English Dictionary

government

/ˈɡʌvə(n)mənt/

noun

The body with the power to make and/or enforce laws to control a country, land area, people or organization. / (grammar, linguistics) The relationship between a word and its dependents.

The government is responsible for making and enforcing laws.

意味（1）

The body with the power to make and/or enforce laws to control a country, land area, people or organization.

British government has historically centred exclusively on London.

意味（2）

(grammar, linguistics) The relationship between a word and its dependents.

意味（3）

The state and its administration viewed as the ruling political power.

If the citizens must follow the law, then the government must follow the constitution.

意味（4）

(uncountable) The management or control of a system.

The government of the Church is maintained without material alteration in a settled hierarchical form.

意味（5）

The tenure of a chief of state.