Governmental means “of a government” or “to do with government” — money, power, offices, rules that come from the state. It is a stiff adjective. We say governmental power, a governmental body, governmental control.

GovernmentalGovernmental means是 'of a government' or 'to do with government'「政府的」或「跟政府有關的」 — money, power, offices, rules that come from the state指來自國家的錢、權力、機構、規則。 It它 is是 a stiff adjective一個比較生硬的形容詞。 We我們 say governmental power會說 governmental power（政府的權力），a governmental body一個 governmental body（政府機構），governmental control政府的控制。

Though actually, everyday English often just puts government in front of the noun instead: government policy, government money, government schools. That shorter form is what most people say. Governmental sounds more official, more like a report.

Though actually不過其實，everyday English日常英文 often just puts government in front of the noun instead常常直接把 government 放在名詞前面：government policy government policy，government money government money，government schools government schools。 That shorter form這種比較短的說法 is what most people say才是大多數人會說的。 GovernmentalGovernmental sounds more official聽起來比較正式，more like a report比較像報告裡的用語。

The place learners keep meeting this word is in non-governmental: a non-governmental organization (an NGO) is a group that does public work but is not the state — a charity, a campaign group, a foundation. So the word is often useful in the negative: not the government.

The place learners keep meeting this word學生最常遇到這個字的地方 is是 in non-governmentalnon-governmental 這個詞裡：a non-governmental organizationnon-governmental organization (an NGO簡稱 NGO) is a group that does public work but is not the state是指做公共事務、但不是政府的團體 — a charity一個慈善機構，a campaign group一個倡議團體，a foundation或一個基金會。 So所以 the word這個字 is often useful in the negative常常在否定的用法裡才有用：not the government不是政府。