ministerial
/ˌmɪnɪˈstɪərɪəl/adjective
1
- of or relating to a government minister or ministers（与）部长（或大臣）（有关）的：
a back-bencher who had never held ministerial office.
从未任过部长的后座议员。
2
- of or relating to a minister of religion（与）牧师（有关）的。
3
- archaic acting as an agent, instrument, or means in achieving a purpose〈古〉作为代理（或工具、手段）的：
those uses of conversation which are ministerial to intellectual culture.
谈话作为智育教育手段的运用。
派生词
ministerially
adverb词源
mid 16th cent.: from French ministériel or late Latin ministerialis, from Latin ministerium 'ministry'.