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

• 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。
• Margaret says the Council inspectors were up to see her house today.
  margaret说委员会的调查员今天上去看她的房子了。
• Council of States a member of the US House of Representatives.
  联邦国家众议院的成员。
• 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 lives in a Council house.
  他住的是政府公屋。
• 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。
• 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。
• Abandoned by his previous owner and rescued from a boarded-up council house by a charity, he had not had the easiest start to life.
  比利的命运并不幸运，曾遭前任主人抛弃。后被慈善组织从一间木制廉租房中救出。
• 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。
• Although the royalty cheques arerolling in, Boyle has no plans to move out of the council house in Blackburn, West Lothian, where she lives alone with her cat, Pebbles.
  尽管专辑销售的版税收入源源不断，但苏珊并不打算搬离现在的住所，现在她和宠物猫佩柏丝居住在西洛锡安郡布莱克本市的一处政府统建房。