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Ministerial means “to do with government ministers” — the people at the top of government departments, such as a minister of education or of health.
Ministerial意思是 means "to do with government ministers"「跟政府部長有關的」——the people at the top of government departments就是政府部門裡最高層的那些人,such as a minister of education or of health比如教育部長或衛生部長。
A ministerial meeting is a meeting of those people. A ministerial car is the official car that comes with the job. A ministerial decision is one they make as ministers, not as private persons.
A ministerial meeting部長級會議 is a meeting of those people就是那些人開的會。A ministerial car部長級座車 is the official car that comes with the job是隨這個職位配的官方用車。A ministerial decision部長級決定 is one they make as ministers是他們以部長身分做出的決定,not as private persons而不是以私人身分。
It is a formal, news-and-politics word; you will almost never hear it in casual chat.
It它 is a formal, news-and-politics word是個正式、屬於新聞和政治的字;you你 will almost never hear it in casual chat在日常聊天裡幾乎不會聽到。
Though actually English minister can also mean a church pastor, and that is a different everyday path. This sense of ministerial stays with government: cabinets, departments, official letters. In Taiwan you can picture 部長 and 部會, not 牧師.
Though actually不過其實,English minister英文的minister can also mean a church pastor也可以指教會的牧師,and that而那 is a different everyday path是另外一條日常用法。This sense of ministerial這個意思的ministerial stays with government只跟政府有關:cabinets內閣、departments部會、official letters公文。In Taiwan在台灣,you can picture你可以想成 部長 and 部會,not 牧師。
組成minister (a government minister) + -ial (of or relating to). Borrowed from Middle French ministeriel. It is a doublet of minstrel — same older source, two different English words now.
原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
ministerialadj/ˌmɪnəˈstɪɹi.əl/
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Related to a religious minister or ministry.
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Related to a governmental minister or ministry.
- In over a quarter of a century of writing this column, there has been no end of scandals, mishaps, errors and general cock-ups resulting from ministerial incompetence.
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Having the power to wield delegated executive authority.
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lawServing as an instrument or means (i.e., procedural or ancillary, not substantive).
- Filling out the form under the direction of a lawyer is a ministerial task performed by a legal secretary.
ministerialnoun/ˌmɪnəˈstɪɹi.əl/
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historicalA member of the mediaeval estate or caste of unfree nobles.
- By the time of the Nibelungenlied the word was used to denote a wide variety of usually ecclesiastic or royal administrators, from the lowest, unfree ministerial to an enfeoffed judge.
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A meeting of government ministers from partner countries.
- The NATO ministerial was attended by the defence ministers of all member states.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。