council

英 [ˈkaʊnsl]

美 [ˈkaʊnsl]

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

复数：councils　

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Oxford 3000 / Collins.5 / BNC.251 / COCA.2612

牛津词典

noun

• （市、郡等的）政务委员会，地方议会
  a group of people who are elected to govern an area such as a city or county
  1. a city/county/borough/district council
     市 / 郡 / 自治市 / 区政务委员会
  2. She's on the local council.
     她是地方议会的议员。
  3. a council member/meeting
     政务委员会委员 / 会议
• 市政（或地方管理）服务机构
  the organization that provides services in a city or county, for example education, houses, libraries, etc.
  1. council workers/services
     市政工作人员 / 部门
• （顾问、立法、研究、基金等）委员会
  a group of people chosen to give advice, make rules, do research, provide money, etc.
  1. the Medical Research Council
     医学研究会
  2. In Britain, the Arts Council gives grants to theatres.
     英国的艺术委员会向剧院提供资金。
• （尤指旧时讨论特定步骤的）协商会议
  (especially in the past) a formal meeting to discuss what action to take in a particular situation
  1. The King held a council at Nottingham from 14 to 19 October 1330.
     国王于1330年10月14日至19日在诺丁汉召集协商会议。

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。

英英释义

noun

• a meeting of people for consultation
  1. emergency council
• a body serving in an administrative capacity
  1. student council
• (Christianity) an assembly of theologians and bishops and other representatives of different churches or dioceses that is convened to regulate matters of discipline or doctrine

双语例句

• 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。
• The Council was merely given a condensed version of what had already been disclosed in Washington.
  地方议会只得到了华盛顿已披露内容的压缩版。
• Employee appointment to the Council will be subject to a term of probation of 6 months
  被任命到理事会的员工将有6个月的见习期。
• The new head of state should be chosen by an 87 member representative council.
  新的国家元首应该由包括87名成员的代表委员会选出。
• The US is trying to neutralize the resolution in the UN Security Council
  美国正试图在联合国安理会使该决议无效。
• The Council answered those questions in the negative
  委员会对那些问题的答复是否定的。
• The Security Council has rejected the latest peace proposal.
  安理会拒绝了最新的和平提案。
• 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。
• 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。
• Today's Security Council resolution will be a significant success for American diplomacy
  今天的安理会决议将是美国外交取得的一个重大成功。