名词
1. My son wants to enter the ministry.
我的儿子想当牧师。
2. The Ministry has resigned.
内阁已辞职。
3. The ministry of books is manifold.
书的用处很多。
4. He was intended for the ministry.
他准备当牧师。
1. 部：州法自治行政体(municipality)是指在县内或独立于县的、拥有自身行政和税收权的市、镇、村. 自治部(department): 美国联邦政府中的最高行政部门,与议会制政体国家中的部(ministry)相等. 美国政府各部是根
2. 部委：与多数国家不同,军委并不是一个部委(ministry). 中国有国防部(Ministry of Defence),但职责是与外军联络(liaison with foreign militaries),并无军事指挥权(command authority). 在这方面,越南是与中国类似的少数国家之一.
3. (事奉)：他将人生分成四个层面:由内而外的同心圆,分别是职场(Job)、事奉(Ministry)、工作(Work)及生活(Life). 职场工作(job):指得薪水报酬所做的事,而职位(position)正是得报酬多少的根据,有人不必做太多只因这职位就有报酬. 主张这样的生活次序,
1. (政府的)部
In Britain and some other countries, a ministry is a government department which deals with a particular thing or area of activity, for example trade, defence, or transport.
e.g. ...the Ministry of Justice.
司法部
e.g. ...a spokesman for the Agriculture Ministry.
农业部发言人
2. 圣职;神职
The ministry of a religious person is the work that they do that is based on or inspired by their religious beliefs.
e.g. His ministry is among the poor.
他是穷人的牧师。
3. （基督教的）全体牧师
Members of the clergy belonging to some branches of the Christian church are referred to as the ministry.
e.g. So what prompted him to enter the ministry?
那么，是什么促使他成为牧师的呢？
noun
1. the work of a minister of religion
e.g. he is studying for the ministry
2. building where the business of a government department is transacted
3. religious ministers collectively (especially Presbyterian)
4. a government department under the direction of a minister