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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He is a member of the Chinese building society.
  他是中国建筑学会的会员。
• British television soap Coronation Street becomes the first prime time television show in the UK to use product placement after signing a deal with the Nationwide Building Society.
  英国电视肥皂加冕街将成为第一个电视台黄金时段表明对英国使用产品安置在签署了一个处理在全国建设社会。
• Building society is warning of mortgage rationing.
  住宅互助协会警告说要限额分配抵押借款。
• 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。
• 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 surveyor's report was lodged with the building society.
  测量员的报告寄存在建房互助会。
• The only stipulation the building society makes is that house must be insured.
  建屋互助会作出的唯一规定是房屋必须保险。