Minister

(noun.) the job of a head of a government department.

(noun.) a diplomat representing one government to another; ranks below ambassador.

(noun.) a person appointed to a high office in the government; 'Minister of Finance'.

(verb.) work as a minister; 'She is ministering in an old parish'.

(verb.) attend to the wants and needs of others; 'I have to minister to my mother all the time'.

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• As I could not understand or speak a word of French, I went to see our minister, Mr. Whitelaw Reid, and got him to send a deputy to answer for me, which he did, with my grateful thanks. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• The great minister showed perceptible hesitation. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• The Prime Minister rose from the settee. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• She found in an upper-class official, Calonne, her ideal minister of finance. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• For even the Son of Man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The magistrates of the town, hearing of my letter, received me as a public minister. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• Wherever the party stopped, and an opportunity was offered, Mr. Jos left his own card and the Major's upon Our Minister. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• At every court there were groups of ministers and secretaries who played a Machiavellian game against their foreign rivals. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Inquiries have shown that his Ministers know nothing of the matter. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Ministers and Opposition joined. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• And I call on you, spirits of the dead; and on you, wandering ministers of vengeance, to aid and conduct me in my work. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• Many wise and true sermons are preached us every day by unconscious ministers in street, school, office, or home. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Great ministers and statesmen courted him; and in Vanity Fair he had a higher place than the most brilliant genius or spotless virtue. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Those who were appointed of old to go to wicked kings and accuse them--were they not ministers and servants? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• As to the idea of releasing himself by ministering to the sharpness of Dodson & Fogg, it never for an instant entered his thoughts. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• As Johnny murmured something in his placid admiration, the ministering women at his bed's head asked him what he said. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Whatever credit it receives, whatever reverence we give it, is derived from its utility in ministering to those concrete experiences which are as obvious and as undefinable as color or sound. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• I delight to find her at fault; and were I always resident with her, I am aware she would be no niggard in thus ministering to my enjoyment. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• For even the Son of Man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• One of them--a clerical friend--kindly helped me to take sittings for our little party in the church in which he himself ministered. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• There was a classical daughter once--perhaps--who ministered to her father in his prison as her mother had ministered to her. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• I wondered who it could be who ministered to me. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• Let his wants be ministered to with all care--look to it, Oswald. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Everything in her surroundings ministered to feelings of ease and amenity. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.

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