ministerial

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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++

min·is·ter·i·al /ˌmɪnəˈstɪəriəl◂ $ -ˈstɪr-/ AWL adjective [only before noun] PGORRCconnected with or relating to government ministers 部长的，大臣的 a ministerial meeting 部长会议 The project was approved at ministerial level. 这一项目得到了部长级领导的批准。

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ministerial• The most important prime ministerial appointments will be those of the members of Cabinet.• A year later she was again arrested for throwing stones at a ministerial car during a political meeting in Liverpool.• ministerial committees• A fair amount is conducted by ministerial correspondence, a perfectly acceptable method in constitutional terms.• The proposal failed to win unanimous endorsement at a subsequent ministerial meeting on Oct. 19.• On the right, victory seems so close that there has already been infighting over future seats in parliament and ministerial portfolios.• I do not expect the Minister to say that the matter is outwith his ministerial remit.• There is already talk about the need to explore some form of ministerial rule which would make the government accountable.• One of the most ambitious of the Presbyterian preachers who embodied the new ministerial style was the Reverend Lyman Beecher.