[] ( 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