building society

英 [ˈbɪldɪŋ səsaɪəti]

美 [ˈbɪldɪŋ səsaɪəti]

n.  房屋互助协会(提供住房贷款及储蓄服务)

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牛津词典

noun

• 房屋互助协会（提供住房贷款及储蓄服务）
  an organization like a bank that lends money to people who want to buy a house. People also save money with a building society .

柯林斯词典

• 购房互助协会；建屋互助会
  In Britain, abuilding societyis a business which will lend you money when you want to buy a house. You can also invest money in a building society, where it will earn interest.

英英释义

noun

• British equivalent of United States savings and loan association

双语例句

• Building society repossessions have frightened buyers off
  建屋互助协会收回未偿清房贷的住房，这吓退了很多买家。
• He is a member of the Chinese building society.
  他是中国建筑学会的会员。
• Britain's third largest building society abandoned its mutual status and became a bank.
  英国第三大建屋互助会准备放弃其互助性质，转变为银行。
• To this end the building society funds a wide selection of sporting activities for employees, including the nationwide athletics club.
  为达到这一目的，该协会提供资金，让雇员去参加多种多样的体育活动，其中包括设立nationwide体育俱乐部。
• The bank have act in unison with the building society in lowering interest rate.
  银行降低了利率来配合房屋建筑协会的行动。
• The surveyor's report was lodged with the building society.
  测量员的报告寄存在建房互助会。
• She opens an account with the Halifax Building Society.
  她在哈利法克斯建筑房屋互助协会开立了帐户。
• Employees at Nationwide, the UK building society, are similarly enthusiastic.
  对此，全英房屋抵押贷款协会（Nationwide）的雇员也同样热心。
• When I failed to make my mortgage repayments the building society repossessed my house.
  我不能付清抵押贷款时，建屋互助会收回了我的房子。
• We have put a bit of money away in the building society.
  我们已经在建筑协会那里存了点钱。