| 单词 | town council |
| 释义 | town council noun[C,+ sing/pl verb] uk/ˌtaʊn ˈkaʊn.səl/us/ˌtaʊn ˈkaʊn.səl/thelocalgovernmentof atown: 镇（市）议会；镇（市）政务委员会Mr Dunn has been amemberofthetowncouncilfor manyyears.邓恩先生当了多年的市议员。 UK politics: local government & politics
Examplesoftown counciltown council While members of their communities fought, argued and even died for their beliefs thetowncounciladded arms to the mayoral chair. From theCambridge English Corpus All six had their own civic authority and, by the late nineteenth century, their owntowncounciland town hall. From theCambridge English Corpus Despite its mixed composition, the formation of the harbour committee provided a platform from which opposition to thetowncouncilwas very publicly voiced. From theCambridge English Corpus Thereafter, they went from strength to strength until in 1876 they possessed an overall majority in thetowncouncil. From theCambridge English Corpus Commercial exchange took place in an open, colonnaded undercroft, and an upper chamber combined the functions of guildhall,towncouncilroom and court of law. From theCambridge English Corpus According to the representatives of thetowncouncilthe different rooms are described and measured in bays, from north to south. From theCambridge English Corpus On the other hand, the leading members of thetowncouncilreceived sumptuous motets at their wedding services. From theCambridge English Corpus Only thetowncouncilcould guarantee urban stability. From theCambridge English Corpus In reality, though, he remained a frustrated small-town police commissioner, blocked at every turn by a stubborntowncouncil. From theCambridge English Corpus Notowncouncilminutes have survived from 1560 to 1580, and consistory records are only available for 1595-8. From theCambridge English Corpus It comprised a twenty-membertowncouncilheaded by a provost. From theCambridge English Corpus It also shows that the composition and activity of thetowncouncilwas by no means a matter of indifference. From theCambridge English Corpus Agents and institutions representing the neighbourhood, thetowncounciland the king competed with each other in the restoration of peace. From theCambridge English Corpus Whereas in late medieval towns the burghers themselves were responsible for the settlement of conflicts, thetowncounciltook over control in a long-ranging process. From theCambridge English Corpus It was against this background that, in 1833, thetowncouncilput forward a plan to introduce a piped water supply to the town, funded by compulsory assessment. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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