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- government [ 'gʌvɚnmənt] [ 'gʌvənmənt]
Collins English-English Dictionary
- government ['g^vənmənt]
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n
the exercise of political authority over the actions, affairs, etc, of a political unit, people, etc, as well as the performance of certain functions for this unit or body; the action of governing; political rule and administration
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n
the system or form by which a community, etc, is ruled
- tyrannical government
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3.
n
the executive policy-making body of a political unit, community, etc; ministry or administration
- yesterday we got a new government
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n
(capital when of a specific country)
- the British Government
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n
the state and its administration
- blame it on the government
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n
(as modifier)
- a government agency
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n
regulation; direction
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n
[grammar]
the determination of the form of one word by another word
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1.
n
the exercise of political authority over the actions, affairs, etc, of a political unit, people, etc, as well as the performance of certain functions for this unit or body; the action of governing; political rule and administration
Examples
- the apparatus of government
- 政府机构 → apparatus
- an arm of the government
- 政府的一个行政部门 → arm
- a plan under government auspice
- 一项政府赞助的计划 → auspice
- a defacto government
- 事实上的政府 → de facto
- de jure government
- 法律上的政府 → de jure
- the machinery of government
- 政府机构 → machinery
- an organ of local government
- 地方政府机关 → organ
- petticoat government
- 女人当权 → petticoat
- popular government
- 人民政府 → popular
- hold the rein of government
- 执政 → rein
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