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

• 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。
• 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。
• The research from the Yorkshire Building Society found many women are making equally conventional choices.
  这项来自约克郡建房合做社的研究同时显示，许多女人和男人一样，都做出了保守的选择。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I save with the Brighton building society.
  我把钱存在布赖顿房屋建协会里。
• They find a house, agree a price, and take out a mortgage through their building society.
  他们找到一处房子，谈妥价格，通过住房互助协会办理了抵押贷款。
• 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。