administration是什么意思

administration

英 [?dm?n?'stre??(?)n] 美 [?d,m?n?'stre??n]

administration (n.): mid-14c., "act of giving or dispensing;" late 14c., "management, act of administering," from Latin administrationem (nominative administratio) "aid, help, cooperation; direction, management," noun of action from past participle stem of administrare (see administer).

Early 15c. as "management of a deceased person's estate." Meaning "the government" is attested from 1731 in British usage. Meaning "a U.S. president's period in office" is first recorded 1796 in writings of George Washington.

1. The administration has now endorsed the bill and can't turn back.: 政府部門如今已經簽署了那項法案，沒有挽回的余地。

2. His increasing alignment with the Reagan administration nearly cost him re-election.: 與里根政府日益緊密的關系差點讓他失去了連任的機會。

3. His administration has earned low marks for its economic policies.: 他的班子在經濟政策上所獲評價很低。

4. The administration is in the process of drawing up a peace plan.: 政府正在起草和平計劃。

5. I know the administration was very torn on this subject.: 我知道政府在這個問題上猶豫不決，不知該何去何從。