Councils是什么意思？

Councils

• n. 委员会( council的名词复数 )，（郡、镇等）政务会，（尤指旧时讨论特定步骤的）协商会议，市政（或地方管理）服务机构；

例句

• one of the most notoriously corrupt city councils 贪污腐败最为臭名昭著的市参议会之一
• Councils of war never fight. 主战者不打仗。
• 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。
• The Church teaches that councils are not parish forums or sounding boards. 教会的教导是﹐议会不是堂区论坛或测试意见之处.
• Between 70 and 80 councils face significant spending cuts or capping next year. 有70到80个地方议会明年面临支出大幅削减或受到严格限制。
• Sometimes in parishes, Pastoral Councils are not well known. 在堂区, 有时牧民议会不是众所周知的.
• 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。
• Councils should be answerable to the people who elect them. 市政会成员应对推选他们的人负责。
• ...groups who feel they've been officially unrecognized or unrepresented in international councils. 感觉在国际理事会中没有被正式认可或没有自己的代表的团体
• Local councils should use their powers to ensure strict observance of laws. 地方政务委员会应当行使权力以保证人们严格遵守法律。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-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.
  例句
  ...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。
• ADJ
  (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.
  例句
  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。
• N-COUNT-COLL
  (用于组织名称)委员会
  Council is used in the names of some organizations.
  例句
  ...the National Council for Civil Liberties. 全国公民自由委员会 ...the Arts Council. 艺术委员会
• N-COUNT-COLL
  (组织的)管理者，委员
  In some organizations, the council is the group of people that controls or governs it.
  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 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
  A council is a specially organized, formal meeting that is attended by a particular group of people.
  例句
  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。