minister

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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。

minister相关词

用法辨析

n. (名词)

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。

v. (动词)

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。

英汉例句

用作名词 (n.)

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。

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词: S+～(+A)

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。

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词组短语

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

accredit a minister 任命公使

形容词+～

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

名词+～

cabinet minister 内阁部长
interior minister 内政部长

～+介词

minister for … 的部长
minister from 派出的公使

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英英字典

剑桥英英字典

(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

柯林斯英英字典

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.

专业释义

历史学

外朝大臣

经济学

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

交通运输工程

公使