councils

英 [ˈkaʊns(ə)lz]

美 [ˈkaʊnsəlz]

n.  (市、郡等的)政务委员会，地方议会; 市政(或地方管理)服务机构; (顾问、立法、研究、基金等)委员会
council的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT-COLL; N-IN-NAMES 市政委员会;地方议会
  Acouncilis a group of people who are elected to govern a local area such as a city or, in Britain, a county.
  1. ...Cheshire County Council...
     柴郡政务委员会
  2. The city council has voted almost unanimously in favour.
     市政委员会几乎一致投票表示赞同。
  3. ...David Ward, one of just two Liberal Democrats on the council.
     戴维·沃德，市政委员会中仅有的两名自由民主党人之一
  4. ...reports of local council meetings.
     对当地政务委员会会议的报道
• ADJ (房屋或公寓)地方政府出租的
  Councilhouses or flats are owned by the local council, and people pay rent to live in them.
  1. There is a shortage of council housing...
     廉租公房房源不足。
  2. Council tenants around the country are planning a mass lobby of Parliament.
     全国各地的市政住房租户正在计划组建一个大的议会游说团。
• N-COUNT-COLL (用于组织名称)委员会
  Councilis used in the names of some organizations.
  1. ...the National Council for Civil Liberties.
     全国公民自由委员会
  2. ...the Arts Council.
     艺术委员会
  3. ...community health councils.
     社区健康委员会
• N-COUNT-COLL (组织的)管理者，委员
  In some organizations, thecouncilis the group of people that controls or governs it.
  1. The permanent council of the Organization of American States meets today here in Washington.
     美洲国家组织的常务委员们今天在华盛顿这里会面。
  2. ...the Bundesbank's central council.
     德意志联邦银行的中央委员会
• N-COUNT (特定人群参加的正式)会议
  Acouncilis a specially organized, formal meeting that is attended by a particular group of people.
  1. President Najibullah said he would call a grand council of all Afghans...
     纳吉布拉总统称他将召开阿富汗全民大会。
  2. The president also meets ministers at inter-ministerial councils held at the Elysée Palace.
     总统还在爱丽舍宫接见了参加部长级会议的各部长。

双语例句

• The laws penalize local councils that do not follow central government directives.
  一法律处罚不遵守中央政府命令的地方委员会。
• Councils are joining up with their European counterparts
  这些委员会将与欧洲的委员会结成联盟。
• Revolutionary councils sprang up through out Hungary.
  在整个匈牙利都出现了革命委员会。
• Consumer councils allow consumers to express criticisms or complaints about public relations tricks and deceptive advertising.
  消费者能向消费者委员会批评和投诉公共关系骗局和欺骗性的广告。
• Councils were required to compile a register of all adults living in their areas
  各地政务委员会被要求编制一份该地区成年居民的名册。
• It consists of members of the Executive and Provisional Legislative Councils, and other prominent citizens.
  该委员会的成员包括行政会议和临时立法会成员，以及其他社会贤达。
• Local unions and labor councils should pass resolutions demanding that the rich and corporations be taxed for local and national jobs programs.
  地方工会和劳工委员会应通过决议，要求丰富和企业负责本地和国家的工作方案征税。
• He argued that local councils which overspend should be forced to face fresh elections.
  他主张应当迫使财政超支的地方政务委员会重新进行选举。
• A thorny question handled by consumer councils is the public relations and advertising strategies of the tobacco industry.
  消费者委员会处理的一个麻烦问题是烟草公司采取的公关和广告策略。
• We are heading for a crisis, with cash-starved councils forced to cut back on vital community services.
  资金紧张的市政会不得不削减主要社区服务项目经费，我们眼看就要陷入危机。