minister
noun[C]
uk/ˈmɪn.ɪ.stər/us/ˈmɪn.ə.stɚ/ministernoun[C](POLITICIAN)
B2
amemberof thegovernmentinBritainand many othercountrieswho is inchargeof aparticulardepartmentor has animportantpositionin it:
部长；大臣theforeign/healthminister外交／卫生部长
the Ministerof/forEducation教育部长
- "Thematterisclosed, " said thehealthminister.
- The ministeraccusedhisopponentof being a crypto-communist.
- At thispointin thespeech, the ministerdepartedfrom hispreparedtext.
- The ministerdodgedquestionsabout hisrelationshipwith theactress.
- The minister wasdrummedout ofofficewhen it wasdiscoveredthat he had been takingbribes.
Government ministers & civil servants
- aide
- am
- attorney general
- backbencher
- cabinet
- Foreign Secretary
- functionary
- government
- Home Secretary
- interministerial
- private secretary
- Privy Councillor
- procurator
- public servant
- secretary
- syndic
- town clerk
- undersecretary
- vizier
- Whitehall
ministernoun[C](IN CHURCH)
areligiousleaderincertainChristianchurches:
牧师a minister at thelocalBaptistchurch本地浸礼会教堂的牧师
- He was a minister atourlocalchurch.
- Iaskedthe minister topraywith me.
Religious leaders & officials
- anti-papal
- apostolic
- archbishop
- archbishopric
- archdeacon
- clerical
- confessor
- curacy
- curate
- ministry
- muezzin
- mullah
- non-clerical
- padre
- priestly
- primate
- rabbi
- rabbinical
- rector
- the Dalai Lama
ministernoun[C](COUNTRY'S REPRESENTATIVE)
politicsspecialized
apersonbelow therankofambassadorwhosejobis torepresenthis or hercountryin aforeigncountry:
公使；外交使节theBelgianminister in Madrid比利时驻马德里公使
International relations: diplomacy & mediation
- ambassador
- ambassadorial
- appease
- appeasement
- attaché
- diplomat
- diplomatic
- diplomatic bag
- diplomatic corps
- diplomatic immunity
- intercede
- intercession
- internationalist
- interventionism
- legation
- mediate
- mediation
- shuttle diplomacy
- undiplomatic
- undiplomatically