minister
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˈmɪn.ɪ.stər]
- 美式音标 [ˈmɪn.ə.stɚ]
- 国际音标 ['ministə]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- n. 部长；大臣；牧师
- vi. 执行牧师职务；辅助或伺候某人
词源解说
- 14世纪初期进入英语，直接源自古法语的ministre；最初源自拉丁语的minister，意为仆人，小人。
同根派生
- adj性质的同根词
- ministerial：部长的；内阁的；公使的；牧师的。
- ministrant：服务的；辅助的。
- n性质的同根词
- ministration：援助；服侍；职务。
- ministrant：服侍者；协助者。
用法辨析
- minister的基本意思是指政府各部门的首脑,即“部长,大臣”,也可指驻外使节中低于大使的“公使”,或泛指“驻外使节”。
- minister还可指基督教的“牧师”,尤指长老会和某些不信奉国教的牧师。
- minister用作动词,是书面用语,意思是“辅助; 服侍”,指辅助或伺候某人,也可指为某人〔事物〕服务。
- minister主要用作不及物动词,常与介词to连用。
n. (名词)
v. (动词)
英汉例句
- The minister was assaulted by a barrage of abuse from the angry strikers.
这位部长遭到愤怒的罢工者的一阵辱骂。 - He became a rector of a small parish where he ministered for several years.
他成为一个小教区的教区长,在那里主事了几年圣事。
用作名词 (n.)
用作动词 (v.)
用作不及物动词: S+～(+A)
词组短语
- accredit a minister 任命公使
- foreign minister 外交部长
- the Prime M - 首相
- vice minister 副部长;副局长;副总理;副外交部长
- cabinet minister 内阁部长
- interior minister 内政部长
- minister for … 的部长
- minister from 派出的公使
用作名词 (n.)
动词+～
形容词+～
名词+～
～+介词
英英字典
- (POLITICIAN) a member of the government in Britain and many other countries who is in charge of a particular department or has an important position in it
- (IN CHURCH) a religious leader in certain Christian churches
- (COUNTRY'S REPRESENTATIVE) a person below the rank of ambassador whose job is to represent his or her country in a foreign country
- A minister is a member of the clergy, especially in Protestant churches.
- A minister is a person who officially represents their government in a foreign country and has a lower rank than an ambassador.
- In some countries outside the United States, a minister is a person who is in charge of a particular government department.
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专业释义
- 外朝大臣
- 部长
It was put on schedule by the Minister Council in Geneva, and a resolution on temporary tax exemption of electron transport was passed.
当时的日内瓦部长理事会上将电子商务的研究提到议事日程,并通过一项电子传输行为暂时免税的决议。宗教学
- 耶稣会教区长的助理
- 公使