council house

英 [ˈkaʊnsl haʊs]

美 [ˈkaʊnsl haʊs]

n.  地方政府出租住房(或公寓)

牛津词典

noun

• 地方政府出租住房（或公寓）
  a house or flat rented from the local council

柯林斯词典

• (英国的)地方政府出租住房，地方政府廉租房
  In Britain, acouncil houseis a house that is owned by a local council and that people can rent at a low cost.

双语例句

• He has also designed a similar structure-called Council House Two-which has become one of Melbourne's most energy efficient buildings, using the sun and the wind for heat and cooling.
  他还设计了一个类似的建筑，并把它称作“统建房二号”。这个利用太阳和风取暖和降温的建筑成为墨尔本最节能的建筑之一。
• They were joined in the Oval Office by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, National Economic Council Director Gene Sperling and White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley.
  在椭圆办公室参加会晤的还有财政部长提摩西·盖特纳（TimothyGeithner）、国家经济委员会（NationalEconomicCouncil）主任基因·斯珀林（GeneSperling）和白宫办公厅主任比尔·戴利（BillDaley）。
• The Council has the right to sell this house, being the owners.
  理事会有权卖掉这栋房子。因为他们是房主。
• She and her children, now aged nine and seven, are living in a three bedroom council house and she is returning to college to get her GCSEs with ambitions of becoming a healthcare worker.
  她和9岁的儿子、7岁的女儿目前居住在三室型的简易住宅之中，而她也雄心勃勃地回归校园，考取普通中等教育证书，期待今后能成为保健工作者。
• He was recently appointed by President Obama to be part of the Council of the White House Office of Faith-based and Community Partnerships.
  最近，奥巴马总统任命他，到白宫信仰社区合作办公室，委员会任职。
• He had persuaded the local council to lease him a house.
  他已说服当地市政委员会出租一幢房子给他。
• As a solution, Mr Lloyd hopes the council will build him a house in the woods away from electricity.
  一个解决方案是，劳埃德先生希望理事会能给他在森林里建座房子，远离电。
• "At the Council board he was taciturn; and in the House of Lords he never opened his lips"( Macaulay).
  “在众议院他沉默寡言；在参议院中他从不开口”：（麦考莱）。
• It will take ages for the council to grant planning permission for our house extension so I'd better set the wheels in motion now.
  市政会批准我们房子的扩建申请要一些时间，因此我最好现在就使它开始动起来。
• Just look at his most prominent jobs initiative, his jobs and Competitiveness Council, which will meet with him at the White House this month.
  看看他最得意的就业刺激举措吧，也就是本月即将与他碰面的就业与竞争力委员会（JobsandCompetitivenessCouncil）。