[] ( municipalities) a town, city or district with its own local government; the group of officials who form the government市政当局；直辖市；市政官员◆Chongqing is a municipality in western China with 15m people.重庆是中国西部一个拥有 1 500 万人口的直辖市。◆a spokesman for the building department of the municipality直辖市建筑部门的发言人