quangos

n.  (英国)半官方机构
quango的复数



柯林斯词典

  1. (英国的)准自治管理机构,半官方机构
    In Britain, a quango is a committee which is appointed by the government but works independently. A quango has responsibility for a particular area of activity, for example the giving of government grants to arts organizations.

    双语例句

    1. It has led to a huge semi-public client state of consultants and quangos.
      它还带来了由咨询顾问和半官方机构组成的半公共性质的附庸群体。
    2. The purposes of these expensive taxpayer-funded quangos seem confused.
      英国这些开支庞大、由纳税人付钱的半官方机构,目的似乎十分混乱。
    3. He sat on various reasonably influential quangos. Most films are mixtures of appeals to the broadest possible audience and cautious accommodations to official or unofficial pressures.
      他位居数个相当有影响力的半官方机构。电影是对最广泛观众的吸引力和对官方或半官方压力的小心遵循的混合物。