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

• 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。
• Western governments have offered aid.
  西方政府提供了援助。
• There are huge budgetary pressures on all governments in Europe to reduce their armed forces.
  欧洲各国政府都面临着巨大的裁军预算压力。
• Their governments have no reason to 'massage' the statistics.
  他们的政府没有理由“窜改”这些数据。
• Governments and businesses will start keeping accounts in euros.
  政府和企业将开始用欧元记账。
• The experts are even-handed in apportioning blame among EU governments
  专家们在明确对欧盟各国政府所应追究的责任时十分公正。
• 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。
• The officers were more or less able to dictate terms to successive governments
  这些军官多多少少都能和继任的各届政府谈些条件。
• 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。
• 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。