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council

/koun-suhl/US // ˈkaʊn səl //UK // (ˈkaʊnsəl) //

理事会,委员会,议会,理事

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an assembly of persons summoned or convened for consultation, deliberation, or advice.
    • : a body of persons specially designated or selected to act in an advisory, administrative, or legislative capacity: the governor's council on housing.
    • : an executive or legislative body assisting the governor.
    • : an ecclesiastical assembly for deciding matters of doctrine or discipline.
    • : New Testament. the Sanhedrin or other authoritative body.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounpeople assembled for purpose

Examples

  • There’s a clear lack of regional diversity in many AI advisory boards, expert panels, and councils.

  • It follows two brainiac classmates who fall in love while leading their student council but are too proud to be the first to admit it.

  • Others have created new internal councils focused on diversity and inclusion.

  • You attend a neighborhood council meeting, just to see what happens when you rise to speak.

  • City councils, for instance, are making legislative decisions when they adopt new policies that will apply broadly going forward.

  • In secret, before the referendum, the council went ahead and fluoridated the water anyway.

  • A spokesman for Lewisham council said last year that it would be forced to act if the family returned to Britain.

  • Haringey Council told The Daily Beast that the children had not been taken permanently into state care.

  • Kirill represented the Moscow Patriarchate at the World Council of Churches in the early 1970s.

  • Thinking there was another way, I met a few times with the president of the Interfraternity Council.

  • The council of Trent was prorogued for two years; it did not assemble again until 1562.

  • For a "cold collation on the occasion of the audit" our Council always allows 10.

  • By the last-mentioned staircase access is obtained by the general public to the Council Chamber.

  • The royal Audiencia has investigated this matter, on petition of the cabildo, in order to refer it to that royal council.

  • Old feuds were settled in the old way and six inches of steel were more potent than the longest Order in Council.