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  1. 1n/ˈwaɪthɔːl/British government departments英國政府部門

    The British government, especially the government departments and the officials who run them, rather than Parliament or the Prime Minister.

    這是拿一條街的名字，來指在那條街上工作的人。新聞裡的 Whitehall 指的是英國各個政府部會，還有裡面辦事的公務員。它指的是每天在運作的那套機器。所以看到 Whitehall 做了什麼決定，意思是「部會的官員」，不是國會投票，通常也不是首相本人。英文常這樣用地名代人，就像用 Hollywood 指整個電影圈。

    示範例句 · Example

    Whitehall has promised a decision on the new rules by the end of March.

    中文翻譯白廳已經承諾在三月底之前對新規則做出一個決定。

    This is a street name used for the people who work along it. In news writing Whitehall means the government departments and the civil servants inside them - the machinery that runs things day to day. So when a report says Whitehall decided, it points at officials in offices, not at a vote in Parliament and usually not at the Prime Minister either. English does this often: a place name stands in for the people or the work that happens there, the way Hollywood stands for the film industry.

    常見搭配

    • a Whitehall source

      政府部門內部的消息來源

      someone inside a government department who gives information to reporters

      A Whitehall source told the paper the meeting had been delayed.

    • Whitehall officials

      政府部門官員

      the civil servants working in government departments

      Whitehall officials are studying the report this week.

    • in Whitehall

      在政府部門內部

      inside the government departments

      The idea has few friends in Whitehall.

    意思相近

    the civil servicethe governmentthe ministries

    用法接近

    WestminsterDowning StreetCity Hall

  2. 2n/ˈwaɪthɔːl/street in London倫敦白廳街

    The street in central London where many British government departments have their offices.

    這個意思講的是那條街本身。它在倫敦市中心，從特拉法加廣場一路連到國會廣場。街的兩邊都是政府辦公大樓。另一個意思就是從這裡來的：街上本來就滿是部會，於是街名被拿來當作部會的簡稱。當街名用的時候，它就跟一般路名一樣，可以說沿著它走、辦公室在它上面。

    This is the street itself, a wide road in central London running between Trafalgar Square and Parliament Square. Government offices stand along both sides of it. That is where the other meaning comes from: the street was already full of departments, so its name became a short way of saying the departments. Used this way it behaves like any street name - you walk down it, your office is on it.

    常見搭配

    • walk down Whitehall

      沿著白廳街走

      to walk along that London street

      Walk down Whitehall and you will see Big Ben ahead.

    • an office on Whitehall

      位於白廳街上的辦公室

      an office in a building along that street

      He has worked in an office on Whitehall for ten years.

    用法接近

    Downing StreetFleet StreetWall Street