You have to balance the advantages of living downtown against the disadvantages.

你必须权衡住在中心的利弊。

More and more shops on the main street downtown keep open beyond midnight.

中心主要道上越来越多的商店营业到半夜以后。

The councillors put the problem of downtown parking before the mayor.

议员们向长提出了内停车的问题。

Liu Xiaoying, a mainland emigre who runs a Mandarin school in downtown Bangkok, says she's seen an increase.

在曼谷开设了一家汉语学校的中国大陆移民刘晓英（音）说，教师数量比以往增多了。

Although they were out in the burbs, they wanted to keep a measure of the sheen of their downtown life – martinis on the veranda, not tea parties in the garden.

尽管在芳邻，他们想要保留生活的闪光的方法——在游廊上放马丁尼酒，而不是在花园里开茶宴。