| 释义 |
council/ˈkaʊns(ə)l, -sil/n. 1a an advisory, deliberative, or administrative body of people formally constituted and meeting regularly (顾问、审议或管理)委员会 b a meeting of such a body 委员会会议 2 Brit. [英]a the elected local administrative body of a parish, district, town, city, or administrative county and its paid officers and workforce (教区、区市、镇、郡等的)政务委员会 b (作 attrib.) (esp. of housing) provided by a local council (尤指住房)由地方政务会提供的 council flat 市镇统建公寓套间; council estate 市镇统建住房群 3 a body of persons chosen as advisers 顾问团 Privy Council 枢密院 4 an ecclesiastical assembly (基督教教会)会议 ecumenical council (天主教教皇主持召开的)主教特别会议[Middle English via Anglo-French cuncile from Latin concilium ‘convocation, assembly’ (as COM- + calare ‘summon’): cf. COUNSEL] |