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IELTS BNC: 294 COCA: 1910

minister

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Related topics: Officials, Christianity, Occupations
min·is·ter1 /ˈmɪnɪstə $ -ər/ ●●○ noun [countableC]  
1  PGOa politician who is in charge of a government department, in Britain and some other countries 〔英国和其他一些国家的〕部长，大臣
minister of
 the Minister of Agriculture
农业部长
minister for
 the Minister for Foreign Affairs
外交大臣
foreign/defence/finance etc minister
 a meeting of EU foreign ministers
欧盟外交部长会议
 a senior Cabinet minister
资深的内阁部长
→ Prime Minister
2  RRCa priest in some Christian churches 〔某些基督教会的〕牧师 → pastor, vicar
 a Baptist minister
浸礼会牧师
3. BOPGOsomeone whose job is to represent their country in another country, but who is lower in rank than an ambassador 公使；外交使节
Examples from the Corpus
minister• Socialist Franco Reviglio, previously budget minister, was made finance minister.• He sent the defence minister, Peter Reith, in his place.• Chancellor Norman Lamont and fellow finance ministers began hammering out the final draft in Edinburgh yesterday afternoon.• The Russian foreign minister was also present at the meeting.• In 1906-14 successive foreign ministers were authorised by the tsar to report to it on only five occasions.• For at least another thirty to forty-five seconds the former prime minister just stared back at them.• Tactics that shunted money into the hands of prime ministers or sycophantic merchants did not generally help the citizens of a nation.• Federal and state ministers have met 20 times since the earlier massacres and failed to agree on change.• The minister, it seemed, had an urge to hear Mitchell talk.
Cabinet minister• As a Cabinet minister, he is a member of the executive.• It was also announced yesterday that former Cabinet minister Lord Parkinson has been appointed chairman of Eurorail.• Arnon warned that the settlers will hold Cabinet ministers who vote for the accord responsible for any violence that may result.• Like every other Cabinet minister, I was asked for my opinion.• Finally, on June 29, Pérez accepted the resignations of six Cabinet ministers and five more junior government members.
minister2 verb [intransitiveI]  
1 to work as a priest 当牧师
 Rev Wilson spent 20 years ministering in some of New York’s poorest areas.
威尔逊牧师在纽约最贫困的一些地区当了20年牧师。
2 minister to somebody/something phrasal verbphr v formal MHLOOK AFTER somebodyto give help to someone who needs it, especially someone who is sick or old 照顾，服侍，帮助〔尤指病人或老人〕
 She spent much time ministering to the sick.
她很多时间都在照顾病人。
 ministering to the needs of other people
满足其他人的需求
Examples from the Corpus
minister• He has been detached from the diocese to minister among Hispanics in Florida.• He was busy ministering to the affairs of the firm.
From Longman Business Dictionary
ministermin·is·ter /ˈmɪnəstə-ər/ noun [countableC]
in Britain and some other countries, a politician who is a member of the government and is either in charge of or has an important job in a government department
a meeting of EU finance ministers
Colombia’s trade minister, Juan Manuel Santos
minister of/for
the minister of tourism
the minister for industry
Origin minister1
(1200-1300) Old French ministre, from Latin minister “servant”
min·is·ter1 nounminister2 verb
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