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

• Carol worked in the Housing Department of her local authority.
  卡罗尔在本地政府的房管科工作。
• The solution to these problems does not rest on a massive program in Washington, nor can it rely solely on the strained resources of local authority.
  这些问题的解决方案不能停留在庞大的华盛顿计划上，也不能单单依赖当地政府紧张的财力上。
• 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。
• Moral Reconstruction and Local Authority Image Mold of the Basic Unit Official Administration
  我国基层公务员行政道德建设与地方政府形象塑造研究
• The effect of this has been to increasingly marginalize the local authority sector
  这件事的影响是使地方当局越来越受到排斥。
• 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 government says that local authority spending is excessive.
  政府称地方当局开支过大。
• Local authority nursery provision covers only a tiny minority of working mothers
  当地政府提供的保育服务只有少数上班族母亲才能够享受到。
• The local authority made it a rule for the students to follow.
  当地政府把它制订成为一个规定，要求全体市民遵照执行。
• She sold the house to the local authority.
  她把房子卖给了当地的政府部门。