Minister

['mɪnɪstə] or ['mɪnɪstɚ]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) the job of a head of a government department.

(noun.) a diplomat representing one government to another; ranks below ambassador.

(noun.) a person appointed to a high office in the government; 'Minister of Finance'.

(verb.) work as a minister; 'She is ministering in an old parish'.

(verb.) attend to the wants and needs of others; 'I have to minister to my mother all the time'.

迭戈手打--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) A servant; a subordinate; an officer or assistant of inferior rank; hence, an agent, an instrument.

(n.) An officer of justice.

(n.) One to whom the sovereign or executive head of a government intrusts the management of affairs of state, or some department of such affairs.

(n.) A representative of a government, sent to the court, or seat of government, of a foreign nation to transact diplomatic business.

(n.) One who serves at the altar; one who performs sacerdotal duties; the pastor of a church duly authorized or licensed to preach the gospel and administer the sacraments.

(n.) To furnish or apply; to afford; to supply; to administer.

(v. i.) To act as a servant, attendant, or agent; to attend and serve; to perform service in any office, sacred or secular.

(v. i.) To supply or to things needful; esp., to supply consolation or remedies.

錄入:李莉斯

同義詞及近義詞：

n. [1]. Administrator (of executive authority), executive officer (of a sovereign or of a government).[2]. Ambassador, envoy, plenipotentiary.[3]. Clergyman, divine, priest, parson, ecclesiastic, churchman.

v. a. Give, afford, supply, furnish.

v. n. Serve, perform service, do service.

杰奎琳編輯

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Attend, subserve, wait, supply

ANT:Lead, rule, command, exact

SYN:Servant, officer, delegate, official, ambassador, subordinate, ecclesiastic,clergyman, priest, parson, divine, preacher, pastor, shepherd, reverend,curate, vicar

ANT:Monarch, government, master, superior, principal, head, layman, told, flock,congregation

珍宁校對

解釋/意思:

n. a servant: one who serves at the altar: a clergyman: one transacting business for another: the responsible head of a department of state affairs: the representative of a government at a foreign court.—v.i. to act as a servant: to perform duties: to supply or do things needful.—v.t. to furnish:—pr.p. min′istering; pa.p. min′istered.—adj. Ministē′rial pertaining to the work of a servant: acting under superior authority: pertaining to the office of a minister: clerical: executive.—n. Ministē′rialist one who supports ministers or the government in office.—adv. Ministē′rially.—adj. Min′istering attending and serving.—n. Ministē′rium the body of the ordained ministers in a district.—adj. Min′istrant administering: attendant.—n. Ministrā′tion the act of ministering or performing service: office or service of a minister.—adj. Min′istrātive serving to aid or assist: ministering.—ns. Min′istress a female minister; Min′istry act of ministering: service: office or duties of a minister: the clergy: the clerical profession: the body of ministers who manage the business of the country.

整理:彼得