[N-COUNT 可数名词](政府)部长,大臣 In Britain and some other countries, a minister is a person who is in charge of a particular government department. →see usage note at:
government
[oft N of n]
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。
The new Defence Minister is Senator Robert Ray.
新任国防部部长是参议员罗伯特·雷。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](比大使低一级的)公使,外交使节 A minister is a person who officially represents their government in a foreign country and has a lower rank than an ambassador.
[usu supp N]
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。
3
[N-COUNT 可数名词](尤指新教的)神父,牧师 A minister is a member of the clergy, especially in Protestant churches.
His father was a Baptist minister.
他的父亲是浸礼会牧师。
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[VERB 动词]满足(…的需要);服侍;帮助 If you minister to people or to their needs, you serve them or help them, for example by making sure that they have everything they need or want.
[V to n]
[FORMAL 正式]
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。
Oxford
min·is·ter★/ˈmɪnɪstə(r); NAmEˈmɪnɪstər/
noun
,
verb
ministerministersministeredministeringnoun★1★(oftenMinister )( BrE) (in Britain and many other countries) a senior member of the government who is in charge of a government department or a branch of one (英国及其他许多国家的)部长,大臣◆the Minister of Education教育部长◆a meeting of EU Foreign Ministers欧盟外交部长会议◆senior ministers in the Cabinet内阁中的高级部长◆cabinet ministers内阁部长☞see also
first minister
,
prime minister
2★(in some Protestant Christian Churches 某些新教教会)a trained religious leader 牧师◆a Methodist minister循道宗牧师☞compare
pastor
,
priest
,
vicar
3a person, lower in rank than an ambassador,whose job is to represent their government in a foreign country 公使;外交使节verbPHRASAL VERBˈminister to sb/sth( formal) to care for sb, especially sb who is sick or old, and make sure that they have everything they need 照料,服侍(年老或体弱者等)SYN
1a politician who is in charge of a government department, in Britain and some other countriesminister of the Minister of Agricultureminister for the Minister for Foreign Affairsforeign/defence/finance etc minister a meeting of EU foreign ministers a senior Cabinet minister →
Prime Minister
2a priest in some Christian churches → pastor, vicar: a Baptist minister3someone whose job is to represent their country in another country, but who is lower in rank than an ambassador
minister1 noun
minister2 verb
ministerminister2 verb [intransitive]
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to work as a priest: Rev Wilson spent 20 years ministering in some of New York’s poorest areas.minister to phrasal verb formalto give help to someone who needs it, especially someone who is sick or old: She spent much time ministering to the sick. ministering to the needs of other people
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