ministry

英 [ˈmɪnɪstri]

美 [ˈmɪnɪstri]

n.  (政府的)部; (尤指基督教新教的)全体牧师; 神职; 牧师职位; 神职任期

复数：ministries　

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Oxford 3000 / Collins.4 / BNC.1717 / COCA.4242

牛津词典

noun

• （政府的）部
  a government department that has a particular area of responsibility
  1. the Ministry of Defence
     国防部
  2. a ministry spokesperson
     部发言人
• （尤指基督教新教的）全体牧师
  ministers of religion, especially Protestant ministers, when they are mentioned as a group
• 神职；牧师职位；神职任期
  the work and duties of a minister in the Church; the period of time spent working as a minister in the Church

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (政府的)部
  In Britain and some other countries, aministryis a government department which deals with a particular thing or area of activity, for example trade, defence, or transport.
  1. ...the Ministry of Justice.
     司法部
  2. ...a spokesman for the Agriculture Ministry.
     农业部发言人
• N-COUNT 圣职;神职
  Theministryof a religious person is the work that they do that is based on or inspired by their religious beliefs.
  1. His ministry is among the poor.
     他是穷人的牧师。
• N-SING-COLL （基督教的）全体牧师
  Members of the clergy belonging to some branches of the Christian church are referred to asthe ministry.
  1. So what prompted him to enter the ministry?
     那么，是什么促使他成为牧师的呢？

英英释义

noun

• the work of a minister of religion
  1. he is studying for the ministry
• building where the business of a government department is transacted
• religious ministers collectively (especially Presbyterian)
• a government department under the direction of a minister

双语例句

• The embassy says it has telexed their demands to the foreign ministry
  大使馆表示已通过电传将他们的要求发送给外交部了。
• In a pre-emptive move the Interior Ministry arrested a number of suspected dissidents.
  内政部抢先行动，逮捕了许多持不同政见的嫌疑人。
• The Ministry has been defeated by an overwhelming majority.
  内阁被压倒多数票击败。
• An official from the Ministry of the Interior said six people had died.
  内政部的一位官员说已有6人丧生。
• The ministry ordered 113 of these and later put in a request for 21 more
  这些东西该部订购了113个，后来又追加了21个。
• Japan's education ministry ordered the change to encourage students to tear themselves away from textbooks
  日本文部省下令实行这项改革，以鼓励学生从课本中走出来。
• The Audit Commission said that the ministry was in the clear.
  审计署称该政府部门没有问题。
• He announced a new ministry to deal with Quebec's threat to separate from Canada.
  他宣布成立一个新部门，专门处理魁北克威胁要从加拿大分裂出去一事。
• The ministry has said it hopes to avoid compulsory redundancies.
  该部称希望避免强制性裁员。
• Under the ministry there are six departments.
  部下面设6个司。