英语释义

1. a British officer of state who has only nominal official duties as presiding member of the Privy Council in the United Kingdom but who is often made a member of the cabinet and entrusted with special functions

片语

The Cancer Council Australia茜茜尔

The Population Council理事会

The General Council总理事会

the town council市议会

The State Council国务院

The Desgin Council设计委员会

The CIO Council美国首席信息官委员会

The Municipal Council工部局

the British Council英国文化委员会

英汉例句

• The council often makes decisions by qualified majority, a weighted system of national votes, but on some issues (eg, taxation) it has to be unanimous.

  委员会决议采取有效且多数的通过制，这是有利国家投票的体系，但在一些议题（比如，关税）上，它还是采用匿名制。

• The council will look at the displacement of local communities from land given over to biofuel productionand stories of poor conditions for workers, and environmentalpollution.

  该理事会将考虑到当地社区从留给生物燃料生产土地上搬迁的情况和工人生活条件差及环境污染的情况。

• The council should agree on a binding process for any country found in non-compliance.

  安理会应该就对有违约行为的国家进行约束性处理达成一致。

• The council was promised a dollar for every barrel of oil produced in the province but the cash has yet to be seen.

  理事会约定对生产的每桶石油收取一美元，但到现在还是没有见到现金。

• The council is essentially toothless, at least in a legal sense:It's not bound by any treaties, and members have chosen not to deal withmilitary and security issues, or even fisheries management.

  但这个委员会并不具有强制力，至少从法律意义上来讲如此。它不受任何条约束缚，成员未在军事、安全问题甚至渔业管理方面达成协议。

• The council must reach out quickly to all groups and ensure that it represents all Libyans.

  委员会必须快速联合所有团体，确保委员会能代表所有利比亚人。