1·State art councils help sponsor local arts and crafts festivals which draw crowds of tourist consumers.
国家艺术委员会为当地能吸引大量游客的工艺品艺术节提供赞助。
2·Councils should be answerable to the people who elect them.
委员会应对选出他们的那些人作出交代。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
3·Local councils allowed ever more plots to be zoned for urban development, issuing building permits with abandon and receiving fees or a percentage of the land.
当地委员会允许越来越多的土地划为城市开发，放纵地签发建筑许可证，然后收取费用或者拥有一定比例的土地。
4·Plans were hatched to let local councils reward households who recycled but also to slap fines on those who put out lots of ordinary waste.
方案打算让当地委员会奖励回收利用的住户，但也试图对那些倾倒过多垃圾的人狠狠予以罚款。
5·"We prefer to have women in the local councils because women won't steal money from the council -maybe just a little for their makeup," he says, chuckling.
“我们希望有一些女人在委员会里，因为女人不会偷委员会的钱，顶多会为了买化妆品偷一点点，”他笑道。
1·We are heading for a crisis, with cash-starved councils forced to cut back on vital community services.
我们正面临危机，几个资金匮乏的理事会不得不削减一些重要的公共服务项目。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·These might include threats to freeze EU funds for poorer regions and EU mega-projects, and even the suspension of a country's voting rights in EU ministerial councils.
这些可能包括威胁冻结欧盟提供给贫困地区和欧盟大型项目的资金，甚至暂停某个成员国在欧盟部长级理事会的投票权。
3·Under John Paul the Curia acquired a string of new "pontifical councils", quasi-ministries that deal with everything from health workers to Canon law.
在约翰·保罗时代教廷获得一系列新的“主教理事会”，准部委处理一切从卫生工作者到教会法的事务。
4·“Councils” are in charge of markets that could reach $10 billion. For “boards” the number is $1 billion.
“理事会”负责可能达到100亿美元的市场，“委员会”的目标则是10亿美元的市场。
5·The three industry councils will report to those groups, but have budget authority and work directly with the board on priorities for spending.
这三个行业的理事会将直接汇报给这些群体，但预算的权威性和工作直接与局重点支出。