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单词 council house
释义
council house
noun[C]
UK
uk
/ˈkaʊn.səl ˌhaʊs/us
/ˈkaʊn.səl ˌhaʊs/
ahousethat isownedby thelocalcouncilandrentedtopeopleat alowrent:
公租房，廉租房
He wasbroughtup in acouncilhousein Croxteth, Liverpool, and stillplayedfootballin thestreetsevenafterprofessionalappearancesfor Everton.他在利物浦的克罗克斯泰思地区的公屋里长大，就是成为埃佛顿俱乐部的职业球员后也仍然在街头踢球。
More examples
  • Welostourhome- there was no way Mum couldaffordto go onlivingthere - and had tomoveinto a littlecouncilhouse.
  • After thewar, 60councilhouseswerebuilt, and twosmallprivateestates.
  • ShedefendedtheTorypolicyofsellingoffcouncilhousesatpricesadvantageousto thetenants.
  • Space waslimitedand we and thekidshad toshareonebedroomandkeepprayingfor acouncilhouseofourown.
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(Definition ofcouncil housefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcouncil house

council house
The family lived in conditions of extreme social disadvantage, including currently having acouncilhouseinfested with rats.
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This was evidently acouncilhousefor the six councillors and contained seats for each flanking a central rectangular table or bench.
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Structure 1 may have functioned as a non-residential structure such as acouncilhouse.
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Withcouncilhousesales and new public management, local authorities are more likely to be seen as enabling rather than providing.
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An early reform made by means of secondary legislation was to re-introduce such households to the list of those entitled to 'reasonable preference' incouncilhouseallocations.
From theCambridge English Corpus
My own feeling is that the rate ofcouncilhousebuilding must move up towards and probably beyond 200,000 a year.
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Thecouncilhousetenant seems to be better able to bear the increasing rate burden than does the elderly flat dweller.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
That represents a loss of new build particularly in the housing association sector, but also in the public sector and thecouncilhousesector.
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There is also the question of lodgers andcouncilhousetenants, who, in some cases, are quite heavily subsidised.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Even if he got on the register, five years is a comparatively short time to wait for acouncilhouse.
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I wish they would be as generous in their examination ofcouncilhousesubsidies as they are in their examination of agricultural subsidies.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
At present, the high interest rates are a permanent drag oncouncilhousebuilding.
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They come fromcouncilhousetenants who wish to buy their homes and cannot even get a reply to their letters.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Data for 1960 and data for the weekly rent of a three-bedroomedcouncilhouseand the running costs of a medium-sized car are not available.
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Even if all thecouncilhousereceipts were available, that would not amount to very much.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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