里郡的某一個商業(yè)城市,從地球的那一面鉆過來,再出現(xiàn)在這一塊中國的土地上了。
英文解釋
surface with macadam; "macadam the road" 同義詞:macadamise, tarmac,