council

英 ['kaʊns(ə)l; -sɪl] 美['kaʊnsl]

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近义词delegation group assembly committee conference

n. 委员会；会议；理事会；地方议会；顾问班子
n. (Council)人名；(英)康斯尔

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中文词源

council 市政委员会

coun-,同con-,强调。-cil, 召唤，召集，词源同call,conciliate. 即召集过来开会。

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复数: councils;

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1. con- "together" + calare "call" (see claim) => concile "group of people, meeting, assembly" => cuncile => council.

英文词源

council: council: [12] Etymologically, a council is a body that has been ‘called together’ or ‘summoned’. Latin concilium meant ‘assembly, meeting’; it was formed from the prefix com- ‘together’ and calāre ‘call, summon’. It passed into English via Anglo-Norman cuncile. It has no direct etymological connection with counsel, but the two are so similar that their meanings have tended to merge at various points down the centuries. Latin concilium also formed the basis of the verb conciliāre, which originally meant ‘bring together, unite’. Its metaphorical sense ‘make more friendly, win over’ is preserved in English conciliate [16].
=> conciliate
council (n.): early 12c., from Anglo-French cuncile, from Old North French concilie (Old French concile, 12c.) "assembly; council meeting; body of counsellors," from Latin concilium "group of people, meeting," from com- "together" (see com-) + calare "to call" (see claim (v.)). Tendency to confuse it in form and meaning with counsel has been consistent since 16c.

双语例句

1. The council recently drew fire for its intervention in the dispute.: 委员会最近因为介入该起争端而遭到批评。

2. Today's Security Council resolution will be a significant success for American diplomacy.: 今天的安理会决议对于美国外交而言是一次重大的成功。

3. The District Council made a weekly collection of refuse.: 区政务委员会每周收取一次垃圾。

4. 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。

5. Independent candidates won the majority of seats on the local council.: 无党派候选人在地方议会选举中赢得了多数席位。

英英释意

1. a body serving in an administrative capacity;: "student council"

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;: "emergency council"

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State arts councils help sponsor local arts and crafts festivals which draw crowds of tourist consumers.

A woman encouraged to try knitting and crocheting after developing an autoimmune disease that caused a lot of hand pain reported on the Craft Yam Council site that her hands are now less stiff and painful.

Last April, the council created a Stitch Away Stress campaign in honor of National Stress Awareness Month.

Philadelphia's new measure was approved by a 13 to 4 city council vote.

since the 1990s, the council has surveyed hundreds of thousands of knitters and crocheters, who routinely list stress relief and creative fulfillment as the activities' main benefits.

The Craft Yarn Council reports that a third of women ages 25-35 now knit or crochet.

While the city council vote was met with applause inside the council room, opponents to the measure, including soda lobbyists made sharp criticisms and a promise to challenge the tax in court.

David Mallen, associate director of the Council of Better Business Bureau, said in the last two years the organization had seen an increase in the number of claims companies were bringing against each other for false or misleading environmental product claims.

When you see things like Ford moving new production from Mexico to Detroit, instead of the other way around, you know things are changing," says Gene Sperling, director of the National Economic Council.

Comparing 1929 with 2007-09, Christina Romer, the head of President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, finds the initial blow to confidence far greater now than then

David Mallen, associate director of the Council of Better Business Bureau, said in the last two years the organization had seen an increase in the number of claims companies were bringing against each other for false or misleading environmental product cl

Labour likewise wants to discontinue local planning where councils oppose development.

In 1924 America's National Research Council sent two engineers to supervise a series of experiments at a telephone parts factory called the Hawthorne Plant near Chicago.

Now he's living in a council flat and fielding offers from literary agents.

Seven months and one election day later, a new conservative city council suspended enforcement of the clean air zone, a first step toward its possible demise.

实用场景例句

a city/county/borough/district council: 市 / 郡 / 自治市 / 区政务委员会

She's on the local council.: 她是地方议会的议员。

a council member/meeting: 政务委员会委员 / 会议

council workers/services: 市政工作人员 / 部门

the Medical Research Council: 医学研究会

In Britain, the Arts Council gives grants to theatres.: 英国的艺术委员会向剧院提供资金。

The King held a council at Nottingham from 14 to 19 October 1330.: 国王于1330年10月14日至19日在诺丁汉召集协商会议。

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。

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 Bundesbank's central council.: 德意志联邦银行的中央委员会

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。

...the National Council for Civil Liberties.: 全国公民自由委员会

...the Arts Council.: 艺术委员会

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。

...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。

Get me confirmation on the first available flight.: 替我确定最优先的班机.

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.

The U.S. President is the Chairman of the National Security Council.: 美国总统是国家安全委员会主席.

The town council decided to pave the square before the Hall.: 市议会决定把市政厅前的广场铺上石板.

The local council is responsible for the upkeep of roads.: 地方理事会负责道路的保养.

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