Minister of State
noun
1- a government minister, in particular内阁部长; 国务大臣, 尤指：
1.1
- (in the UK) a minister ranking below a Secretary of State（英国）（职务比政府主要部门大臣低的）国务大臣：
the Minister of State for Education.
教育国务大臣。
1.2
- (in Canada) a federal government minister having responsibility for a certain policy area but without direct control over a department, a position superseded in 1993 by the creation of that of Secretary of State（加拿大）部长（联邦政府职务, 负责某一政策领域但不直接控制某个部门, 1993年被新设的国务部长取代）。