喜樂美語

From the word’s history

From Old French conseil 'advice, deliberation', from Latin cōnsilium 'plan, purpose'.

源自古法文 conseil「建議、商量」，再往前是拉丁文 cōnsilium。

Wiktionary

A group of people called together and seated around one table to decide things together — to make rules, settle questions, or give advice. The word names that gathered decision-making body. Whether it runs a town, a city, or just advises on one matter, the picture is the same: a set of chosen people whose job is to sit together and decide.

可以想成一群被找來、圍著一張桌子坐下來「一起拿主意」的人：他們的工作就是商量、定規矩、做決定，或在某件重要的事上給建議。不管管的是一個鎮、一座城，還是只負責出主意，畫面都一樣——一群被選出來、坐在一起決定事情的人。

One branch

圍坐決議的一群人

登入就可以看這一支怎麼連回核心畫面。

decision-making committee · noun

A group of people chosen to make rules or decisions, or to give advice on an important matter.

（正式）委員會、理事會

同家族的字

councils

意思相近

committeeboardassemblypanellocal governmentlocal authorityborough councilcity governmentmunicipal councilaldermen

用法接近

bodyorganizationparliamentnational governmentmayor's officecongress

原始詞典資料8 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Councilname

  • 1

    A surname.

  • 2

    A male given name.

  • 3

    A small city, the county seat of Adams County, Idaho, United States.

councilnoun/ˈkaʊn.səl/

  • 1

    A committee that leads or governs (e.g. city council, student council).

    • He turned back to the scene before him and the enormous new block of council dwellings. The design was some way after Corbusier but the block was built up on plinths and resembled an Atlantic liner swimming diagonally across the site.
    • The comments were made at a council meeting last month, during which one councillor questioned whether changing the names would be pushing reconciliation efforts along too quickly. […] At a city council meeting on Oct. 8, Campbell River councillors discussed a letter sent by the B.C. Geographical Names Office inviting comments on the name changes.
  • 2

    A committee that leads or governs (e.g. city council, student council).

  • 3

    Discussion or deliberation.

    • Satan […] void of rest, / His potentates to council called by night;
    • O great in action and in council wise.

councilverb/ˈkaʊn.səl/

  • 1

    To sit in council with; to hold discussions with.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

  • church council

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。