local authority

英 [ˌləʊkl ɔːˈθɒrəti]

美 [ˌloʊkl əˈθɔːrəti]

n.  (英国的)地方当局，地方政府

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牛津词典

noun

• （英国的）地方当局，地方政府
  the organization which is responsible for the government of an area in Britain

柯林斯词典

• 地方当局；地方政府
  Alocal authorityis an organization that is officially responsible for all the public services and facilities in a particular area.

in AM, use 美国英语用 local government

英英释义

noun

• an administrative unit of local government

双语例句

• What determines the behavior of the local authority is its "nature" and the rules that standardize it.
  对地方政府行为取向起决定作用的是他的本性和规范它的制度规则。
• A decision of the local authority pursuant to the power and duties impose upon it by the statutory code.
  地方政府根据成文法（典）所给予的权力和义务所作出的决定。
• As a child in the care of a local authority he had been boarded out with a farmer in Shropshire.
  他童年时由地方政府照管，曾被送到什罗普郡的一户农民家里寄宿。
• The second has analyzed the present situation which the reforming time our country Local authority function transforms.
  从社会转型对地方政府职能改变的影响来剖析地方政府职能改变的合理性和必然性。
• The local authority has said the area could be redeveloped for special needs housing.
  地方政府说，这个地区可以重新进行开发，为有特殊需求的人群提供住房。
• As a result there were fewer female Westminster MPs, cabinet ministers, members of the Scottish and Welsh assemblies, national newspaper editors, senior police officers and judges, health and local authority chief executives, trade union general secretaries and heads of professional bodies.
  现在，国会议员、内阁大臣、苏格兰和威尔士议员、全国报刊编辑、高级警官和法官、卫生和地方行政部门最高长官、工会秘书长以及专业机构主管中的女性人数都减少。
• The local authority could find itself in the invidious position of having to refuse.
  当局可能会发现自己处于必须要拒绝但又会因此而不得人心的境地。
• The government says that local authority spending is excessive.
  政府称地方当局开支过大。
• She sold the house to the local authority.
  她把房子卖给了当地的政府部门。
• Let the local authority, the enterprise, the university and the scientific research institution and so on positively participate in the western region innovation system.
  以科技创新带动产业结构的调整升级，调动地方政府、企业、大学和科研机构等积极参与西部区域创新系统的建设。