administration
/ədˌmɪnɪsˈtreɪʃən/noun
1
- mass noun the process or activity of running a business, organization, etc.管理, 经营：
the day-to-day administration of the company
公司的日常管理
a career in arts administration
文科行政管理职业
as modifier administration costs.管理费用。
1.1
the administration
the people responsible for this, regarded collectively行政部门：the university administration took their demands seriously.
大学行政部门认真对待他们的要求。
1.2
- the management of public affairs; government公众事务管理; 行政管理：
the inhabitants of the island voted to remain under French administration.
岛上的居民投票决定仍留在法国行政管理之下。
1.3
- Law the management and disposal of the property of a deceased person, debtor, or other individual, or of an insolvent company, by a legally appointed administrator【律】遗产管理; （债务人、其他个人或破产公司的）资产管理：
the company went into administration.
公司进入破产管理状态。
2
- the government in power政府：
successive Conservative administrations enjoyed a comfortable majority.
连续几届保守党政府获得了充裕的多数赞成票。
2.1
- chiefly N. Amer. the term of office of a political leader or government〈主北美〉（政治领导人、政府的）任期：
the early years of the Reagan Administration.
里根政府的最初几年。
2.2
- (in the US) a government agency（美国）政府机构：
the US Food and Drug Administration.
美国食品和药物管理局。
3
- mass noun the action of dispensing, giving, or applying something分发, 给予, 服用：
the oral administration of the antibiotic
口服抗生素
the administration of justice.
执行司法。
词源
Middle English: from Latin administratio（n-）, from the verb administrare （see ADMINISTER）.