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minister

/min-uh-ster/US // ˈmɪn ə stər //UK // (ˈmɪnɪstə) //

部长,部部长,部長

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person authorized to conduct religious worship; member of the clergy; pastor.
    • : a person authorized to administer sacraments, as at Mass.
    • : a person appointed by or under the authority of a sovereign or head of a government to some high office of state, especially to that of head of an administrative department: the minister of finance.
    • : a diplomatic representative accredited by one government to another and ranking next below an ambassador.Compare envoy.
    • : a person acting as the agent or instrument of another.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to administer or apply: to minister the last rites.
    • : Archaic. to furnish; supply.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to perform the functions of a religious minister.
    • : to give service, care, or aid; attend, as to wants or necessities.: to minister to the needs of the hungry.
    • : to contribute, as to comfort or happiness.

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Examples

  • Suga often has been mentioned as one of many possible successors to Abe, especially in recent months as the prime minister scaled back public appearances and faced a series of political scandals involving friends and family.

  • There was a large anti-government protest planned for December 19 at the Red Fort in Delhi, which is a historic monument from where the prime minister traditionally delivers a televised address to the nation on independence day.

  • The policy, which granted exemptions on medical grounds, was backed by his minister for industry, science, and technology.

  • When the prime minister says, “No country would find 173 billion barrels of oil in the ground and just leave them there,” he’s not wrong.

  • This past July, May was replaced as prime minister by Boris Johnson, her former Foreign Minister and, before that, the Mayor of London.

  • Domestically, the prime minister maintains the dubious line that he is the only man who can keep the still-fragile peace.

  • One of its top officials is the current minister of the interior in Baghad.

  • Even those Christians who do want to minister amid the rancor of race and policing are missing the mark.

  • “I have coordinated with our foreign minister so we will borrow from other countries which have offered,” he said.

  • Hamish Marshall himself is a former staffer of Prime Minister Harper.

  • But,” said the prime minister of Flatland, starting a difficulty, “who is to be greatest chief?

  • He professed both to abominate and despise all mystery, refinement, and intrigue, either in a prince or a minister.

  • One of her humours was to unite the son of her minister, with a niece of the widowed Queen of Saint Germain's.

  • The minister's eye kept steady to one point; to raise the country he governed, to the utmost pinnacle of earthly grandeur.

  • All that was necessary was a slight knowledge of a Cabinet Minister, and a smattering of schooling.