| 单词 | minister |
| 释义 | minister (once / 39 pages) nv You might meet a minister of the religious kind — a pastor or a rector. Or, you may meet a minister of the government kind — a prime minister or a minister of finance, for example. You don't have to be religious to minister. When you minister to someone, you take care of them. All of these meanings of minister — both as a noun and as a verb — contain a grain of the original Latin meaning, "servant." A minister in a church serves his or her flock, and a prime minister serves his or her country. WORD FAMILYminister: ministered, ministerial, ministering, ministers, ministrant, ministration+/ministerial: ministerially/ministrant: ministrants/ministration: ministrations USAGE EXAMPLESOpposition leaders said they were not celebrating the prime minister’s legal struggles. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) Investigators questioned the prime minister for three hours at his official residence in Jerusalem. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) The chief minister on Sunday called a meeting of senior leaders and legislators at his house where he was unanimously elected the party's new president. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) 1n a person authorized to conduct religious worship clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches Syn|Hypo|Hyper curate, minister of religion, parson, pastor, rector ministrant someone who serves as a minister clergyman, man of the cloth, reverend a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church 2n the job of a head of a government department Hypo|Hyper cabinet minister the job of a senior minister who is a member of the cabinet public service employment within a government system (especially in the civil service) 3n a person appointed to a high office in the government Minister of Finance Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper government minister Haman (Old Testament) the minister of the Persian emperor who hated the Jews and was hanged for plotting to massacre them Ahmed Zoki YamaniSaudi Arabian minister of petroleum who was a central figure in the creation of OPEC (born in 1930) cabinet minister a person who is a member of the cabinet finance minister, minister of financethe minister responsible for state finances foreign minister, secretary of statea government minister for foreign relations Chancellor, Chancellor of the Exchequerthe British cabinet minister responsible for finance Chief Secretarya member of the British Cabinet Home Secretary, Secretary of State for the Home Departmentthe British cabinet minister who is head of the Home Office Lord Chancellor, Lord High Chancellorthe highest officer of the Crown who is head of the judiciary and who presides in the House of Lords Lord Privy Sealthe senior cabinet minister in the British Cabinet who has no official duties First Lord of the Treasury, Treasurythe British cabinet minister responsible for economic strategy executive, executive director a person responsible for the administration of a business 4n a diplomat representing one government to another; ranks below ambassador Syn|Hyper diplomatic minister diplomat, diplomatist an official engaged in international negotiations 5v attend to the wants and needs of others I have to minister to my mother all the time Hyper attend, look, see, take care take charge of or deal with 6v work as a minister She is ministering in an old parish Hyper work exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity |
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