government [ 'gʌvənmənt] n.政府；治理；政治
government ['gʌvənmənt] n. 政府
吃皇粮 "receive salaries, subsidies, or other supported from the government"
党政机关 Party and government organizations
反腐倡廉 combat corruption and build a clean government
(吃)皇粮 "public grainfunds, goods, etc provided by the government; salary paid by the state "
红帽子企业
red cap enterprise (refers to the reputation a private enterprise enjoys by becoming attached to a government department and doing business in the name of a state-run or collective-run enterprise)
机构臃肿 overstaffing in organizations (government)
精简机构 streamline government organs
廉政、勤政、务实、高效政府 "an honest, diligent, pragmatic and efficient government "
粮食收购部门 (government's) grain procurement (purchasing) agencies
民办教师 citizen-managed teachers (teachers in rural citizen-managed or state-managed schools who do not receive the normal remuneration from the government)
骗汇、逃汇、套汇 "obtain foreign currency and false pretenses, not turn over foreign currency owed to the government and illegal arbitrage "
勤政廉政建设 keep government functionaries honest and industrious
提高农产品收购价格 the government's increase in its procurement prices (for farm products)
厅长 head of a department (under a provincial government)
政务公开 make government affairs public
政企不分 without a clear line between the functions of the government and enterprises; the functions of the government and enterprises mixed up
政企分开 separate government functions from enterprise management
政府廉洁高效 a clean and efficient government
政府上网工程 Government Online Project
政府贴息贷款 discount government loans
政府特殊津贴获得者 winner of special government allowance
政府职能转变 transform/shift the government functions
政府采购 government procurement
政府搭台，部门推动，企业唱戏 "Governments set up the stage, various departments cooperate and enterprise put in the show. "
政府干预 government intervention
直辖市 municipality directly under the Central Government
student 学生
graduate student 研究生
abroad student 留学生
returned student 回国留学生
foreign student 外国学生
undergraduate 大学肄业生
senior 大学四年级学生；高中三年级学生
Junior 大学三年级学生；高中二年级学生
sophomore 大学二年级学生；高中一年级学生
freshman 大学一年级学生
guest student 旁听生（英）
auditor 旁听生（美）
government-supported student 公费生
commoner 自费生
extern 走读生
day-student 走读生
intern 实习生
prize fellow 奖学金生
boarder 寄宿生
classmate 同班同学
schoolmate 同校同学
graduate 毕业生
Government Accounting Office 政府会计办公室
government assignment 政府划拨
treasury /government bond 国库券/政府债券；
government-supported student 公费生
government-supported student 公费生
骗汇、逃汇、套汇 obtain foreign currency under false pretenses, not turn over foreign owed to the government and illegal arbitrage
“市政府要办的X件实事” x major projects that should be given top priority as designated on the municipal government’s working agenda；
government agencies 政府机构
government buyers 政府采购者
government market 政府市场
government regulation 政府管制
Agreement on Government Procurement [World Trade Organization]
《政府采购协定》〔世界贸易组织〕
Amalgamated Union of Government Technical Inspectors, Clerks of Works and Works Supervisors
政府工程督察及监督合并工会
Application for Permission to Accept an Outside Appointment Following Retirement from Government Service
退休公务员请求准许接受外间机构聘用申请表
Arts in Government Building Scheme
政府大楼艺术展览计划
Association of Assistant Principals of Government Secondary Schools
官立中学副校长会
Association of Female Senior Government Officers, The
女性高级公务员协会
Association of Government Calligraphists
政府缮校员协会
Association of Government Cartographic Staff
政府制图人员协会
Association of Government Cultural Services Assistants
政府文化工作助理员协会
Association of Government Education Administrators
政府教育行政人员协会
Association of Government Information Officers
政府新闻主任协会
Association of Government Land & Engineering Surveying Officers
政府土地工程测量员协会
Association of Government Local Land Surveyors
政府本地土地测量师协会
Association of Government Printing Officers
政府印务主任协会
Association of Government Secretarial Staffs
政府秘书职务人员协会
Association of Government Statisticians
政府统计师协会
Association of Government Supervisors of Typing Services
政府打字监督协会
Association of Government Survey Officers (Estate)
政府产业测量主任协会
Association of Government Technical and Survey Officers
政府工程技术及测量人员协会
Association of Principals of Government Secondary Schools
政府中学校长协会
CCGO [Central Cyber Government Office]
数码政府合署
Central Cyber Government Office [CCGO]
数码政府合署
central government practice
中央政府行事常规
Central Preservation Library for Government Publications
政府刊物中央保存图书馆
Chief Executives Commendation for Government/Public Service
行政长官公共服务奖状
Civil and Miscellaneous Lists--The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
《香港特别行政区政府各公务委员会及其他名表》
Controller, Government Flying Service [C, GFS]
政府飞行服务队总监
Dedicated Electronic Link between the Governments of HKSAR and Guangdong Province [HKSAR-Guangdong Link]
粤港政府信息网络互联〔粤港专线联网 〕
Director of Government Supplies [DGS]
政府物料供应处处长
Director, Office of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in Beijing [DBO]
香港特别行政区政府驻北京办事处主任
Education Department, Government, Grant-in-Aid, Subsidized and Private Schools Junior Staff Union
教育署官津补私学校职工会
agent of the Government 政府的代理人
central government level 中央政府层面
central institutions of government 政府中央组织
Central People's Government [China] 中央人民政府〔中国〕
Constitutional Affairs Bureau [formerly known as Constitutional Affairs Branch] [Government Secretariat] 政制事务局〔前称宪制事务科〕〔政府总部〕
Decision of the National People's Congress on the Method for the Formation of the First Government and the First Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 《全国人民代表大会关于香港特别行政区第一届政府和立法会产生办法的决定》
Declaration of the Government of the People's Republic of China on the Territorial Sea 《中华人民共和国政府关于领海的声明》
democratic government 民主政府；民主政制
federal government 联邦政府
government by consultation and consensus 咨询与共识并重的政制
Government Counsel [formerly known as Crown Counsel] 政府律师〔前称检察官〕
Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Gazette 香港特别行政区政府宪报
Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Gazette Extraordinary 香港特别行政区政府宪报号外
government property 政府财产
Government Secretariat 政府总部〔前称布政司署〕
government structure 政府架构
government system 政府体制；行政制度
Green Paper: The 1987 Review of Developments in Representative Government 《绿皮书：一九八七年代议政制发展检讨》
Green Paper: The Further Development of Representative Government in Hong Kong [1984] 《代议政制绿皮书──代议政制在香港的进一步发展》〔一九八四年〕
Home Affairs Bureau [formerly known as Home Affairs Branch] [Government Secretariat] 民政事务局〔前称政务科〕〔政府总部〕
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government Land Fund 香港特别行政区政府土地基金
Joint Committee on the Promotion of Democratic Government 民主政制促进联委会
Joint Declaration of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the People's Republic of China on the Question of Hong Kong [Sino-British Joint Declaration] 《中华人民共和国政府和大不列颠及北爱尔兰联合王国政府关于香港问题的联合声明》〔中英联合声明〕
organ of government 政府机关
representative government 代议政制；代议制政府
"Representative Government in Hong Kong [white paper, 1994]" 《香港代议政制》〔白皮书；一九九四年〕
servant of the Government 政府的受雇人
smooth transfer of government 政权顺利交接
supplement to the Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Gazette 香港特别行政区政府宪报副刊
system of consultative government 咨询政制
system of representative government 代议政制
three tiers of representative government 代议政制三层议会
three-tier government structure 三层政府架构
White Paper on The Development of Representative Government: The Way Forward [1988] 《代议政制今后的发展白皮书》〔一九八八年〕
White Paper on The Further Development of Representative Government in Hong Kong [1984] 《代议政制白皮书－代议政制在香港的进一步发展》〔一九八四年〕
Any government, which is blind to this point, may pay a heavy price.
任何政府忽视这一点都将付出巨大的代价。
15.Nowadays, many students always go into raptures at the mere mention of the coming life of high school or college they will begin. Unfortunately, for most young people, it is not pleasant experience on their first day on campus.
当前，一提到即将开始的学校生活，许多学生都会兴高采烈。然而，对多数年轻人来说，校园刚开始的日子并不是什么愉快的经历。
Many people believe that international tourism produce positive effects on economic growth and local government should be encouraged to promote international tourism.
许多人认为国际旅游对经济发展有积极作用，应鼓励地方政府发展国际旅游。
Many leaders of government always go into raptures at the mere mention of artistic and cultural projects. They are forever talking about the nice parks, the smart sculptures in central city and the art galleries with various valuable rarities. Nothing, they maintain, is more essential than such projects in the economic growth.
只要一提起艺术和文化项目，一些政府领导就会兴奋不已，他们滔滔不绝地说着美丽的公园，城市中心漂亮的雕塑，还有满是稀世珍宝的艺术展览馆。他们认为在经济发展中，没有什么比这些艺术项目更重要了。
But is it really the case? The information I've collected over last few years leads me to believe that artistic and cultural projects may be less useful than many governments think. In fact, basic infrastructure projects are playing extremely important role and should be given priority.
这是真的吗？这些年我收集的信息让我相信这些文化、艺术项目并没有许多政府想象的那么重要。事实上，基础设施建设非常重要，应该放在首位。
It is suggested that governments ought to make efforts to reduce the increasing gap between cities and countryside. They ought to set aside an appropriate fund for improvement of the standard of peasants' lives. They ought to invite some experts in agriculture to share their experiences, information and knowledge with peasants, which will contribute directly to the economic growth of rural areas.
建议政府应该努力减少正在拉大的城乡差距。应该划拨适当的资金提高农民的生活水平；应该邀请农业专家向农民介绍他们的经验，知识和信息，这些将有助于发展农村经济。
In conclusion, we must take into account this problem rationally and place more emphases on peasants' lives. Any government that is blind to this point will pay a heavy price.
总之，我们应理智考虑这一问题，重视农民的生活。任何政府忽视这一点都将付出巨大的代价。
自治区人民政府主席 Chairman, Autonomous Regional People's Government
区长 Chief Executive, District Government
县长 Chief Executive, County Government
乡镇长 Chief Executive, Township Government
国务院机关事务管理局 Government Offices Administration of the State Council
Transferring the function of government 转换政府职能
Uphold the principle of separating the functions of government from those of enterprises and alter the government’s role in economic management
坚持政企分开的原则，转变政府经济管理职能
Government supervision 政府监督
Relying on government subsidy 依赖政府补贴
agency for government funds 政府基金代理人
government bond 政府债券
budget of central government 中央预算
budget of local government 地方预算
central government 中央政府
foreign government loans 外国政府贷款
Government 政府
government agency 政府机构
government bond 公债，政府债券
government control 政府控制
government directed 国家指导的
government employee 政府雇员
government enterprise 政府企业
government intervention 政府干预
government loan 政府贷款
government official 政府官员
government operated business 国营企业
government property 政府财产
government supervision 国家监督
government transfer payment 政府转移支付
intervention by government 政府干预
issue of government bonds 发行公债
local government 地方政府
local government at various levels 各级地方政府
municipal government 市政府
officials at various government levels 各级政府官员
regional government 地方政府
strengthen co-operation with government
Transferring the function of government 转换政府职能
yield on long term government bond 长期政府债券收益
Without criticism and reliable and intelligent reporting, the government can not govern.
没有批评和可靠而明智的新闻报道，政府无法统治。
Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.
言论自由只有在政府认为自己安全时才能存在。
That government is not best which best secures more life and property — there is a more valuable thing — manhood.
最完善地保护更多的生命财产的政治不是最好的政治——还有更重要的东西——人的地位。
Freedom is a way of life which requires authority, discipline, and government of its own kind.
自由是一种生活方式，它需要权威、纪律，以及具有自由本身性质的统治。
They were rather disturbed by the way the government tried to cover the truth.
他们对于政府掩盖真相的做法感到不安。
I think it's disgusting the way the government raises taxes.
我认为政府加税的做法实在可恨。
In his speech the worker emphasized the government's alarm over the strike.
这个工人在演讲中强调了政府对这次罢工事件所表现出的慌恐。
The government promised to implement a new program to control pollution.
政府承诺要执行新的计划以控制污染。
We put pressure on the government to change this law.
我们对政府施加压力，要求政府修改这一法律。
The local government controlled all the printing establishments.
当地政府控制着所有印刷企业。
The government is implementing its program of helping the poor.
政府在实施扶贫政策。
The new government promised to take measures to combat crime.
新政府承诺采取措施与犯罪行为作斗争。
The government was asked to redefine its program on birth control.
政府被要求重新考虑其人口控制计划。
The official emphasized that his government would implement the program.
这位官员强调政府将执行这项计划。
He was sent on a mission to France by his government.
他受政府委派出使法国。
Does the government argue against the creation of an separate Scottish government?
政府是不是反对成立一个独立的苏格兰政府？
After the general election, a combination of parties formed the new government.
大选后,各政党联合组成了新政府。
The two major political parties have combined to form a government.
两个主要政党已经联合起来组成了政府。
The higher income taxes imposed on the people by the government last year were very unpopular.
去年政府强加于人民头上的更加高额的税收很不得人心。
They do not have security in their work, because the government does not protect them from unemployment.
他们对工作没有安全感，因为政府并不保护他们，使他们免遭解雇。
One of the new government's policies is to control public spending.
新政府的政策之一是控制公益开支。
The present government has appointed him as defence minister.
现政府任命他为国防部长。
The government committed millions of dollars to develop online learning.
政府把几百万美金用于发展网络教育。
The government has committed itself to improving education.
政府承诺将发展教育。
It is vital for the government to take immediate measures to deal with the situation.
政府立即采取措施对付这种局势是极其重要的。
She asked the Minister if he had any comment on the government's new decision.
她问部长对政府的新决定有何评论。
County government is a body chosen to run a county.
郡议会是选举出来管理郡的事务的。
The government has declared a state of emergency.
政府已宣布处于紧急状态。
The government is confident of winning the next term of office.
政府相信能够赢得下届选举。
After a long meeting of 3 hours, the government has made the most significant decision.
经过长达3个小时的会议之后，政府作出了重大的决定。
The president said that his government's stand would not be affected by outside pressures.
总统说外界压力不能改变他的政府的立场。
The omitted information was an attack on the government.
删除的部分就是抨击政府的内容。
The citizens in the neighborhood all clapped for the local government's decision to close the small paint factory.
附近的居民们一致赞成市政府关于关闭这座小印染厂的决定。
In the context of the present economic crisis it seems unwise to lower government dues.
在目前经济危机的情况下，降低税金似乎是不明智的。
The government issues a warning that those who won't pay income taxes will be billed.
政府发出了警告，凡不缴纳所得税的人将被罚款。
The government issues money and stamps. 政府发行货币和邮票。
The government raced the new law through all its stages so as to complete it before the election.
政府在制定这项新法律的各阶段都是匆匆完成，以便在大选前完成立法。
The newly established government controls the main part of the city except for a few pockets of resistance.
除了少数地区还在抵抗, 新政府控制了城市的主要区段。
It is hoped that the government’s initiative will bring the strike to an end.
人们希望政府所采取的行动将结束罢工。
The government is making some fresh initiatives to try to deal with the problem.
政府正在采取一些新的积极行动，试图解决这一问题。
The government refused to change its policy even under pressure from the United States.
即使在美国的压力下, 政府也拒绝改变政策。
The government has pressured the farmers into producing more milk.
政府向农民施加压力, 要他们生产更多的牛奶。
The Chinese government will try to regenerate the damaged area.
中国政府将努力使受灾地区恢复生机。
The government’s target of 3.5% growth per year seems difficult to meet.
政府每年增长3.5%的目标似乎很难达到。
The government has compromised with other party leaders over the date of the next general election.
政府与其它党派领导人就下届大选日期达成了妥协。
Being a son of a member of government doesn’t qualify him to talk about political affairs.
他虽身为政府官员的儿子，却不够资格谈论政治。
The government should be playing a more prominent role in improving public traffic.
政府应该在改善公共交通方面起更重要的作用。
The government claims that most people are better off than they were five years ago.
政府声称大多数人比五年前富裕。
The minister would only repeat the official government position, namely that it can do nothing at the moment.
这位部长只是重复政府的官方立场，即目前政府无能为力。
The government is responsible for the provision of medical services.
由政府负责提供医疗服务。
The government has pledged that it will spend more money on education.
政府保证加大教育投入。
The government is hoping there will be plenty of scope for tax cuts before the next time people go to the polls.
政府希望在下次选举前进一步降低税率。
Unless we receive more financial assistance from the government, the school will have to close.
如果我们得不到政府更多的财政援助，这个学校就得停办。
The government conceded defeat as soon as the election results were known.
选举结果一公布，政府就承认失败了。
The government’s policies bit by bit led to the country’s economic recovery.
政府的政策逐渐使国家的经济复苏了。
The government hopes that the court will announce its findings before the end of the month.
政府希望法院在月底前公布裁决结果。
People are worried about the government’s indifferent attitude toward drug dealing.
人们因政府在毒品交易问题上所表现出的漠不关心的态度而感到担心。
People in the neighborhood objected to the government’s decision of setting up a new food store here.
这一地区的人们反对政府打算在这儿建一家新食品店的决定。
loosen the government’s control over the newspapers
放松政府对报纸的控制
Relations between the two governments were soured by boundary fighting.
两国关系由于边境冲突而恶化。
Greedy for power, the general plotted a plan to knock down the government.
因为权欲作祟，这个将军阴谋推翻政府。
The company is hoping to obtain a $259 million cash injection from the government.
公司希望政府提供2.59亿美元的现金。
Many countries have a republican form of government.
许多国家设立共和政府。
A commissioner is an important official in a government department or other organizations.
专员是政府部门或其他组织里的要员。
The remedy lies in the hands of the government.
解决的办法掌握在政府手里。
We need to get an official from the government to approve this project.
我们需要一位政府官员来支持这个项目。
Several government officials came to inspect our factory last week.
几名政府官员上星期来我们工厂视察。
The company has just won a contract to supply machinery to the government.
这家公司刚签了一份给政府提供机器设备的合同。
The opposition attacked the government as morally bankrupt.
反对党抨击政府道德沦丧。
The military government has successfully crushed all opposition.
这个军政府成功地镇压了所有的反抗。
The government is still trying to get to grips with inflation.
政府还在努力解决通货膨胀的问题。
There is said to be a lack of harmony within the government.
据说这届政府内部不和。
The newspaper reporters have been pressing the government for more details.
新闻记者不断催促政府提供详细情况。
The rebellion was crushed by the government forces.
政府军队已把叛乱镇压下去。
White collar workers doing routine work in government offices are, however, as likely to have shrinking brains as the farm worker, bus driver and shop assistant.
在政府部门从事简单重复工作的白领也像农场工人、公共汽车司机和商店职员一样大脑细胞容易收缩。
Given the nature of government and private employers, it seems most likely that discrimination by private employers would be greater.
根据政府和私人雇主的性质来看，私人雇主更有可能采取歧视。
Although signs of dishonesty in school , business and government seem much more numerous in years than in the past, could it be that we are getting better at revealing such dishonesty?
尽管在学校，企业和政府中不诚实的欺诈行为近年来比以往都要多，大那也许是因为我们在这些方面加大了揭露的力度。
The pursuit of private interests with as little interference as possible from government was seen as the road to human happiness and progress rather than the public obligation and involvement in the collective community that emphasized by the Greeks.
尽可能没有政府干预地追求个人利益被看作为通往人类幸福的道路和进步，而不是像希腊人强调的集体社会中的公共义务与参与。
No prudent person dared to act on the assumption that, when the continent was settled, one government could include the whole; and when the vast expense broke up, as seemed inevitable, into a collection of separate nations, only discord, antagonism, and wars could be expected.
没有一个谨慎的人能按如下的假设行事：当陆地确定以后，一个政府并不能包括全部；当这种巨大的开销终于分裂为几个民族时，这看起来是不可避免的，人们就只能等待着争论，敌对和战争了。
Perhaps he believed that he could not criticize American foreign policy without endangering the support for civil rights that he had won from the federal government.
也许他认为他批评美国的外支政策就会使他从联帮政府那里获得的对人权和的支持受到威胁。
In the Warren Court era, voters asked the Court to pass on issues concerning the size and shape of electoral districts, partly out of desperation because no other branch of government offered relief, and partly out of hope that the Court would reexamine old decisions in this area as it had in others, looking at basic constitutional principles in the light of modern living conditions.
在Warren法庭时代，选民们要求法庭通过有关选区的大小和形状的问题，一方面因为出于绝望－没有什么其他的政府部门提供缓解的办法；一方面出于希望－法庭根据现代的生活条件来审视基本的宪法原则,像其他地区一样重新审查在这一地区的旧的规定。
Quite apart from the logistic problems, there existed a well-established tradition in Britain which refused to repatriate against their will people who found themselves in British hands and the nature of whose reception by their own government was, to say the least, dubious.
除了逻辑推理问题之外，在英国存在一种悠久的拒绝遣送违反他们意志的人们的传统，这些人们发现他们处于英国政府的掌握，而这种政府接受的本质却不确定的。
Temporary shortages do occur, but Simon and other boomsters argue that as long as government doesn’t interfere—by mandating (指令) conservation or setting price controls —people will find alternative.
当代短缺确实出现，但西蒙和其他兴旺论者认为只要政府不干预——通过消费指令或者价格控制——人们总能找到替代品。
But for many, the fact that poor people are able to support themselves almost as well without government aid as they did with it is in itself a huge victory.
但是对许多人来说，穷人们在没有政府的援助下自己养活自己本身就是一个巨大的胜利。
The government is the highest authority in the country.
政府是国家的最高权力机构。
Mr. Smith works in an executive branch of the government.
史密斯先生在政府的行政部门工作。
The government must act to firm prices up.
政府必须采取行动使物价稳定下来。
The country has always had fair government.
这个国家一直治理得不错。
He is a man of some influence in the government circles.
他是个在政府内有一定势力的人。
The government made itself unpopular.
这届政府使得自己失去人心。
The government has promised to take measures to help the unemployed.
政府已答应采取措施来帮助失业者。
The time was ripe for a challenge to the power of the government.
时机已经成熟，可以向政府权力提出挑战了。
What are the difference between the American and British systems of government?
英美两国的政府体制有什么不同？
The new government's prime task is to reduce the level of inflation.
新政府的主要任务是减低通货膨胀的水平。
The government didn't allow reporting the terrible accident.
政府不允许报道那起严重事故。
我是国家公务员。
I'm a government employee.
The best of all governments is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.
最好的政府是教导我们管理自己。
The government of the people, by the people, and for the people shall not perish from the earth.
民有、民治、民享的政府永世长存。
The history of liberty is a history of the limitation of government power.
Woodrow Wilson, American president
自由的历史是限制政府权力的历史。
美国总统威尔逊.W。
The people may safely be trusted to hear everything true and false, and to form a correct judgment,Were it fall to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers of newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.
Thomas Jefferson, American president
人民是完全可以信赖的，应该让他们听到一切真实和虚伪的东西，然后作出正确的判断。倘使让我来决定，我们应该是有一个政府而不要报纸呢，还是应该有报纸而不要政府，我会毫不犹豫选择后者。
美国总统杰斐逊.T.
Happy are the families where the government of parents is the reign of affection, and obedience of the children the submission to love.
Francis Bacon, British philosopher
幸福的家庭，父母靠慈爱当家，孩子也是出于对父母的爱而顺从大人。
英国哲学家培根.F.
My father had always said that there are four things a child needs plenty of love, nourishing food, fegular sleep , and lots of soap and water---and after those, what he needs most is some intelligent neglect.
Ivy Baker Priest, American officer of government
我父亲总是说，一个孩子需要四样东西--充分的爱、富于营养的食物、有规律的睡眠、大量的肥皂和水--这些完了呢，他最需要的是一些明智的放任。
美国政府官员普里斯特.I.B.
A politician is a man who undertands government, and it takes a poiltician to run a government. A statesman is a politician who's been dead ten or fifeen years.
H.S.Turman, American president
政客是政府的人，管理政府需要政客，政治家是已死去十至十五年的政客。
美国总统杜鲁门.H.S.
No government can be long secure without a formidable opposition.
Benjamin Disraeli, British statesman
没有一个难以对付的反对党，任何政府都不能长期稳定。
英国政治家狄斯雷利.B.
The administration of jusice is the firmest pillar of government.
George Washington, American president
主持正义是政府最坚定的支柱。
美国总统华盛顿G.
The people may safely be trusted to hear everything true and false, and to form a correct judgment,Were it fall to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers of newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.
Thomas Jefferson, American president
人民是完全可以信赖的，应该让他们听到一切真实和虚伪的东西，然后作出正确的判断。倘使让我来决定，我们应该是有一个政府而不要报纸呢，还是应该有报纸而不要政府，我会毫不犹豫选择后者。
美国总统杰斐逊.T.
The laws of Nature, that is to say the laws of God, plainly made every human being a law unto himself, we must steadfastly refuse to obey those laws, and we must as steadfastly stand by the conventions which ignore them , since the statutes furnish us peace, fairly good government and stability, and therefore are better for us than the laws of God, which would soon plunge us into confusion and disorder and anarchy if we should adopt them.
Mark Twain, American writer
自然法即神灵法，只是用来约束每一个个体的法律，我们必须坚定地拒绝遵守。我们应该坚定地遵守忽视神灵法的规章制度，因为规章制度赋予我们和平、比较好的政府和稳定，因而对我们来说，规章制度比神灵法更好，因为如果我们采用神灵法的话，他会将我们陷入迷惑、无序和无政府状态。
美国作家马克?吐温
I work for the government.
我在政府机关做事。
"That movie actor tried to cheat on his income tax, but he got caught and now he's in hot water with the government."
“那个电影演员想在缴纳所得税的时候弄虚作假，可是给税务局发现了。现在，他可麻烦了。”
"No way am I going to vote for a bill to raise income tax again. The voters back home are already up in arms about how much the government takes out of their pay already and I have to run for re-election this fall."
“我绝不会投票支持再次增加所得税的提案。我们州的选民对政府现在从他们工资里扣除的税的数量已经非常恼火了。而我今年还要竞选连任。”
The government has allocated grants to the project.
政府给该项目拨款。
Once the contract is approved by the Chinese government, it is legally binding upon both parties.
合同一经中国政府批准，对双方就有了法律约束力。
边币 [biān bì] /Border Region currency (consisting of the currency notes issued by the Border Region governments during the War of Resistance Against Japan and the War of Liberation)/
部长 [bù zhǎng] /head of a (government, etc) department/section chief/section head/secretary/minister/
党政 [dǎng zhèng] /party policy/(Communist) Party and government administration/
副部长 [fù bù zhǎng] /assistant (government) minister/
公开化 [gōng kāi huà] /to publicize/openness (of government, PRC equivalent of 'glasnost')/
公债 [gōng zhài] /(n) government issued bonds/
官 [guān] /official/government/
官方 [guān fāng] /official/(by the) government/
官僚 [guān liáo] /(n) government employee that doesn't do any work; bureaucrat/
官员 [guān yuán] /government official/
国有 [guó yǒu] /nationalized/public/government owned/state-owned/
华府 [huá fǔ] /the (U.S.) government in Washington/
机关报 [jī guān bào] /official (government-operated) newspaper/
军政 [jūn zhèng] /army and government/
联邦政府 [lián bāng zhèng fǔ] /federal government/
临时政府 [lín shí zhèng fǔ] /provisional government/
廪 [lǐn] /government granary/
美国政府 [měi guó zhèng fǔ] /U.S. government/American government/
民间 [mín jiān] /among the people/popular/folk/non-governmental/involving people rather than governments/
内阁 [nèi gé] /(government) cabinet/
批示 [pī shì] /(v) make comment and criticisms of a lower government report/(n) written comments from higher authorities/
商务部 [shāng wù bù] /Commerce Department (of the US government)/
省级 [shěng jí] /provincial level (e.g. provincial government)/
司法部 [sī fǎ bù] /Justice Department (of the US government)/
行政院 [xíng zhèng yuàn] /Executive Yuan (government body in Taiwan)/
衙门 [yá men ] /government office in feudal China/yamen/
政 [zhèng] /political/politics/government/
政府 [zhèng fǔ] /government/
政府部门 [zhèng fǔ bù mén] /government branch/
政府机构 [zhèng fǔ jī gòu] /government organization/
政府机关开放系统互连总则 [zhèng fǔ jī guān kāi fàng xì tǒng hù lián zǒng zé] /Government Open system Interconnection Profile/GOSIP/
政府警告 [zhèng fǔ jǐng gào] /government warning/
政界 [zhèng jiè] /political and government circles/
政圈 [zhèng quān] /government circle/political circle/
政务 [zhèng wù] /government affairs/
中国政府 [zhōng guó zhèng fǔ] /Chinese government/
Shippers who feel they are being overcharged have the right to appeal to the federal government's Surface Transportation Board for rate relief, but the process is expensive, time consuming, and will work only in truly extreme cases.
如果客户感到他们被多收费，他们有权上诉到联邦政府的“陆路运输局”以争取价格下调。但这个过程耗财、耗时，并且只有在真正极端特殊的情况下才有作用。
Some scholars conclude that a government with finite resources should simply stop paying for medical care that sustains life beyond a certain age — say 83 or so.
有些学者总结说，如果政府资金有限，它应该停止支付延缓某一个年龄以上人群寿命的医疗费用——比如83岁左右。
There are technological reasons to hope the digital divide will narrow.
一些技术上的因素使我们有理由期望差异会缩小。
As the Internet becomes more and more commercialized, it is in the interest of business to universalize access — after all, the more people online, the more potential customers there are.
随着互联网的日趋商业化，上网普及对商家是有利的——毕竟，上网人数越多，潜在的客户就越多。
More and more governments, afraid their countries will be left behind, want to spread Internet access.
越来越多的政府，惟恐自己的国家落后，纷纷推广互联网的普及。
A lateral move that hurt my pride and blocked my professional progress prompted me to abandon my relatively high profile career although, in the manner of a disgraced government minister, I covered my exit by claiming "I wanted to spend more time with my family".
一次平级的人事调动伤了我的自尊心，并阻断了我的事业发展，这促使我放弃自己地位较高的职业，当然，就像面子扫尽的政府部长那样，我也掩饰说“我只想与家人更多的呆在一起”。
Self-doubt has yielded to blind pride.
到如今，对自身的怀疑已被盲目乐观所取代。
"American industry has changed its structure, has gone on a diet, has learnt to be more quick-witted," according to Richard Cavanaugh, executive dean of Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.
“美国的工业已经改变了结构，消除了滞胀，学会了明智”，这是哈佛大学肯尼迪管理学院行政院长理查德·卡佛纳的看法。
"It makes me proud to be an American just to see how our businesses are improving their productivity," says Stephen Moore of the Cato Institute, a think-tank in Washington, D.C.
华盛顿特区的智囊团——卡托研究院的史蒂芬·莫尔说，“看到我们的企业正在提高自身的生产率，作为一个美国人，我感到自豪。”
And William Sahlman of the Harvard Business School believes that people will look back on this period as "a golden age of business management in the United States."
哈佛商学院的威廉·萨尔曼相信人们将会把这一时期视为“美国企业管理的黄金时代”。
NBAC plans to call for a continued ban on federal government funding for any attempt to clone body cell nuclei to create a child.
NBAC计划呼吁继续禁止使用联邦政府基金利用人体细胞核去克隆婴孩的任何企图。
The debate was launched by the Government, which invited anyone with an opinion of the BBC — including ordinary listeners and viewers — to say what was good or bad about the Corporation, and even whether they thought it was worth keeping.
英国政府发起了这场争论，它邀请每一位对BBC有看法的人——包括普通的听众和观众——对公司好坏进行评说，甚至可以评说他们是否认为公司值得办下去。
The reason for its inquiry is that the BBC's royal charter runs out in 1996 and it must decide whether to keep the organisation as it is, or to make changes.
这样做的原因是BBC所持的皇家特许证于1996年到期，政府必须决定让公司维持原状还是进行变革。
Yet the BBC will have to change, because the broadcasting world around it is changing.
然而BBC将不得不进行变革，因为周围的广播世界正发生变化。
The commercial TV channels — ITV and Channel 4 — were required by the Thatcher Government's Broadcasting Act to become more commercial, competing with each other for advertisers, and cutting costs and jobs.
商业电视频道——ITV和第四频道——应撒切尔政府广播法案的要求进行商业化，彼此竞争广告业务，降低成本，裁减员工。
But it is the arrival of new satellite channels — funded partly by advertising and partly by viewers' subscriptions — which will bring about the biggest changes in the long term.
但从长远来看会引起最大变化的是新的卫星频道的出现，它们的部分资金来自广告收入，部分来自用户收视费。
{adj: Syrian} of or relating to or characteristic of Syria or its people or culture
"the Syrian government"
{adj: Washingtonian} of or relating to the people who run the federal government
"Washingtonian politics as usual"
{adj: accountable} liable to account for one's actions
"governments must be accountable to someone beside themselves"
"fully accountable for what they did"
"the court held the parents answerable for their minor child's acts of vandalism"
"he was answerable to no one"
{adj: allegiant} steadfast in devotion (especially to your lawful monarch or government)
"it is impossible to be allegiant to two opposing forces"
{adj: announced, proclaimed} declared publicly; made widely known
"their announced intentions"
"the newspaper's proclaimed adherence to the government's policy"
{adj: aristocratic, aristocratical, blue, blue-blooded, gentle, patrician} belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy
"an aristocratic family"
"aristocratic Bostonians"
"aristocratic government"
"a blue family"
"blue blood"
"the blue-blooded aristocracy"
"of gentle blood"
"patrician landholders of the American South"
"aristocratic bearing"
"aristocratic features"
"patrician tastes"
{adj: authoritarian, autocratic, dictatorial, despotic, tyrannical} characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty
"an authoritarian regime"
"autocratic government"
"despotic rulers"
"a dictatorial rule that lasted for the duration of the war"
"a tyrannical government"
{adj: big-ticket, high-ticket} very expensive
"big-ticket items like cars and furs"
"a big-ticket government program"
{adj: carpetbag} following the practices or characteristic of carpetbaggers
"carpetbag adventurers"
"a carpetbag government"
{adj: centralized, centralised} drawn toward a center or brought under the control of a central authority
"centralized control of emergency relief efforts"
"centralized government"
<-> decentralized
{adj: civil} of or occurring within the state or between or among citizens of the state
"civil affairs"
"civil strife"
"civil disobedience"
"civil branches of government"
{adj: collective} set up on the principle of collectivism or ownership and production by the workers involved usually under the supervision of a government
"collective farms"
{adj: communist, communistic} relating to or marked by communism
"Communist Party"
"communist governments"
"communistic propaganda"
{adj: conjoined, conjoint} consisting of two or more associated entities
"the interplay of these conjoined yet opposed factors"
"social order and prosperity, the conjoint aims of government"- J.K.Fairbank
{adj: constitutional} sanctioned by or consistent with or operating under a constitution
"the constitutional right of free speech"
"constitutional government"
"constitutional guarantees"
<-> unconstitutional
{adj: corrupt} lacking in integrity
"humanity they knew to be corrupt...from the day of Adam's creation"
"a corrupt and incompetent city government"
<-> incorrupt
{adj: cost-plus} determining payment based on the actual cost of production plus an agreed-upon fee or rate of profit
"a cost-plus government contract"
{adj: counterinsurgent} of or relating or characteristic of actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency
{adj: counterterror, counterterrorist} intended to prevent terrorism
"the government took counterterror measures"
{adj: de jure} by right; according to law
"de jure recognition of the new government"
<-> de facto
{adj: democratic} characterized by or advocating or based upon the principles of democracy or social equality
"democratic government"
"a democratic country"
"a democratic scorn for bloated dukes and lords"- George du Maurier
<-> undemocratic
{adj: discrete, distinct} constituting a separate entity or part
"a government with three discrete divisions"
"on two distinct occasions"
{adj: do-nothing} characterized by inability or unwillingness to work toward a goal or assume responsibility
"a do-nothing government"
{adj: embryonic, embryotic} in an early stage of development
"the embryonic government staffed by survivors of the massacre"
"an embryonic nation, not yet self-governing"
{adj: enlightening, informative, illuminating} tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance
"an enlightening glimpse of government in action"
"an illuminating lecture"
<-> unenlightening
{adj: favorable, well-disposed} favorably disposed; not antagonistic
"a government favorable to our interests"
{adj: federal} characterized by or constituting a form of government in which power is divided between one central and several regional authorities
"a federal system like that of the United States"
"federal governments often evolved out of confederations"
<-> unitary
{adj: federal} national; especially in reference to the government of the United States as distinct from that of its member units
"the Federal Bureau of Investigation"
"federal courts"
"the federal highway program"
"federal property"
{adj: federal} of or relating to the central government of a federation
"a federal district is one set aside as the seat of the national government"
{adj: federate, federated} united under a central government
{adj: friendly} favorably disposed; not antagonistic or hostile
"a government friendly to our interests"
"an amicable agreement"
{adj: governmental} dealing with the affairs or structure of government or politics or the state
"governmental policy"
{adj: heavy-handed, roughshod} unjustly domineering
"incensed at the government's heavy-handed economic policies"
"a manager who rode roughshod over all opposition"
{adj: huge, immense, vast, Brobdingnagian} unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope
"huge government spending"
"huge country estates"
"huge popular demand for higher education"
"a huge wave"
"the Los Angeles aqueduct winds like an immense snake along the base of the mountains"
"immense numbers of birds"
"at vast (or immense) expense"
"the vast reaches of outer space"
"the vast accumulation of knowledge...which we call civilization"- W.R.Inge
{adj: ignoble} completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose
"something cowardly and ignoble in his attitude"
"I think it a less evil that some criminals should escape than that the government should play an ignoble part"- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
<-> noble
{adj: ill, inauspicious, ominous} presaging ill fortune
"ill omens"
"ill predictions"
"my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven"- P.B.Shelley
"a dead and ominous silence prevailed"
"a by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government"
{adj: inner} exclusive to a center; especially a center of influence
"inner regions of the organization"
"inner circles of government"
{adj: insurgent, seditious, subversive} in opposition to a civil authority or government
{adj: lawful, legitimate, licit} authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law
"a legitimate government"
{adj: liberalistic} having or demonstrating belief in the essential goodness of man and the autonomy of the individual; favoring civil and political liberties, government by law with the consent of the governed, and protection from arbitrary authority
{adj: minimalist} advocating minimal reforms (as in government or politics)
{adj: ministerial} of or relating to a government minister or ministry
"ministerial decree"
{adj: monarchal, monarchical, monarchic} ruled by or having the supreme power resting with a monarch
"monarchal government"
"monarchical systems"
{adj: multiracial} made up of or involving or acting on behalf of various races
"a multiracial society"
"multiracial government"
{adj: municipal} of or relating to the government of a municipality
"international law...only authorizes a belligerent to punish a spy under its municipal law"- J.L.kuntz
{adj: municipal} relating or belonging to or characteristic of a municipality
"municipal government"
"municipal bonds"
"a municipal park"
"municipal transportation"
{adj: national} concerned with or applicable to or belonging to an entire nation or country
"the national government"
"national elections"
"of national concern"
"the national highway system"
"national forests"
<-> local
{adj: national} owned or maintained for the public by the national government
"national parks"
{adj: oppressive, tyrannical, tyrannous} marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior
"the oppressive government"
"oppressive laws"
"a tyrannical parent"
"tyrannous disregard of human rights"
{adj: parliamentary} having the supreme legislative power resting with a body of cabinet ministers chosen from and responsible to the legislature or parliament
"parliamentary government"
{adj: peculiar} characteristic of one only; distinctive or special
"the peculiar character of the Government of the U.S."- R.B.Taney
{adj: popular} carried on by or for the people (or citizens) at large
"the popular vote"
"popular representation"
"institutions of popular government"
{adj: powerful} having great power or force or potency or effect
"the most powerful government in western Europe"
"his powerful arms"
"a powerful bomb"
"the horse's powerful kick"
"powerful drugs"
"a powerful argument"
<-> powerless
{adj: price-controlled} having the price regulated or controlled by government
{adj: probationary, provisional, provisionary, tentative} under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon
"probationary employees"
"a provisional government"
"just a tentative schedule"
{adj: progressive, reformist, reform-minded} favoring or promoting reform (often by government action)
{adj: provincial} of or associated with a province
"provincial government"
{adj: rapacious, ravening, voracious} excessively greedy and grasping
"a rapacious divorcee on the prowl"
"ravening creditors"
"paying taxes to voracious governments"
{adj: rebellious} participating in organized resistance to a constituted government
"the rebelling confederacy"
{adj: representative} being or characteristic of government by representation in which citizens exercise power through elected officers and representatives
"representative government as defined by Abraham Lincoln is government of the people, by the people, for the people"
{adj: republican} having the supreme power lying in the body of citizens entitled to vote for officers and representatives responsible to them or characteristic of such government
"the United States shall guarantee to every state in this union a republican form of government"- United States Constitution
"a very republican notion"
"so little republican and so much aristocratic sentiment"- Philip Marsh
"our republican and artistic simplicity"-Nathaniel Hawthorne
{adj: responsive} readily reacting to suggestions, influences, appeals or efforts
"keeping government in America responsive to the will of the people"
{adj: restive} impatient especially under restriction or delay
"the government has done nothing to ease restrictions and manufacturers are growing restive"
{adj: sapiential} characterized by wisdom, especially the wisdom of God
"a sapiential government"
{adj: socialistic, socialist} advocating or following the socialist principles
"socialistic government"
<-> capitalistic
{adj: socialized, socialised} under group or government control
"socialized ownership"
"socialized medicine"
{adj: state-supported} supported and operated by the government of a state
"a state university"
{adj: suppressive} tending to suppress
"the government used suppressive measures to control the protest"
{adj: territorial} of or relating to a territory
"the territorial government of the Virgin Islands"
"territorial claims made by a country"
{adj: three-dimensional, 3-dimensional, third-dimensional, three-d} involving or relating to three dimensions or aspects; giving the illusion of depth
"lifelike three-dimensional characters"
"a three-dimensional account of conditions under the new government"
"they shot the movie in three-D"
{adj: totalitarian} characterized by a government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control
"a totalitarian regime crushes all autonomous institutions in its drive to seize the human soul"- Arthur M.Schlesinger, Jr.
{adj: truculent} defiantly aggressive
"a truculent speech against the new government"
{adj: uneasy} lacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance
"farmers were uneasy until rain finally came"
"uneasy about his health"
"gave an uneasy laugh"
"uneasy lies the head that wears the crown"
"an uneasy coalition government"
"an uneasy calm"
"an uneasy silence fell on the group"
<-> easy
{adj: unformed} not formed or organized
"an as yet unformed government"
{adj: unitary} characterized by or constituting a form of government in which power is held by one central authority
"a unitary as opposed to a federal form of government"
<-> federal
{adj: unmilitary, nonmilitary} not associated with soldiers or the military
"unmilitary circles of government"
"fatigue duty involves nonmilitary labor"
<-> military
{adj: unorganized, unorganised} not having or belonging to a structured whole
"unorganized territories lack a formal government"
<-> organized
{adj: unreal} not actually such; being or seeming fanciful or imaginary
"this conversation is getting more and more unreal"
"the fantastically unreal world of government bureaucracy"
"the unreal world of advertising art"
<-> real
{adv: anyhow, anyway, in any case, at any rate, in any event} used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement
"Anyhow, he is dead now"
"I think they're asleep; anyhow, they're quiet"
"I don't know what happened to it; anyway, it's gone"
"anyway, there is another factor to consider"
"I don't know how it started; in any case, there was a brief scuffle"
"in any event, the government faced a serious protest"
"but at any rate he got a knighthood for it"
{adv: democratically} in a democratic manner; based on democratic principles
"it was decided democratically"
"democratically elected government"
<-> undemocratically
{adv: domestically} with respect to the internal affairs of a government
"domestically, the president proposes a more moderate economic policy"
{adv: federally} by federal government
"it's federally regulated"
{adv: fifthly} in the fifth place
"fifthly, we must adhere to the rules set by the local government"
{adv: governmentally} by government
"governmentally determined policy"
{adv: loyally} with loyalty; in a loyal manner
"government will not be efficient unless the people as a whole accept leadership loyally and enthusiastically"
<-> disloyally
{adv: nonviolently} without violence
"the government was overthrown nonviolently, but the dictator was killed"
<-> violently
{adv: outspokenly} in an outspoken manner
"he was outspokenly critical of the Government's new social policy"
{adv: politically} with regard to government
"politically organized units"
{adv: powerfully, strongly} in a powerful manner
"the federal government replaced the powerfully pro-settler Sir Godfrey Huggins with the even tougher and more determined ex-trade unionist"
{adv: ruthlessly} in a ruthless manner
"the government has been urged to take immediate action to deal ruthlessly with the strikers"
{adv: strongly} with strength or in a strong manner
"argues very strongly for his proposal"
"he was strongly opposed to the government"
<-> weakly
{adv: sumptuously, opulently} in a sumptuous and opulent manner
"this government building is sumptuously appointed"
{adv: worst} to the highest degree of inferiority or badness
"She suffered worst of all"
"schools were the worst hit by government spending cuts"
"the worst dressed person present"
{n: Alexander I, Czar Alexander I, Aleksandr Pavlovich} the czar of Russia whose plans to liberalize the government of Russia were unrealized because of the wars with Napoleon (1777-1825)
{n: Army High Performance Computing Research Center, AHPCRC} a United States defense laboratory to conduct research in high-performance computing for defense technology applications; a partnership of government and university and industry
{n: Army for the Liberation of Rwanda, ALIR, Former Armed Forces, FAR, Interahamwe} a terrorist organization that seeks to overthrow the government dominated by Tutsi and to institute Hutu control again
"in 1999 ALIR guerrillas kidnapped and killed eight foreign tourists"
{n: Articles of Confederation} a written agreement ratified in 1781 by the thirteen original states; it provided a legal symbol of their union by giving the central government no coercive power over the states or their citizens
{n: Asbat al-Ansar, Band of Partisans} an extremist Palestinian Sunni group active in Lebanon in the early 1990s that advocates Salafism; responsible for murders and bombings; seeks to overthrow the Lebanese government and control Palestinian refugee camps; funded by al-Qaeda
{n: Basque Homeland and Freedom, Basque Fatherland and Liberty, Euskadi ta Askatasuna, ETA} a terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional Basque party; want to create on independent homeland in Spain's western Pyrenees
"in 1968 ETA launched a campaign of political assassinations of government officials"
{n: British Cabinet} the senior ministers of the British government
{n: Canadian Security Intelligence Service, CSIS} Canada's main foreign intelligence agency that gathers and analyzes information to provide security intelligence for the Canadian government
{n: Cape Town} port city in southwestern South Africa; the seat of the legislative branch of the government of South Africa
{n: Capital, Washington} the federal government of the United States
{n: Capitol, Capitol Building} the government building in Washington where the United States Senate and the House of Representatives meet
{n: Central American country, Central American nation} countries occupying Central America; these countries (except for Belize and Costa Rica) are characterized by low per capita income and unstable governments
{n: Central Intelligence Agency, CIA} an independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest; headed by the Director of Central Intelligence under the supervision of the President and National Security Council
{n: Communist Party} a political party that actively advocates a communist form of government; in Communist countries it is the sole political party of the state
{n: Comptroller General} a United States federal official who supervises expenditures and settles claims against the government
{n: Congregationalism} system of beliefs and church government of a Protestant denomination in which each member church is self-governing
{n: Congress, United States Congress, U.S. Congress, US Congress} the legislature of the United States government
{n: Criminal Intelligence Services of Canada, CISC} an agency of the Canadian government that unifies the intelligence units of Canadian law enforcement agencies
{n: Cultural Revolution, Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution} a radical reform in China initiated by Mao Zedong in 1965 and carried out largely by the Red Guard; intended to eliminate counterrevolutionary elements in the government it resulted in purges of the intellectuals and socioeconomic chaos
{n: Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service, DRMS} the organization in the Defense Logistics Agency that inventories and evaluates and sells reusable United States government surplus
{n: Democratic-Republican Party} a former major political party in the United States in the early 19th century; opposed the old Federalist party; favored a strict interpretation of the constitution in order to limit the powers of the federal government
{n: Department of Commerce and Labor} a former executive department of the United States government; created in 1903 and split into two departments in 1913
{n: Department of Health Education and Welfare} a former executive department of the United States government; created in 1953 and divided in 1979
{n: Department of Justice Canada, DoJC} an agency of the Canadian government that provides litigation and legal advice and opinions to the government
{n: Downing Street} the British government
{n: Episcopalianism} the theological doctrine of church government by bishops
{n: Exocet} a guided missile developed by the French government for use against ships
{n: Farm Credit System, FCS} a cooperative nationwide system of banks and associations providing credit to farmers and related businesses; originally capitalized by the federal government but now owned by its members and borrowers
{n: Federal Communications Commission, FCC} an independent government agency that regulates interstate and international communications by radio and television and wire and cable and satellite
{n: Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA} an independent agency of the United States government that provides a single point of accountability for all federal emergency preparedness and mitigation and response activities
{n: Federal Trade Commission, FTC} an independent agency of the United States federal government that maintains fair and free competition; enforces federal antitrust laws; educates the public about identity theft
{n: Federalist Party, American Federalist Party, Federal Party} a major political party in the United States in the early 19th century; founded by Alexander Hamilton; favored a strong centralized government
{n: Federalist} a member of a former political party in the United States that favored a strong centralized federal government
{n: Fifth Amendment} an amendment to the Constitution of the United States that imposes restrictions on the government's prosecution of persons accused of crimes; mandates due process of law and prohibits self-incrimination and double jeopardy; requires just compensation if private property is taken for public use
{n: Financial Management Service} the federal agency in the Treasury Department that manages the government's disbursement and collection systems and provides central accounting and financial reporting
{n: First of October Antifascist Resistance Group, GRAPO} an armed wing of the (illegal) Communist Party of Spain; seeks to overthrow the Spanish government and replace it with a Marxist-Leninist regime
"GRAPO is vehemently opposed to the United States"
{n: Foreign Office} the government department in charge of foreign relations
{n: Fourteenth Amendment} an amendment to the Constitution of the United States adopted in 1868; extends the guarantees of the Bill of Rights to the states as well as to the federal government
{n: French Academy} an honorary group of French writers and thinkers supported by the French government
"the French Academy sets standards for the use of the French language"
{n: Friedman, Milton Friedman} United States economist noted as a proponent of monetarism and for his opposition to government intervention in the economy (born 1912)
{n: G-man, FBI agent, government man} a special law-enforcement agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
{n: Government Accounting Office, GAO, United States Government Accounting Office} an independent nonpartisan federal agency that acts as the investigative arm of Congress making the executive branch accountable to Congress and the government accountable to citizens of the United States
{n: Great Seal of the United States} the seal of the United States government
{n: Harkat-ul-Jihad-e-Islami, Harakat ul-Jihad-I-Islami, HUJI} an extremist militant group in Pakistan occupied Kashmir that seeks an Islamic government and that has had close links and fought with the Taliban in Afghanistan
{n: Hobbes, Thomas Hobbes} English materialist and political philosopher who advocated absolute sovereignty as the only kind of government that could resolve problems caused by the selfishness of human beings (1588-1679)
{n: Home Office} the government department in charge of domestic affairs
{n: Indian agent} a representative of the federal government to American Indian tribes (especially on Indian reservations)
{n: Inland Revenue, IR} a board of the British government that administers and collects major direct taxes
{n: Intelligence Community, National Intelligence Community, United States Intelligence Community, IC} a group of government agencies and organizations that carry out intelligence activities for the United States government; headed by the Director of Central Intelligence
{n: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, World Bank, IBRD} a United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments
{n: Iraqi National Congress, INC} a heterogeneous collection of groups united in their opposition to Saddam Hussein's government of Iraq; formed in 1992 it is comprised of Sunni and Shiite Arabs and Kurds who hope to build a new government
{n: Iraqi, Iraki} a native or inhabitant of Iraq
"the majority of Iraqi are Arab Shiite Muslims although Sunni Muslims control the government"
{n: Islamic Army of Aden, IAA, Islamic Army of Aden-Abyan, Aden-Abyan Islamic Army} Yemen-based terrorist group that supports al-Qaeda's goals; seeks to overthrow the Yemeni government and eliminate United States interests; responsible for bombings and kidnappings and killing Western tourists in Yemen
{n: Islamic Great Eastern Raiders-Front, IBDA-C} a Turkish terrorist organization that claimed responsibility for bombing a British consulate and bank in Istanbul; a violent opponent of Turkey's secular government and its ties to the European Union and NATO
{n: Japanese Red Army, JRA, Anti-Imperialist International Brigade} a terrorist group organized in 1970 to overthrow the Japanese government and monarchy and to foment world revolution; is said to have close ties with Palestinian terrorists
"in 1972 the Japanese Red Army was responsible for a massacre at an airport in Israel"
{n: Kalon Tripa} the chairman of the Kashag and essentially head of the Tibetan government-in-exile
{n: Kaplan Group, Association of Islamic Groups and Communities, Caliphate State} a Turkish terrorist group of fundamentalist Muslims with ties to al-Qaeda that operates in Germany; seeks the violent overthrow of the Turkish government and the establishment of an Islamic nation modeled on Iran
{n: Kashag} the advisory board of the Tibetan government-in-exile
{n: Keynes, John Maynard Keynes} English economist who advocated the use of government monetary and fiscal policy to maintain full employment without inflation (1883-1946)
{n: Keynesianism} the economic theories of John Maynard Keynes who advocated government monetary and fiscal programs intended to stimulate business activity and increase employment
{n: Khmer Rouge, KR, Party of Democratic Kampuchea, Communist Party of Kampuchea} a communist organization formed in Cambodia in 1970; became a terrorist organization in 1975 when it captured Phnom Penh and created a government that killed an estimated three million people; was defeated by Vietnamese troops but remained active until 1999
{n: Kremlin} citadel of Moscow, housing the offices of the Russian government
{n: La Paz} city in western Bolivia and the administrative seat of Bolivia's government; largest city in Bolivia
{n: Laffer curve} a graph purporting to show the relation between tax rates and government income; income increases as tax rates increase up to an optimum beyond which income declines
{n: Lautaro Youth Movement, Lautaro Faction of the United Popular Action Movement, Lautaro Popular Rebel Forces} a violent terrorist group organized in the 1980s and advocating the overthrow of the Chilean military government; leaders are mainly criminals or impoverished youths
{n: Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, LTTE, Tamil Tigers, Tigers, World Tamil Association, World Tamil Movement} a terrorist organization in Sri Lanka that began in 1970 as a student protest over the limited university access for Tamil students; currently seeks to establish an independent Tamil state called Eelam; relies on guerilla strategy including terrorist tactics that target key government and military personnel
"the Tamil Tigers perfected suicide bombing as a weapon of war"
{n: Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, FIG, Al-Jama'a al-Islamiyyah al-Muqatilah bi-Libya, Libyan Fighting Group, Libyan Islamic Group} a Libyan terrorist group organized in 1995 and aligned with al-Qaeda; seeks to radicalize the Libyan government; attempted to assassinate Qaddafi
{n: Lions Club, International Association of Lions clubs} club dedicated to promoting responsible citizenship and good government and community and national and international welfare
{n: Machiavelli, Niccolo Machiavelli} a statesman of Florence who advocated a strong central government (1469-1527)
{n: Machiavellianism} the political doctrine of Machiavelli: any means (however unscrupulous) can be used by a ruler in order to create and maintain his autocratic government
{n: Mauritania, Islamic Republic of Mauritania, Mauritanie, Muritaniya} a country in northwestern Africa with a provisional military government; achieved independence from France in 1960; largely western Sahara Desert
{n: Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia, TT} a country scattered over Micronesia with a constitutional government in free association with the United States; achieved independence in 1986
{n: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA} an independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight
{n: National Archives and Records Administration, NARA} the independent agency that oversees management of federal government records including presidential libraries and historic collections
{n: National Guard, home reserve} United States military reserves recruited by the states and equipped by the federal government; subject to call by either
{n: National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST} an agency in the Technology Administration that makes measurements and sets standards as needed by industry or government programs
{n: National Institutes of Health, NIH} an agency in the Department of Health and Human Services whose mission is to employ science in the pursuit of knowledge to improve human health; is the principal biomedical research agency of the federal government
{n: National Labor Relations Board, NLRB} an independent agency of the United States government charged with mediating disputes between management and labor unions
{n: National Liberation Army, ELN} a Marxist terrorist group formed in 1963 by Colombian intellectuals who were inspired by the Cuban Revolution; responsible for a campaign of mass kidnappings and resistance to the government's efforts to stop the drug trade
"ELN kidnappers target foreign employees of large corporations"
{n: National Rifle Association, NRA} a powerful lobby that advocates the right to own and bear arms and rejects any gun regulation by the government
{n: National Science Foundation, NSF} an independent agency of the federal government responsible for the promotion of progress in science and engineering by supporting programs in research and education
{n: National Security Council, NSC} a committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign and military and national security; supervises the Central Intelligence Agency
{n: National Technical Information Service, NTIS} an agency in the Technology Administration that is a primary resource for government-funded scientific and technical and engineering and business related information
{n: Navy Department} a former executive department of the United States government; created in 1798 and combined with the War Department in 1947
{n: New People's Army, NPA} a terrorist organization that is the militant wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines; a Maoist organization formed to overthrow the government; uses hit squads called Sparrow Units; opposes United States military presence in the Philippines
{n: Occupational Safety and Health Administration, OSHA} a government agency in the Department of Labor to maintain a safe and healthy work environment
{n: Ordnance Survey} the official cartography agency of the British government
{n: Palestine Liberation Organization, PLO} a political movement uniting Palestinian Arabs in an effort to create an independent state of Palestine; when formed in 1964 it was a terrorist organization dominated by Yasser Arafat's al-Fatah; in 1968 Arafat became chairman; received recognition by the United Nations and by Arab states in 1974 as a government in exile; has played a largely political role since the creation of the Palestine National Authority
{n: Patent and Trademark Office Database, Patent Office} the government bureau in the Department of Commerce that keeps a record of patents and trademarks and grants new ones
{n: Peace Corps} a civilian organization sponsored by the United States government; helps people in developing countries
{n: Pentagon} a government building with five sides that serves as the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense
{n: Peter I, Czar Peter I, Peter the Great} czar of Russia who introduced ideas from western Europe to reform the government; he extended his territories in the Baltic and founded St. Petersburg (1682-1725)
{n: Premium Bond} a government bond that bears no interest or capital gains but enters the holder into lotteries
{n: President of the United States, United States President, President, Chief Executive} the person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government
"the President likes to jog every morning"
{n: Pretoria, capital of South Africa} city in the Transvaal; the seat of the executive branch of the government of South Africa
{n: Prime Minister, PM, premier} the person who holds the position of head of the government in England
{n: Prix de Rome} an annual prize awarded by the French government in a competition of painters and artists and sculptors and musicians and architects; the winner in each category receives support for a period of study in Rome
{n: Puka Inti, Sol Rojo, Red Sun} a small but violent terrorist organization formed in Ecuador in the early 1990s; responsible for bombing several government buildings
{n: Red Cloud} leader of the Oglala who resisted the development of a trail through Wyoming and Montana by the United States government (1822-1909)
{n: Republican Guard} Iraq's elite military unit whose primary role is to protect the government in Baghdad
{n: Revolutionary United Front, RUF} a terrorist group formed in the 1980s in Sierra Leone; seeks to overthrow the government and gain control of the diamond producing regions; responsible for attacks on civilians and children, widespread torture and murder and using children to commit atrocities; sponsored by the president of Liberia
{n: Royal Society, Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge} an honorary English society (formalized in 1660 and given a royal charter by Charles II in 1662) through which the British government has supported science
{n: Russian Revolution, February Revolution} the revolution against the czarist government which led to the abdication of Nicholas II and the creation of a provisional government in March 1917
{n: Russian agency} an administrative agency of the Russian government
{n: Salafist Group, Salafast Group for Call and Combat, GSPC} an Algerian extremist Islamic offshoot of the Armed Islamic Group; now the largest and most active armed terrorist group in Algeria that seeks to overthrow the government; a major source of support and recruitment for al-Qaeda operations in Europe and northern Africa
{n: Second Empire} the imperial government of Napoleon III in France from 1852-1870
{n: Secret Intelligence Service, MI, Military Intelligence Section 6} the government agency in the United Kingdom that is responsible for internal security and counterintelligence overseas
{n: Security Intelligence Review Committee, SIRC} an agency of the Canadian government that oversees the activities of the Criminal Intelligence Services of Canada and has the power to intrude on the privacy of suspected terrorists or spies
{n: Security Service, MI, Military Intelligence Section 5} the government agency in the United Kingdom that is responsible for internal security and counterintelligence on British territory
{n: Sipah-e-Sahaba} a vicious sectarian organization in Pakistan that persecutes Shiite Muslims and collaborates with al-Qaeda to attack foreigners and to disrupt the government of Pakistan
{n: Small Business Administration, SBA} an independent agency of the United States government that protects the interests of small businesses and ensures that they receive a fair share of government contracts
{n: Social Security Administration, SSA} an independent government agency responsible for the social security system
{n: Soviets} the government of the Soviet Union
"the Soviets said they wanted to increase trade with Europe"
{n: Spanish Civil War} civil war in Spain in which Franco succeeded in overthrowing the republican government; during the war Spain became a battleground for fascists and socialists from all countries; 1936-1939
{n: Special Branch} a government police department dealing with political security
{n: State Department} a department of government in one of the 50 states
{n: Statehouse} a government building in which a state legislature meets
{n: Superfund program, Superfund} the federal government's program to locate and investigate and clean up the worst uncontrolled and abandoned toxic waste sites nationwide; administered by the Environmental Protection Agency
"some have intimated that the Superfund's money may have turned into a political slush fund"
{n: Taiwan, China, Nationalist China, Republic of China} a government on the island of Taiwan established in 1949 by Chiang Kai-shek after the conquest of mainland China by the communists led by Mao Zedong
{n: Taliban, Taleban} a fundamentalist Islamic militia; in 1995 the Taliban militia took over Afghanistan and in 1996 took Kabul and set up an Islamic government
"the Taliban enforced a strict Muslim code of behavior"
{n: Teapot Dome, Teapot Dome scandal} a government scandal involving a former United States Navy oil reserve in Wyoming that was secretly leased to a private oil company in 1921; became symbolic of the scandals of the Harding administration
{n: Townsend, Francis Everett Townsend} United States social reformer who proposed an old-age pension sponsored by the federal government; his plan was a precursor to Social Security (1867-1960)
{n: Treasuries, Treasury obligations} negotiable debt obligations of the United States government secured by its full faith and credit
{n: Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement, Movimiento Revolucionario Tupac Anaru, MRTA} a Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization in Peru; was formed in 1983 to overthrow the Peruvian government and replace it with a Marxist regime; has connections with the ELN in Bolivia
{n: Tupac Katari Guerrilla Army, EGTK} a terrorist group that is the remnants of the original Bolivian insurgents trained by Che Guevara; attacks small unprotected targets such as power pylons or oil pipelines or government buildings
{n: Uncle Sam} a personification of the United States government
{n: United States Government Printing Office, US Government Printing Office, Government Printing Office, GPO} an agency of the legislative branch that provides printing and binding services for Congress and the departments and establishments of the federal government
{n: United States Post Office, US Post Office, Post Office, PO} an independent agency of the federal government responsible for mail delivery (and sometimes telecommunications) between individuals and businesses in the United States
{n: United States Secret Service, US Secret Service, USSS, Secret Service, SS} the United States intelligence agency that protects current and former presidents and vice presidents and their immediate families and protects distinguished foreign visitors; detects and apprehends counterfeiters; suppresses forgery of government securities and documents
{n: United States government, United States, U.S. government, US Government, U.S.} the executive and legislative and judicial branches of the federal government of the United States
{n: War Department} a former executive department of the United States government; created in 1789 and combined with the Navy Department in 1947
{n: White House, EXEC} the chief executive department of the United States government
{n: White House} the government building that serves as the residence and office of the President of the United States
{n: Whitehall} a wide street in London stretching from Trafalgar Square to the Houses of Parliament; site of many government offices
{n: World Health Organization, WHO} a United Nations agency to coordinate international health activities and to help governments improve health services
{n: absolutism, totalitarianism, totalism} the principle of complete and unrestricted power in government
{n: action} an act by a government body or supranational organization
"recent federal action undermined the segregationist position"
"the United Nations must have the power to propose and organize action without being hobbled by irrelevant issues"
"the Union action of emancipating Southern slaves"
{n: administrative law} the body of rules and regulations and orders and decisions created by administrative agencies of government
{n: administrator, executive} someone who manages a government agency or department
{n: agency, federal agency, government agency, bureau, office, authority} an administrative unit of government
"the Central Intelligence Agency"
"the Census Bureau"
"Office of Management and Budget"
"Tennessee Valley Authority"
{n: air marshal, sky marshal} a person trained by the government in hijacking and terrorist tactics who (for security reasons) is a passenger aboard an airline flight
{n: al-Jihad, Egyptian Islamic Jihad, Islamic Jihad, Vanguards of Conquest} an Islamic extremist group active since the late 1970s; seeks to overthrow the Egyptian government and replace it with an Islamic state; works in small underground cells
"the original Jihad was responsible for the assassination of Anwar Sadat in 1981"
{n: al-Ma'unah} a radical insurgent Islamist group consisting of disaffected middle-class professionals in Malaysia who want to overthrow the government by violent means and set up an Islamic state
{n: alien absconder} a fugitive remaining in the United States after an immigration judge has ordered them deported
"the government has categorized more than 320,000 foreigners as alien absconders"
{n: anarchism} a political theory favoring the abolition of governments
{n: anarchy, lawlessness} a state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government)
{n: announcement, proclamation, annunciation, declaration} a formal public statement
"the government made an announcement about changes in the drug war"
"a declaration of independence"
{n: back channel} an alternative to the regular channels of communication that is used when agreements must be made secretly (especially in diplomacy or government)
"they negotiated via a back channel"
{n: backgrounder} a press conference or interview in which a government official explains to reporters the background of an action or policy
"the secretary gave us a backgrounder on public health issues"
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