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    Someone's ministrations are the care they give — most often to a person who is ill, or the help a priest gives when someone is dying, afraid, or in need of the church. It is a rather old, word; you will meet it in stories and formal writing more than in everyday talk. Though actually, English almost always uses the plural: we say her ministrations, not a ministration. The feeling is of patient, hands-on looking-after, not a quick favour. A nurse's ministrations are the small things done at the . A priest's ministrations are prayers, comfort, and the church's care. You would not use this word for a government minister's job; that is a different, later use of minister.

    照料、服侍(對病人的看護,或聖職上的關懷、牧養)

    例句逐字對照、搭配詞、易混淆字

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組成From the verb minister, “to serve or care for someone,” plus -ation, which turns a verb into a noun. The minister here is the old “serve” sense, not the government title.

同家族的字

  • ministerthe verb: to care for someone, especially the sick
  • ministrythe work of a priest, or more broadly a body of people who serve

原始詞典資料1 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。

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。