ministerial

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A member of the mediaeval estate or caste of unfree nobles. historical
    — By the time of the Nibelungenlied the word was used to denote a wide variety of usually ecclesiastic or royal administrators, from the lowest, unfree ministerial to an enfeoffed judge.
  2. A meeting of government ministers from partner countries.
    — The NATO ministerial was attended by the defence ministers of all member states.
形容词 adj.
  1. Related to a religious minister or ministry.
  2. Related to a governmental minister or ministry.
    — In over a quarter of a century of writing this column, there has been no end of scandals, mishaps, errors and general cock-ups resulting from ministerial incompetence.
  3. Having the power to wield delegated executive authority.
  4. Serving as an instrument or means (i.e., procedural or ancillary, not substantive). especially
    — Filling out the form under the direction of a lawyer is a ministerial task performed by a legal secretary.

词形变化

more ministerial comparative most ministerial superlative ministerials plural

词汇关系

衍生词
antiministerial interministerial intraministerial ministerial box ministerial code ministerialist ministerialitis ministerially ministerialness nonministerial pseudoministerial subministerial unministerial
相关词
minister ministerium ministry prime ministerial

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from Middle French ministeriel, equivalent to minister + -ial. Doublet of minstrel and ministerialis.
词源 2
Borrowed from Middle French ministeriel, equivalent to minister + -ial. Doublet of minstrel and ministerialis.
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