1N-COUNT-COLL; N-IN-NAMES 市政委员会;地方议会 A council is a group of people who are elected to govern a local area such as a city or, in Britain, a county. 市政委员会;地方议会
...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。
...David Ward, one of just two Liberal Democrats on the council.
2ADJ [ADJ n](房屋或公寓)地方政府出租的Council houses or flats are owned by the local council, and people pay rent to live in them. (房屋或公寓)地方政府出租的 [British]
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。
3N-COUNT-COLL [with singular or plural verb, usu in names](用于组织名称)委员会Council is used in the names of some organizations. (用于组织名称)委员会
...the National Council for Civil Liberties.
全国公民自由委员会
...the Arts Council.
艺术委员会
...community health councils.
社区健康委员会
4N-COUNT-COLL [with singular or plural verb] [usually singular](组织的)管理者,委员 In some organizations, the council is the group of people that controls or governs it. (组织的)管理者,委员
The permanent council of the Organization of American States meets today here in Washington. [+ of]
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
5N-COUNT (特定人群参加的正式)会议 A council is a specially organized, formal meeting that is attended by a particular group of people. (特定人群参加的正式)会议
President Najibullah said he would call a grand council of all Afghans. [+ of]
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.