Council house
Slang Term
British
★★★★☆ Common
Neutral
意味: Social housing provided by local government
地方政府提供的公共住房
Vivienda social proporcionada por el gobierno local
地方自治体が提供する公営住宅
지방정부가 제공하는 공영 주택
A house built and rented out by the local council for people who cannot afford private housing. Carries class connotations.
由地方政府建造并出租给买不起私人住房的人的房子。带有阶级色彩。
Una casa construida y alquilada por el ayuntamiento para personas que no pueden permitirse vivienda privada. Tiene connotaciones de clase.
民間の住宅を買えない人のために地方自治体が建設し賃貸する住宅。階級的な含みがある。
민간 주택을 감당할 수 없는 사람들을 위해 지방의회가 건설하여 임대하는 주택. 계층적 함의를 지닌다.
例文
- Grew up in a council house. 在公房里长大creció en una vivienda de protección oficial公営住宅で育った공영 주택에서 자랐다.
- Council house background. 公房出身的背景origen de vivienda social公営住宅出身の経歴공영 주택 출신 배경.
- Bought our old council house. 买下了我们以前的公房compramos nuestra antigua vivienda social元の公営住宅を買い取った예전 공영 주택을 매입했다.
発音
使い方ガイド
場面: housing, class discussion
トーン: factual, can be loaded
✓ 正しい言い方
- Council house estate公房小区urbanización de viviendas sociales公営住宅団地공영 주택 단지
- Ex-council house前公房antigua vivienda social元公営住宅옛 공영 주택
✗ 間違った言い方
- Can be used pejoratively可能被用作贬义Puede usarse de forma peyorativa蔑称として使われることがある경멸적으로 사용될 수 있음
よくある間違い
- Using as insult
起源と歴史
From British local government councils that built social housing, especially post-WWII. Right-to-Buy in the 1980s allowed tenants to purchase.
語源: Council (local government) + house
初出: Post-WWII era
文化的背景
Era: Post-WWII onwards
Generation: All generations
Social background: Working class housing
Pop culture: British social realism
Regional notes: British housing terminology.
バリエーション
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Born into wealth and privilege
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