ministers

英 [ˈmɪnɪstəz]

美 [ˈmɪnɪstərz]

n.  (英国及其他许多国家的)部长，大臣; 牧师; 公使; 外交使节
v.  辅助; 服侍; 照顾; 帮助; 服务
minister的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (政府)部长，大臣
  In Britain and some other countries, aministeris a person who is in charge of a particular government department.
  1. When the government had come to power, he had been named minister of culture...
     这届政府开始执政的时候，他被任命为文化部部长。
  2. The new Defence Minister is Senator Robert Ray.
     新任国防部部长是参议员罗伯特·雷。
• N-COUNT (比大使低一级的)公使，外交使节
  Aministeris a person who officially represents their government in a foreign country and has a lower rank than an ambassador.
  1. He concluded a deal with the Danish minister in Washington.
     他与驻华盛顿的丹麦公使签订了一项协议。
• N-COUNT (尤指新教的)神父，牧师
  Aministeris a member of the clergy, especially in Protestant churches.
  1. His father was a Baptist minister.
     他的父亲是浸礼会牧师。
• VERB 满足(…的需要);服侍；帮助
  If youminister topeople ortotheir needs, you serve them or help them, for example by making sure that they have everything they need or want.
  1. For 44 years he had ministered to the poor, the sick, the neglected and the deprived.
     44年来，他一直致力于帮助那些穷人、病人、无人照料的人和失去生活依靠的人。

双语例句

• Ministers should be called to account for their actions.
  部长们应该对他们的行为作出解释。
• Unusually among British prime ministers, he was not a man of natural authority.
  他不是那种天生一副官派的人，这在英国首相中并不常见。
• The ministers expressed dismay at the continued practice of ethnic cleansing
  部长们表达了对持续进行的种族清洗的忧虑。
• The Budget does expose the lies ministers were telling a year ago
  预算案无疑揭穿了部长们一年前所说的谎话。
• Ministers must not knowingly mislead Parliament and the public.
  大臣们不应该故意地误导议会与公众。
• Ministers have put their seal of approval on the proposal
  部长们已经批准了该提案。
• Most Protestant churches now have women ministers.
  如今大多数新教教会都有女牧师。
• Ministers will find their budgets being decided in a political ruck with their colleagues.
  部长们将发现他们的预算会在和同僚的政治纷争中敲定。
• The Guardian's front page carries a photograph of the two foreign ministers
  《卫报》的头版刊登了两国外交部长的一张合影。
• British Prime Ministers are traditionally offered hereditary peerages.
  英国首相传统上会被授予可世袭的贵族爵位。