governments

英 [ˈgʌvnmənts]

美 [ˈgʌvərmənts]

n.  政府; 内阁; 政体; 国家体制; (一国的)统治，治理，统治方式，管理方法
government的复数

IELTS

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT-COLL 政府;内阁
  Thegovernmentof a country is the group of people who are responsible for governing it.
  1. The Government has insisted that confidence is needed before the economy can improve.
     政府坚持认为只有坚定信心经济才会有起色。
  2. ...democratic governments in countries like Britain and the US.
     诸如英美等国的民主政府
  3. ...fighting between government forces and left-wing rebels.
     政府军和左翼叛乱分子之间的战斗
• N-UNCOUNT (国家等的)治理，管理，执政
  Governmentconsists of the activities, methods, and principles involved in governing a country or other political unit.
  1. The first four years of government were completely disastrous.
     政府前4年的执政彻底失败。
  2. ...our system of government.
     我们的政府体制

Be careful with the spelling of this word. In Britain, the head of the government is thePrime Minister. The Prime Minister appoints the otherministers, who are responsible for particular areas of policy. The Prime Minister and other senior ministers together form theCabinet. The policies of the government are debated and approved byParliament, which consists of theHouse of Commonsand theHouse of Lords. There are about 650 electedMembers of Parliament(orMPs) in the House of Commons. In the United States, the head of the government is thePresident, who appoints the members of hisadministration. Policies are debated and approved byCongress, which consists of theHouse of Representativesand theSenate. Members of the House of Representatives are known ascongressmen,congresswomen, orcongresspeople, and members of theSenateare calledsenators.
注意该词的拼写。英国的政府首脑为首相(Prime Minister)，首相任命各部大臣(minister)，大臣负责政策的特定领域，首相与高级大臣组成内阁(Cabinet)。政府的政策在议会（Parliament）上讨论并通过，议会由下议院（House of Commons)和上议院(House of Lords)组成，下议院约有650名通过选举产生的议员(Member of Parliament, 亦称 MP)。美国的政府首脑为总统(President)，总统任命政府(administration)各部部长。国家政策在国会（Congress）上讨论并通过，国会由参议院(Senate)与众议院(House of Representatives)组成，众议院议员称为congressman, congresswoman或congresspeople，参议院议员称为senator。

双语例句

• He used his broad executive powers to nullify decisions by local governments
  他利用自己适用范围广泛的行政权力废止当地政府所作的决定。
• These people often are oppressed by the governments of the countries they find themselves in
  这些人经常受到所在国政府的压迫。
• By then governments may have woken up to a yet more radical option
  到那时政府可能已经意识到该采取更为激进的手段。
• Other nationalities, such as Pakistanis, were being airlifted out by their governments
  其他国家的人，例如巴基斯坦人，正由本国政府空运出境。
• Most governments must simply be shutting their eyes to the problem.
  大多数政府肯定会索性对那个问题视而不见。
• Some governments have been victims and perhaps unknowing accomplices in the bank's activities.
  一些政府成为了银行活动的受害者，而且可能在不知不觉中做了其帮凶。
• Their governments have no reason to 'massage' the statistics.
  他们的政府没有理由“窜改”这些数据。
• The treaty was based on a bargain between the French and German governments.
  这个条约是以法国和德国政府之间的一个协议为基础的。
• Many provincial governments have taken advantage of this to place local interests above those of the central government
  很多省级政府已利用了这一点，把地方利益置于中央政府利益之上。
• In times of war, governments often sweep human rights aside
  战争时期，政府经常对人权置之不顾。