Citizens Advice

/ˌsɪtɪznz ədˈvaɪs/

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a British organization with offices in many towns to which people can go for free advice about the law, money problems, the government services available to help them, etc. Citizens Advice is mostly paid for by the government and by local authorities, and many of the people who work for it are volunteers. It started in 1939, when people needed information about the arrangements that had to be made during the Second World War. The name of the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux (CAB) was changed to Citizens Advice in 2003.公民咨询：这是一家在许多城镇设有办事处的英国组织，人们可以向其免费寻求有关法律，资金问题，可为他们提供帮助的政府服务等方面的咨询。公民咨询主要由政府和地方当局支付，许多为此工作的人都是志愿者。它始于1939年，当时人们需要有关第二次世界大战期间必须做出的安排的信息。全国公民咨询局（CAB）的名称在2003年更改为“公民咨询局”。