local government
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˌlocal ˈgovernment noun [countable, uncountable] PGthe government of cities, towns etc rather than of a whole country 〔市、镇等的〕地方政府n They want to give more power to local government.n Many local governments are against the idea. → state, national, federal
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local government• The service monitored news reports and local government requests for assistance and exercised a federal role restricted to suppressing community outrage.• Others look at local government and central-local relations in practice.• This comes on top of a record 21 trillion yen in local government bonds expected for the year to April.• Indeed, local government lost some of its recently gained Powers to central agencies soon after the transfer.• The 1980s saw another twist in the controversy surrounding the structure of local government.• His attitude to local government is set, narrow and shallow.ˌlocal ˈgovernment nounLDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable
cities, etc rather Corpus towns of government than the
local government
ˌlocal ˈgovernment
noun [C,U also + plural verb British English]
the government of cities, towns etc rather than of a whole country ⇨ state, national, federal
ˌlocal ˈgovernment
noun [C,U also + plural verb British English]the government of cities, towns etc rather than of a whole country ⇨ state, national, federal
especially