council
n. (政务)委员会,地方议会; 委员; 会议
adj. (房屋或公寓)地方政府出租的
A council is a group of people who are elected to govern a local area such as a city or, in Britain, a county.
...Cheshire County Council...
柴郡政务委员会
The city council has voted almost unanimously in favour.
市政委员会几乎一致投票表示赞同。
Council houses or flats are owned by the local council, and people pay rent to live in them.
There is a shortage of council housing...
廉租公房房源不足。
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。
Council is used in the names of some organizations.
...the National Council for Civil Liberties.
全国公民自由委员会
...the Arts Council.
艺术委员会
In some organizations, the council is the group of people that controls or governs it.
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 Bundesbank's central council.
德意志联邦银行的中央委员会
A council is a specially organized, formal meeting that is attended by a particular group of people.
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。
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。
1. a body serving in an administrative capacity;
2. (Christianity) an assembly or theologians and bishops and other representative of different churches or dioceses that is convened to regulate matters of discipline or doctrine
3. a meeting of people for consultation;
conference, congress, assembly, meeting, rally, council, session, convention, gathering
这些名词均含有"会,会议"之意。
The two women have been elected to the council.
有两位妇女被选入理事会.
The council was often accused of extremism.
人们常抨击该委员会的极端主义.
The council are pleased with the results of bringing ordinary citizens in on local library planning.
议会对请普通公民帮助设计地方图书馆的结果感到满意.
Everyone signed the petition to the County Council for a new school in our village.
大家在致县委会的请愿书上签了名,要求在我们村里办一所新学校.
The city council has declared for improving the public bus system.
市议会宣布同意改进公共汽车系统.