minister

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈmɪn.ɪs.tə/    美 /ˈmɪn.əˌstɚ/|/ˈmɪn.ɪ-/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person who is trained to preach, to perform religious ceremonies, and to afford pastoral care at a Protestant church.
    — The minister said a prayer on behalf of the entire congregation.
  2. A person (either a layperson or an ordained clergy member) who is commissioned to perform some act on behalf of the Catholic Church.
  3. A politician who heads a ministry
    — He was newly appointed to be Minister of the Interior.
  4. In diplomacy, the rank of diplomat directly below ambassador.
  5. A servant; a subordinate; an officer or assistant of inferior rank; hence, an agent, an instrument.
    — […], I choſe / Camillo for the miniſter, to poyſon / My friend Polixenes: […]
动词 v.
  1. To attend to (the needs of); to tend; to take care (of); to give aid; to give service. intransitive
  2. To function as a clergyman or as the officiant in church worship. intransitive
  3. To afford, to give, to supply. archaic,transitive
    — I do vvell beleeue your Highneſſe, and did it to miniſter occaſion to theſe Gentlemen, […]

词形变化

ministers plural ministers present,singular,third-person ministering participle,present ministered participle,past ministered past

词汇关系

衍生词
cabinet minister catechetical minister chief minister crime minister deputy first minister ecclesial minister e-minister Eucharistic minister ex-minister extraordinary minister first minister foreign minister interior minister junior minister lay minister liturgical minister ministerer ministerless ministerlike ministerly minister of justice minister of state minister-president ministership minister without portfolio ministration ministress ordinary minister prime minister resident minister shadow minister stickit minister subminister superminister underminister unministerlike unministered
相关词
ministerial ministerium ministrix ministry cleric father parson pastor priest vicar

词源

词源 1
From Middle English ministre, from Old French ministre, from Latin minister (“an attendant, servant, assistant, a priest's assistant or other under official”), from minor (“less”) + -ter; see minor. Doublet of Minorite.
词源 2
Inherited from Middle English mynystren, from Middle French ministrer, from Old French menistrer, ministrer and Latin ministrō, from minister.
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