ministry

英 ['mɪnɪstri] 美 ['mɪnɪstri]

• n. (政府的)部；内阁；(全体)牧师

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]政府的部

   a government department with a minister in charge of it

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 部
2. 内阁
3. 牧师的职务和责任
4. 全体牧师
5. 部长的任期
6. 全体阁员
7. 服务
8. 侍奉
9. 牧师
10. 部长的任务
11. 公使团
12. 神职
13. 牧师职位
14. 神职任期
15. 方法
16. 工具
17. 作用
18. 教堂牧师
19. 部的办公楼

英英释义

Noun:

1. religious ministers collectively (especially Presbyterian)

2. building where the business of a government department is transacted

3. a government department under the direction of a minister

4. the work of a minister of religion;

   "he is studying for the ministry"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. She's on attachment to the Ministry of Defense.
   她现在隶属于国防部。
2. The army, navy and airforce are all controlled by the Ministry of Defense.
   陆海空军皆由国防部控制。
3. The Ministry released him on compassionate grounds.
   内阁因同情而将他释放。
4. The ministry is about to haul up the white flag.
   该内阁正准备认输。
5. Our son wants to enter the ministry.
   我们的儿子想做牧师。
6. He is training for the ministry.
   他正在接受培训，准备做牧师。
7. He felt no vocation for the ministry.
   他不以为做牧师是自己的天职。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. The army, navy and airforce are all controlled by the Ministry of Defence.
   陆海空三军均由国防部管辖。
2. His parents intended him for the ministry.
   他父母有意让他当牧师。
3. Some students want to go into the ministry after graduation.
   有些学生毕业后想从事牧师工作。

经典引文

• My idea of heaven is the perpetual ministry of one soul to another.

  出自： Tennyson

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

～+介词

• the M- of Commerce〔Foreign Affairs〕 商业〔外交〕部

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. ministry的意思是“政府的部”,与美式英语中的department同义,首字母常大写且常与of连用。
2. ministry还可用作集合名词,作“(全体)牧师”解; 其单数形式还可指“牧师的职责〔服务期限〕”,此时ministry常与the连用。

词源解说

• ☆ 14世纪晚期进入英语，直接源自拉丁语的ministerium，意为办公室，办公处。

近反义词

【近义词】

• department