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council n.地方议会；委员会；理事会；会议；委员 (1) 她是地方议会的议员。(2) 那家剧院得到了艺术委员会的赞助。(3) 我们应该向理事会提交计划以求批准。(4) 部长理事会是欧洲经济共同体的真正权力机关。(5) 他们将开会讨论这个建议。 Council comes from the Latin word concilium for "group of people, meeting," which is what it basically means today. There are student councils, honor councils, or city councils, to name a few. People working together to take care of business — that’s a council. Of course, that council might give advice, or counsel (with an s) people on what to do. Not the same word — an honor council might counsel a principal about how to address cheating in school, for example.

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英 ['kaʊnsl] 美 ['kaʊnsl] (1) She's on the local council.(2) The theatre is under the patronage of the Arts Council.(3) We should submit our plans to the council for approval.(4) The Council of Ministers is the real power in the EEC.(5) They will hold a council to discuss the proposal. A council is a group of people that gathers for the purpose of giving advice or making decisions. If you’re president of the student council, for example, you might organize people to get the hallways at your school painted purple. 1[N-COUNT-COLL； N-IN-NAMES 可数集合名词；名称名词]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. ...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.戴维·沃德，市政委员会中仅有的两名自由民主党人之一...reports of local council meetings.对当地政务委员会会议的报道2[ADJ 形容词](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.   [ADJ n]  [BRIT 英]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。3[N-COUNT-COLL 可数集合名词](用于组织名称)委员会 Council is used in the names of some organizations.   [usu in names]...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4[N-COUNT-COLL 可数集合名词](组织的)管理者，委员 In some organizations, the council is the group of people that controls or governs it.   [usu sing]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5[N-COUNT 可数名词](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. 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。

英语单词	council
英美音标	英 ['kaʊnsl] 美 ['kaʊnsl]
中文释义	n.地方议会；委员会；理事会；会议；委员
英语例句	(1) She's on the local council. (2) The theatre is under the patronage of the Arts Council. (3) We should submit our plans to the council for approval. (4) The Council of Ministers is the real power in the EEC. (5) They will hold a council to discuss the proposal.
中文例句	(1) 她是地方议会的议员。 (2) 那家剧院得到了艺术委员会的赞助。 (3) 我们应该向理事会提交计划以求批准。 (4) 部长理事会是欧洲经济共同体的真正权力机关。 (5) 他们将开会讨论这个建议。
vocabulary简明	A council is a group of people that gathers for the purpose of giving advice or making decisions. If you’re president of the student council, for example, you might organize people to get the hallways at your school painted purple.
vocabulary扩展	Council comes from the Latin word concilium for "group of people, meeting," which is what it basically means today. There are student councils, honor councils, or city councils, to name a few. People working together to take care of business — that’s a council. Of course, that council might give advice, or counsel (with an s) people on what to do. Not the same word — an honor council might counsel a principal about how to address cheating in school, for example.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT-COLL； N-IN-NAMES 可数集合名词；名称名词]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. ...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. 戴维·沃德，市政委员会中仅有的两名自由民主党人之一 ...reports of local council meetings. 对当地政务委员会会议的报道 2 [ADJ 形容词](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. [ADJ n] [BRIT 英] 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。 3 [N-COUNT-COLL 可数集合名词](用于组织名称)委员会 Council is used in the names of some organizations. [usu in names] ...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 4 [N-COUNT-COLL 可数集合名词](组织的)管理者，委员 In some organizations, the council is the group of people that controls or governs it. [usu sing] 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 5 [N-COUNT 可数名词](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. 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。

Council People Local Group President City Arts Ministers