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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I save with the Brighton building society.
  我把钱存在布赖顿房屋建协会里。
• 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。
• You should put the money in the building society where it will earn interest.
  你应该把钱存在建屋互助会，可以得到利息。
• Building society pays interest of 10%.
  房屋互助协会付10%的利息。
• 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。
• I was in debt with the bank and the building society, but my father helped me in my hour of need and made me an interest-free loan.
  我欠了银行和建屋互助金的债，但我父亲在我困难时给了我帮助，向我提供无息贷款。
• 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。