government/ˋgʌvɚnmənt; ˈɡʌv$nmənt/n 1 [C usually singular 一般用单数 also + plural verbBrE 英国英语亦用复数动词] also 又作 Government the group of people who govern a country 政府: The Government is not doing enough. 政府做得不够。The Government have promised to increase public expenditure. 政府已承诺要增加公共支出。the Chinese government 中国政府a government official 政府官员He criticized government policy on the environment. 他批评政府的环境政策。THESAURUS 同类词democracy – a political system in which everyone can vote to choose the government, or a country that has this system 民主政体﹔民主国家republic – a country that has an elected government, and does not have a king or queen 共和国monarchy – a country that has a king or queen as the head of state, and which may or may not also have an elected government 君主国﹔君主制regime – a government, especially one that was not elected fairly or that you disapprove of〔尤指未经公平选举的或你不赞同的〕政权: a brutal military regime 一个野蛮的军事政权dictatorship – a political system in which a dictator (=a leader who has complete power and who has not been elected) controls a country, or a country that has this system 专制﹐独裁﹔独裁国家totalitarian country/state etc – a country in which the government has complete control over everything 极权国家police state – a country where the government strictly controls people's freedom, for example to travel or to talk about politics 警察国家〔政府严格控制人民旅游或谈论政治等的自由的国家〕2 [U] the process of governing a country 治理﹐管理﹐统治: in government (=governing a country) 掌权﹐执政 when the Conservatives were in government 保守党执政时the fight for democratic government 为民主统治而战