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county council

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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ˌcounty ˈcouncil noun [countable]  PGa group of people who are elected to the local government of a county, especially in Britain 〔尤指英国的〕郡政务委员会,郡议会 Kent County Council 肯特郡政务委员会
Examples from the Corpus
county councilAn appeal for a county council grant, however, looks unlikely to succeed.School route: Durham county council has reminded school bus drivers that they should not use the narrow Roundhill Road route.He sat for sixteen years on the London school board, and seventeen on the London county council.This review is to be repeated as frequently as the county council determines.Nacro was given an absolute discharge, but the county council was fined £200 and ordered to pay more than £450 costs.Clwyd's Euro Week starts today with a special edition of Clwyd Connections published to mark the occasion by the county council.They will be passed to the county council.
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county council
ˌcounty ˈcouncil noun [countable]
a group of people who are elected to the local government of a county, especially in Britain:
    Kent County Council


county councilBrE /ˌkaʊnti ˈkaʊnsl/ 🔊NAmE /ˌkaʊnti ˈkaʊnsl/ 🔊 noun [countable + singular or plural verb] (in Britain) a group of people elected to the local government of a county (英国的)郡政务委员会,郡议会a member of Lancashire County Council兰开夏郡政务委员会委员 county councillor BrE /ˌkaʊnti ˈkaʊnsələ(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˌkaʊnti ˈkaʊnsələr/ 🔊 noun