Council vs. Counsel的对比

Council和counsel是同音异义词，意思是发音相同，但含义和拼写不同。它们的意思很相似，因为两个词都与给予建议有关。

然而，有一些重要的区别使得这两个词不可能互换。

Council是一个名词，意思是一群人聚集在一起提供建议。

• Summon the council. The king needs to consult the council members on an important matter.

召集议会。国王需要就一件重要的事情征求议会成员的意见。

Counsel既可以是动词也可以是名词。它可以表示建议或给出建议。

• Please help me decide what to do. I always appreciate your counsel.

现在，让我们来复习一下正确使用这些单词的几种方法。

在句子中用 Council

When to use council: Council is a noun that refers to a committee that gives advice to an individual or organization.

For example,

council是一个名词，指的是向个人或组织提供建议的委员会。

例如,

• The mayor has asked that we convene the council on housing in order to advise her on the rising homeless population.

市长要求我们召集住房委员会，以便就不断增加的无家可归者人数向她提供建议。

• He doesn’t have any real power, but he thinks he is an important politician because he is a member of the city council.

他没有实权，但他认为自己是一个重要的政治家，因为他是市议会的成员。

有一个谚语用到了council，也有多种搭配:

• councils of war never fight: those who make the decisions about war are not the soldiers endangering their lives by fighting physically in the war.

战争委员会从不打仗:那些做出战争决定的人不是那些在战争中冒着生命危险进行身体战斗的士兵。

• Some of the soldiers on the front lines wondered why they were risking their lives when the councils of war never fight.

一些在前线的士兵想知道，当战争委员会从来不开战时，他们为什么要冒着生命危险。

• council member: a person who is part of the council group

理事会成员:理事会成员中的一员

• Council members can only join if they are elected. No one can merely appoint a council member.

理事会成员只有通过选举才能加入。没有人可以仅仅任命一个委员会成员。

• council vote: when the group makes a decision through voting

理事会投票:小组通过投票做出决定

• The council vote was ten to one against lowering the drinking age.

议会以10:1的投票结果反对降低饮酒年龄。

• city council: a legislative body that makes governing decisions for a city

市议会:为城市做出管理决定的立法机构

• The city council voted to decrease the number of bus routes throughout Pittsburgh.

市议会投票决定减少整个匹兹堡的公交线路数量。

Council在政府和行政管理的语境中出现的频率最高。

在句子中用Counsel

When to use counsel: Counsel can act as either a verb or a noun that refers to advice.

For example,

什么时候使用counsel: counsel既可以作动词，也可以作名词，表示建议。

例如,

• Teenagers rarely heed the counsel of their parents. (noun)

青少年很少听取父母的建议。(名词)

• The president receives counsel from a man with ulterior motives that are not in the best interest of the country. (noun)

总统从一个别有用心、不符合国家最大利益的人那里接受建议。(名词)

• School staff often counsel the students to strive towards university even when the students would prefer to learn a trade. (verb)

学校工作人员经常建议学生努力上大学，即使学生更喜欢学一门手艺。(动词)

• A good leader ignores those who counsel him to consider his own interests over those of his people. (verb)

一个好的领导者无视那些建议他把自己的利益置于人民利益之上的人。(动词)

这里有几个使用counsel的表达:

• a fool may give a wise man counsel: don’t trust the advice of everyone

愚者也会给智者忠告:不要相信所有人的忠告

• I’m glad you always listen to your friends, and I know Nancy wants to help you. Just remember that you know yourself better than Nancy. A fool may give a wise man counsel, but that doesn’t mean that he must do what the fool says.

我很高兴你总是倾听朋友的意见，我知道南希想帮助你。记住你比南希更了解你自己。愚人可以给智者忠告，但这并不意味着他必须照愚人说的去做。

• to keep one’s own counsel: to not share one’s thoughts with others

守口如瓶(keep one 's own counsel):不与他人分享自己的想法

• Many people seek to understand the queen’s motivations, but she keeps her own

counsel.

许多人试图理解女王的动机，但她有自己的想法。

Counsel 在学校辅导员给学生提供教育建议的情况下很常见。它也可以指法律顾问意义上的人，如律师。术语是法律顾问（legal counsel），不是法律委员会（legal council）。