单词 | city council |
释义 | city council From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcity councilˌcity ˈcouncil noun [countable]the group of elected officials who are responsible for governing a cityExamples from the Corpuscity council• The measure, which becomes law Jan. 1, no longer allows a city council to unilaterally veto a secession proposal.• In simultaneous elections to Bangkok city council, Chamlong's Palang Dharma party captured 50 out of 57 contested seats.• When I met him, he was a member of the Sao Paulo city council.• Because the city council has this information, it no longer votes on line items: it votes on service levels.• In simultaneous elections to the Vienna city council, it also captured 28 percent of the vote, a record.• Councils will be given the power to operate fixed penalty schemes like that operated by Westminster city council. |
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