| 釋義 |
minister1 /'minister); 'minis 詢/ n 1 person at the head of a Department of State (and often a member of the Cabinet): 部長(zhǎng)(通常為內(nèi)閣閣員)： the M~ of Employment and Productivity; 勞工生產(chǎn)部部長(zhǎng); the Prime M~. 首相。 2 person representing his Government in a foreign country but of lower rank than an ambassador. 公使。 3 Christian priest or clergyman, esp one in the Presbyterian and Nonconformist Churches, 基督敎之牧師(尤指長(zhǎng)老教會(huì)與獨(dú)立敎會(huì)的牧師)。 Cf 參較 priest for the RC Church, and vicar, rector, curate for the Church of England. 天主敎用 priest, 曇國(guó)國(guó)教用 vicar, rector, curate0 |