ministers

1. [C]大臣,部长 person at the head of a government department or a main branch of one
2. [C]公使,外交使节 person, usually of lower rank than an ambassador,representing his government in a foreign country
3. [C]牧师 Christian clergyman, especially in the Presbyterian and someNonconformist churches

1. vi. 辅助; 服侍 give help or service

• accredit a minister任命公使

• foreign minister外交部长
• the Prime M-首相
• vice minister副部长

• cabinet minister内阁部长
• interior minister内政部长

• minister for…的部长
• minister from派出的公使
• minister in驻…的公使
• minister of…的部长
• minister to驻…的公使
• the M- for Foreign Affairs外交部长
• the M- for Home Affairs内务部长
• the M- of Defence国防部长
• the M- of Education教育部长
• the M- of Foreign Affairs外交部长

• minister carefully认真地照顾

• minister to帮助,服侍

council of ministers n. 内阁会议，部长会议；内阁

1. The president gave his minister carte blanche in foreign affairs.
   总统把处理外交事务的全权授予他的公使。
2. He was elected Minister of Education.
   他被选为教育部长。
3. The minister can only act in this matter with the sanction of Parliament.
   部长只有得到国会批准才能就此事采取行动。
4. The Chancellor of the Exchequer is the minister in charge of finance in Britain.
   英国财政大臣是负责财政的大臣。
5. The minister preached a sermon on humility.
   牧师就谦恭的问题布道。

1. I have to minister to my mother all the time.
   我不得不一直照料我的母亲。
2. She felt it was her vocation to minister to the sick.
   她觉得照料病人是她的天职。