Directly the landscape of city entrance influences the image of the city beautifully and uglily.

城市入口景观的美丑直接影响到城市的形象。

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The way they swarm or flock together does not usually get good press coverage either: marching like worker ants might be a common simile for city commuters, but it's a damning, not positive, image.

它们蜂拥或聚集在一起的方式通常不会得到媒体的正面报道：城市的通勤者往往会被比喻成像工蚁一样行进，但这种比喻是一个不佳的、负面的形象。

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They transform the aspirations of the people who live there; they nudge the self-image of the city into a bolder and more optimistic light.

它们改变了当地居民的愿望；它们将这座城市的自我形象推向了更大胆、更乐观的方向。

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Somaliland authorities blame al-Shabab for October 2008 suicide bombings that rocked its capital city and tarnished its image as a pocket of peace and stability in the region.

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Little adds the tax fails to match Hong Kong's image as a world-class city and that some of his clients are now thinking about leaving.

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In fact, the Commonwealth Games, originally an image-improving project for the city, have now become merely a staging post in a vast urban renewal scheme.

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Sadly for Detroit, the scandal comes as the city is working hard to shed its image as crime-ridden, run-down and corrupt.

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