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A councillor is a member of a council: a group that makes local decisions about things like roads, schools, and rubbish. People usually vote for this person. It is a public, political job, not a private .
A councillor is a member of a councilcouncillor 是 council（議會）的成員 a group that makes local decisions about things like roads, schools, and rubbish這是一個負責決定道路、學校、垃圾之類地方事務的團體 People usually vote for this person大家通常會投票選出這個人 It is a public, political job這是公職、政治性的工作 not a private helper不是私人的幫手
In British spelling this is the normal word; American spelling may write councilor with one l. In the US you will also hear and for city government.
In British spelling this is the normal word英式拼法裡這是正常的寫法 American spelling may write councilor with one l美式拼法可能只寫一個 l，是 councilor In the US you will also hear councilman and councilwoman for city government在美國你也會聽到 councilman 和 councilwoman，用在市政府
Though actually, this is the spelling students mix with , which looks almost the same. They used to be more closely tied; today they have split.
Though actually, this is the spelling students mix with counsellor不過其實這個拼法常常被學生和 counsellor 搞混 which looks almost the same兩個字看起來幾乎一樣 They used to be more closely tied它們以前關係比較密切 today they have split現在已經分開了
A councillor goes to meetings and votes. A sits with you and talks through a problem. If your bins are not collected, you write to your councillor. If you cannot sleep for worry, you see a .
A councillor goes to meetings and votescouncillor 會去開會、投票 A counsellor sits with you and talks through a problemcounsellor 則是坐下來陪你談問題 If your bins are not collected如果你的垃圾沒人收 you write to your councillor你會寫信給你的 councillor If you cannot sleep for worry如果你煩惱到睡不著 you see a counsellor你會去找 counsellor
組成Alteration of counsellor, by assimilation with council. By surface analysis, council + -or.
同家族的字
- councilthe group this person sits on
- counsellorthe older word it was reshaped from; now a different job
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，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。
Councillornoun
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The title for someone elected to the role of councillor in a local council.
councillornoun
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A member of a council.
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In particular, a representative elected to a local authority, such as a city council: a city councillor.
- 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.
- And it had been a close-run thing for many of the nearest - perhaps too close. Councillor Renee Spector, a senior member of Birmingham City Council planning committee, told the local press that the accident might force "a rethink" about the way it considered future applications. "There is a case for a buffer zone, but the problem is that land is at such a premium it is difficult to insist on a large distance between houses and railway lines," she said.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。