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。
• 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。
• The Council condemned the old house.
  议会宣告这间旧房报废了。
• 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。
• For three years, there's been a running fight between the Tory and Labour members of the Housing Committee about raising council house rents.
  3年来，住房供给委员会的保守党成员和工党成员就提高社团房租事宜互相进行了追击战。
• 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。
• 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。
• The minority group has accused the Council of racism in their allocation of Council house.
  少数民族团体指控市政会在分配房子问题上有种族主义。
• "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）。
• He lives in a Council house.
  他住的是政府公屋。