minister /ˈministə/ n.［c］ 大臣，部长：the Prime Minister 首相，总理; the Minister of Foreign Affairs (Defence, Education, Commerce, Communication, Finance, Health) 外交(国防，教育，商业，交通，财政，卫生)部长；the Minister for/of Foreign Affairs外交部长The newspaper reporters interviewed the foreign minister.新闻记者们采访了这位外交部长。He was the Chinese minister to Japan.他曾是中国驻日本公使。
ministerial /minisˈtiəriəl/ adj. 部长的大，大臣的；公使的：a conference on a ministerial level部长级会议；the ministerial prestige政府的威信；a ministerial-crisis内阁危机
ministry /ˈministri/ n. ［c］ (政府的)部: the Ministry of Defence 国防部；the Ministry of Education = the Education Ministry 教育部；the Ministry of Commerce(communications, Finance, Food, Foreign Trade, Water Conservancy and Electric Power, Justice) 商业（交通，财政，粮食，外贸，水利电力，司法）部；a spokesman for the Ministry of Culture文化部发言人
