| 单词 | without portfolio | 
| 释义 | > as lemmaswithout portfolio Phrases   without portfolio. Usually as postmodifier.  a.   Of a Government minister or position: having cabinet or equivalent rank but without responsibility for a specific department; usually in  Minister without Portfolio. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > government minister > 			[adjective]		 > type of minister without portfolio1831 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > government minister > 			[noun]		 > minister in British government > types of first secretary1562 Secretary of State1589 Minister of State1595 Minister without Portfolio1831 1831    Times 15 Mar. 3/4  				The following are the members who compose the new [French] Ministry:—M. Cassimir Perier, President, without portfolio. 1832    Times 3 Nov. 5/2  				M. Dupont had the seals and was Minister of Justice, whilst M. Dupin was a Minister without portfolio. 1891    W. Fraser Disraeli & his Day 370  				At the time when Lord John Russell held office under Lord Aberdeen ‘without portfolio’, Disraeli made a very happy hit. 1915    Hansard Commons 72 p. iv  				Minister without Portfolio—Rt. Hon. the Marquess of Lansdowne, K.G. 1946    Canad. Jrnl. Econ. & Polit. Sci. 12 271  				After some hesitation..the sole Liberal was made a member of the Cabinet without portfolio. 2005    Guardian 		(Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island)	 		(Nexis)	 19 Aug.  a6  				Ms. Canfield..was both minister without portfolio and minister responsible for the P.E.I. Housing Authority in the Alex Campbell government.  b.   In extended use: having a position or status without the concomitant affiliations or responsibilities, or without official acknowledgement; unofficial, unauthorized, not legitimate. ΚΠ 1935    Jrnl. Higher Ed. 6 165  				He [sc. the President of Harvard] proposes the need of a certain number of professors with ‘roving commissions’, professors ‘without portfolio’.., whose interests cross departmental barriers. 1970    Family Coordinator 19 10/1  				She let me know..that my place there was as an interloper, and that my opinions, feelings, perhaps even humanness were totally without portfolio. 1998    PMLA 113 367  				An ambassador without portfolio in the court of this literature, Hill was absorbed in black literature and music decades before the entry of black studies into the academy. 2005    Guardian 		(Nexis)	 18 July 14  				Enforcer-without-portfolio, Sejanus did all the dirty work required to maintain absolute power, so that Tiberius himself could remain imperially aloof,..piously regretting each new atrocity. < as lemmas | 
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