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working party

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˈworking ˌparty noun [countable]  British EnglishGROUP OF PEOPLE a working group 专题调查委员会;特别工作组
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working partyA working party was set up to investigate further.Now a Middlesbrough Council working party has been set up to look at the problem.The ceremony was performed by Coun Islwyn Morris, chairman of the council's environment working party.Thus the working party is arguing that information skills are not merely incidental to the curriculum but central to it.When the working party was announced, it was claimed the membership had been loaded towards the landowning fraternity.
From Longman Business Dictionaryworking partyˈworking ˌparty noun (plural working parties) [countable] British English a group of people with specialist knowledge, brought together by an official organization to give advice on a particular issueSYN WORKING GROUPThe group agreed to set up a working party to examine ways of improving cooperation on the foreign exchange markets.The Director-General served on a working party on economic policy.
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working party
ˈworking ˌparty noun [countable]
British English a working group


working partyBrE /ˈwɜːkɪŋ pɑːti/ 🔊NAmE /ˈwɜːrkɪŋ pɑːrti/ 🔊 (BrE) (also ˈworking group NAmE, BrE ) noun [countable + singular or plural verb] ~ (on sth) a group of people chosen to study a particular problem or situation in order to suggest ways of dealing with it (专题)调查委员会

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