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

• 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。
• Their governments have no reason to 'massage' the statistics.
  他们的政府没有理由“窜改”这些数据。
• 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。
• 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。
• It is necessary to distinguish the policies of two successive governments.
  分清前后两届政府的政策很有必要。
• 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 foreign governments appear happy to gloss over continued human rights abuses.
  一些外国政府似乎很乐于掩盖不断出现的侵犯人权现象。
• The hijackers are demanding to speak to representatives of both governments
  劫机者要求与两国政府的代表都进行对话。
• The commission remains so weak that it will continue to avoid confrontation with governments.
  该委员会的力量仍然十分薄弱，所以将继续避免与各国政府发生冲突。