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 is a member of the Chinese building society.
  他是中国建筑学会的会员。
• 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。
• 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 be forced to foreclose on this mortgage because regular payments have not been made.
  住宅互助协会被迫取消这项抵押的赎取权，因为没有交纳定期的付款。
• 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 save with the Brighton building society.
  我把钱存在布赖顿房屋建协会里。
• 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。
• Building society pays interest of 10%.
  房屋互助协会付10%的利息。
• 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。