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

• Much hangs on the success of the collaboration between the Group of Seven governments and Brazil.
  七国集团的政府和巴西之间的合作能否成功至关重要。
• Governments frequently ignore human rights abuses in other countries if it is politically expedient to do so.
  如果在政治上对自己有利，各国政府经常忽视其他国家侵犯人权的行为。
• 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。
• 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。
• Britain was suffering from the failure of successive governments to co-ordinate a national transport policy.
  接连几届政府都没能协调出一个全国性的交通运输政策，英国因此而深受其苦。
• Western governments have this week urged him to negotiate and avoid force
  西方各国政府本周敦促他进行谈判，避免使用武力。
• Under pressure from the public, many regional governments cleaned up their beaches.
  迫于公众压力，许多地区政府对各自海滩进行了清理。
• Governments and businesses will start keeping accounts in euros.
  政府和企业将开始用欧元记账。
• Governments do, however, have a vital catalytic role in orchestrating rescue operations.
  然而，政府在组织协调救援行动上确实发挥了重要的促进作用。
• 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。