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

• He holds three different accounts with the same building society.
  他在同一个建房互助会中拥有着三个不同的账户。
• I save with the Brighton building society.
  我把钱存在布赖顿房屋建协会里。
• The building society had to have its pound of flesh and foreclosed on my mortgage when I was only a few months in arrears with the repayments.
  我仅仅拖欠偿还钱款几个月，这个房屋互助协会就来无情地索债，取消了我的抵押品赎回权。
• 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。
• Lord Lawson instances the old Halifax building society, which in its heyday channelled savings from the north of the UK to the more free-spending south.
  劳森爵士举了古老的哈利法克斯建房互助社（HalifaxBuildingSociety）的例子。在鼎盛时期，该协会将储蓄从英国北部地区导向花费更随意的南方。
• 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。
• He is a member of the Chinese building society.
  他是中国建筑学会的会员。
• His plan is to spread the capital between various building society accounts
  他打算把资金分散存到不同的购房互助会的账户上。
• The surveyor's report was lodged with the building society.
  测量员的报告寄存在建房互助会。
• The building society has approved their mortgage application.
  购房互助协会批准了他们抵押贷款的申请。