N-COUNT If you refer to someone as a city slicker, you mean that they live and work in a city and are stylish and sophisticated. (时髦且世故的)城里人 [非正式]
...the city slickers in the capital.
...生活在首都里时髦世故的城里人。
Her city slicker boyfriend looked pretty clumsy out here on the farm.
她那个衣着讲究世故老练的城市男友到了农庄这里看起来挺笨拙的。
After getting an incomprehensible set of directions, the city slicker says to the farmer, "you're not very smart, are you?"
由于认不清方向,城里人对农夫说,“你不是很聪明,是吗?”
"Maybe I don't know what I'm talking about," said the city slicker, "but if you just shook the tree so the apples fell to the ground, wouldn't it save a lot of time?"
“也许我不明白我在说什么,”城里人说,“假如你摇着苹果树把苹果摇到地上,不是会省很多时间么?”
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