an advisory, deliberative, or administrative body of people formally constituted and meeting regularly
委员会;理事会
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an official human rights council 官方人权委员会。
a body of people elected to manage the affairs of a city, county, or other municipal district
(市、县或地方行政区的)政务委员会。
[as modifier]
〈英〉 市建的(指住房由政务委员会提供且租金有补贴的)
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a council flat .市建公寓套间。
an ecclesiastical assembly
(教会的)集会。
an assembly or meeting for consultation or advice
会议
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that evening, she held a family council .那天晚上,她开了一个家庭会议。
"Old English (in the sense ‘ecclesiastical assembly’): from Anglo-Norman French