| 释义 |
administered, ppl. a.|ædˈmɪnɪstəd|
[f. prec. + -ed.]
a. Managed, carried on; dispensed, tendered.
1538Starkey England 46 Cyvyle ordur and polytyke law, admynystyrd by offycers and rularys. 1651Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxx. 176 The Kingdome of God, (administred by Moses,) over the Jewes. 1809Tomlins Law Dict. s.v. Oath, The Oath of Allegiance, as administered for upwards of six hundred years. 1865Pall Mall G. 6 Nov. 10 The highly administered Arabs of the Tell or cultivated districts. a1884Mod. The dose administered was deadly poison.
b. administered price (Econ.), a price determined not by market forces but by administrative action (of a large company or of government).
1935G. C. Means Industr. Prices (74th U.S. Congress 1 Sess. Senate Misc. Doc. No. 13) 1 A market price is one which is made in the market as the result of the interaction of buyers and sellers... An administered price is..a price which is set by administrative action and held constant for a period of time. 1936J. M. Keynes Gen. Theory Employment v. xix. 268 ‘Administered’ or monopoly prices..are determined by other considerations beside marginal cost. 1965Observer 10 Oct. 7/2 The once popular ‘administered price’ theory, in which a giant like U.S. Steel moved first, and the rest automatically played follow my leader. 1984Times 4 Apr. 13/3 There is no profitable future in the production of unsalable goods at administered prices. |