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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The building society will arrange a remortgage for a fee of# 100.
  建屋互助会将收费100英镑安排再抵押。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。