county seat

基本解釋

We drove on east to Boone County and then drove to Mountain Home, county seat of the districts northeasternmost county, Baxter.
我們繼續(xù)駕車，向東來到布恩縣，接著又到了該選區(qū)東北端的巴克斯特縣的首府霍姆山。
The earthquake crumbled the mountainsides surrounding Beichuan's county seat, burying a third of it in a wave of boulders that crushed buses and burst holes through buildings.
地震令北川縣城周圍的山體崩裂，從天而降的巨石碾碎了汽車，將建筑物砸得千瘡百孔，并掩埋了三分之一的縣城。
Some 21,000 people, or two-thirds of the county seat's population, were dead or missing in the 8.0-magnitude earthquake on May 12 last year, making the county the worst hit in the quake.
北川為去年5月12日的8級大地震中受災最重的縣，當?shù)丶s21000人（該縣三分之二的人口）死亡或失蹤。

In Perry County, which Perryville is the county seat, the number working in manufacturing is roughly one in five.
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It is the Platte County seat and one-time residence of Sen.
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A county seat is the most important town in a county where the local government is.