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单词 government
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government
(gʌvəʳnmənt )
Word forms: governments
1. countable noun [with singular or plural verb] B1
The government of a country is the group of people who are responsible for governing it.
The Government has insisted that confidence is needed before the economy can improve.
...democratic governments in countries like Britain and the U.S.
...fighting between government forces and left-wing rebels.
Synonyms: administration, executive, ministry, regime  
2. uncountable noun B2
Government consists of the activities, methods, and principles involved in governing a country or other political unit.
The first four years of government were completely disastrous.
...our system of government.
Synonyms: rule, state, law, authority  
Quotations:
Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. Men have a right that these wants should be provided for by this wisdomEdmund BurkeReflections on the Revolution in France
As the happiness of the people is the sole end of government, so the consent of the people is the only foundation for itJohn Adams
The requisites of government are that there be sufficiency of food, sufficiency of military equipment, and the confidence of the people in their rulerConfuciusAnalects
In the long run every government is the exact symbol of its people, with their wisdom and their unwisdomThomas CarlylePast and Present
Government is either organized benevolence or organized madnessJohn UpdikeBuchanan Dying
It is perfectly true that that government is best which governs least. It is equally true that that government is best which provides mostWalter LippmannA Preface to Politics
Society in every state is a blessing, but government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable oneThomas PaineCommon Sense
Any system of government will work when everything is going well. It's the system that functions in the pinches that survivesJohn F. KennedyWhy England Slept
Nothing appears more surprising to those who consider human affairs with a philosophical eye, than the ease with which the many are governed by the fewDavid HumeFirst Principles of Government
The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is governmentHenry Ward BeecherProverbs from Plymouth Pulpit
I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government rather than another. It is of no moment to the happiness of an individualSamuel Johnson
There is no art which one government sooner learns of another than that of draining money from the pockets of the peopleAdam SmithThe Wealth of Nations
Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes themRonald ReaganSpeaking My Mind
Collocations:
government grants
There are also government grants for growing trees, maintaining woodland and environmental initiatives.
Times, Sunday Times
It paid (quite legally) just 2.4 million in corporation tax, less than it received in government grants.
Times, Sunday Times
With central local government grants squeezed by more than 30 per cent, councils have had to rely on putting up charges to balance the books.
Times, Sunday Times
They cost thousands of pounds - despite government grants - and take years to generate enough juice to pay for themselves.
Times, Sunday Times
Neither siege nor plague, neither strikes nor reductions in central government grants allow a city to stop functioning.
Times, Sunday Times
government imposes
Teachers are threatening to strike if the next government imposes cuts on school budgets.
Times, Sunday Times
If the government imposes private sector salary scales based on an abstract notion of what's fair, the consumer no longer exercises sovereignty.
Times, Sunday Times
Government imposes the requirement to make real choices and one half of that electoral coalition was always bound to break away.
Times, Sunday Times
Ministers believe that cost will be offset by tax receipts from continued trade, particularly if the government imposes its own 10 per cent tariff on automotive imports.
Times, Sunday Times
However, as this puts the provider at an advantage over commercial rivals, the government imposes restrictions on the amount it can attract from customers each year.
Times, Sunday Times
government institution
A government institution, usually a central bank, can lend money to financial institutions to influence their interest rates as the main tool of monetary policy.
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The garden had disappeared as a government institution in about 1807.
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In the morning, every government institution in the city was looted and destroyed.
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It's about time the intrusive nature that government institutions promote and create towards the people was turned back onto them.
Times, Sunday Times
There are government institutions: the town hall, school, and post office.
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government interference
He is pro-government funds, against government interference, favours academies and free schools.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Remote, again, from government interference, they use less peat in the malting and make a cleaner, slightly fruitier drink.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Senior managers had to contend with government interference, staff unwilling to accept changes and unions eager to flex their muscles.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
So would a reduction of the dead hand of government interference.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
government intervention
Some sceptics suggest that investors are eager to look tough to head off government intervention over pay.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Without government intervention we wouldn't have fixed the hole in the ozone layer.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
This made them strong proponents of individual liberty and strong opponents of government intervention in society, other than to protect the individual and his property rights.
Pass, Christopher, Lowes, Bryan Collins Dictionary of Economics (1993)
The industry said that it was already reforming itself with simpler tariffs and that government intervention would not lead to cheaper bills.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
government mandate
They have promised to insure people with pre-existing conditions in return for a government mandate forcing healthy, young citizens to carry insurance.
Times, Sunday Times
There's no government mandate to focus or issue an opinion on individual cases.
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Government mandated paid maternity leave won't solve all of our problems, and it may even create some.
Christianity Today
There was no top-down federal government mandate.
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Industry executives said that the drop-off in government mandates could trigger layoffs at some firms, as the pickup in demand in the private sector was unlikely to fully compensate.
Times, Sunday Times
government official
They will go over every jot of evidence 'with a fine-tooth comb', a senior government official said.
The Sun (2011)
He had been a diplomat and government official in the previous regime.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It left space at the bottom for the signatures of parents and representatives of the school and a government official.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
government reform
It was his fifth book on government reform.
Times, Sunday Times
Charming, dapper (he avoided crossing his legs in case it creased his suit) and urbane, he supported government reform and championed civil rights.
Times, Sunday Times
They have since joined a broader coalition of protesters who are calling for government reform.
Times, Sunday Times
In government reform efforts we have seen around the world, pressure without support simply leads to demoralisation, while support without pressure leads to complacency.
Times, Sunday Times
Parliaments developed the principle of granting taxation in return for government reform.
Times, Sunday Times
government regulation
The new coalition will also push for more government regulation.
Christianity Today
Global knowledge companies are likely to trade in sensitive areas such as pharmaceuticals, defence and finance, thus attracting government regulation.
Times, Sunday Times
Obstacles are more likely to be human than technical: for example, government regulation and motorists' enthusiasm for the feeling of control that driving gives them.
Times, Sunday Times
But the peer-to-peer companies are moaning about government regulation.
Times, Sunday Times
Many experts familiar with the car industry's colourful record of contempt for government regulation responded with hollow laughter.
Times, Sunday Times
government regulator
Their rivals look to them for guidance when an industry comes under fire from a government regulator or, for example, environmental campaigners.
Times, Sunday Times
The social media giants are required to remove any content deemed offensive by a government regulator within 24 hours.
Times,Sunday Times
In 1979, there was one government regulator for every 11,000 people employed in finance.
Times, Sunday Times
We see this with some of the telecoms [firms] - their main customer ends up being the government regulator, not their real customers, people who are using these systems.
Times, Sunday Times
They are represented at nearly every major banking institution, government regulator, consulting firm and financial services institution around the world.
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government revenue
The really meaty increases in government revenue come from income tax, up from 158bn last year to 214bn in 2019-20.
Times, Sunday Times
The prince said that the reforms would help to wean the country off oil, which generates 90 per cent of government revenue.
Times, Sunday Times
We then discussed the recession, the diminishing government revenue stream, the cuts and the arguments for and against raising tuition fees.
Times, Sunday Times
Inheritance tax provides less than 1 per cent of total government revenue.
Times, Sunday Times
Initially government revenue would be small.
Times, Sunday Times
government shutdown
No, not the government shutdown and debt ceiling fuss.
Times, Sunday Times
The trade war and the partial government shutdown are not a happy backdrop for the new year.
Times, Sunday Times
Upbeat company earnings reports were offset by concerns about a slowdown in growth, trade tensions and the longest government shutdown in history.
Times, Sunday Times
There are ten days before a deadline to avert another government shutdown.
Times, Sunday Times
Republicans want any increase to be accompanied by spending cuts and some are prepared to risk a rare government shutdown to get their way.
Times, Sunday Times
government spending
Investment was limited and, being too easily confused with current expenditure, was always vulnerable to cuts in government spending, whether for economic or political reasons.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
We carried out our own zero-based reviews, scrutinising every line of government spending.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Does not the aftermath of the crisis, and the damage to the financial system, mean government spending should be maintained for longer?
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The construction sector is facing another painful year as government spending cuts bite.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Women are bearing the brunt of the cutbacks in government spending.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
government subsidy
Privatised in 2006, the university continues to receive a government subsidy as the island-state places an emphasis on maintaining the highest standards in education.
Times, Sunday Times
Her contribution was to recognise that trying to prop up failing industries with government subsidy and protection was never going to succeed.
Times, Sunday Times
Open access companies put together route proposals at their own expense, to be run without government subsidy.
Times, Sunday Times
Ah, you say, but without government subsidy wasn't it only the rich who could afford to visit the theatres, concert halls or galleries?
Times, Sunday Times
The key to their popularity was government subsidy and regulation that obliged motorists and oil companies to use biofuels.
Times, Sunday Times
incoming government
There could be further unrest if the incoming government fails to deliver on its promises.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Education strikes will be one of the first challenges to face the incoming government.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
An incoming government will have to tackle it with a combination of expenditure cuts and tax rises.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
interim government
A disruption to the energy system is the last thing a shaky interim government needs.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
He wanted a rerun of the polls in three months, managed by an interim government.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
An interim government was named last week.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
legitimate government
The hope had been that political reconciliation could take place in the form of democratic elections and a legitimate government.
Times, Sunday Times
We have a legitimate government, we have got piracy down in the region.
Times, Sunday Times
Legitimate government must behave nobly on the field of battle in spite of guerrilla tactics.
Christianity Today
The next election, he said, 'must produce a legitimate government so that we don't have the losers trying to negotiate their way back to power'.
Times, Sunday Times
There exists a legitimate government here, albeit a struggling one.
Times, Sunday Times
oppose a government
For democracy to work there must be other parties well enough financed to oppose the government effectively and offer an alternative at the polls.
Times, Sunday Times
The upper house at its best in the last century was a debating and reforming chamber: scrutinising and improving legislation rather than trying to oppose the government over every issue.
Times, Sunday Times
He took the opportunity of the debate over the electoral laws to oppose the government.
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When they congregate and oppose the government, they are rebels; when they disperse and depart, they are civilians once more.
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Other candidates are likely to emerge closer to the elections because of the obvious risks associated with opposing the government.
Times, Sunday Times
overthrow a government
Yesterday 16 people were acquitted of attempting to overthrow the government.
Times,Sunday Times
She was sentenced to five years' imprisonment for plotting to overthrow the government.
Times,Sunday Times
He faces immediate opposition from protesters who have occupied the grounds of the prime minister's offices in an attempt to overthrow the government.
Times, Sunday Times
Everybody, he says, was engaged in a cultural war in which the hope was that the underclass would overthrow the government.
Times, Sunday Times
On the contrary, the words in their ordinary meaning were apt to include conduct on behalf of a de facto authority that sought to overthrow the government of the state.
Times,Sunday Times
provincial government
There were also large budget transfers from federal to provincial government.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The provincial government said 20 teams of police marksmen and vets had been scouring the capital for the strays.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
regional government
Over recent months, it has gained the backing of powerful tribes as well as unveiling its own army and a regional government.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
A spokesman for the regional government of Andalusia said that he had no information on the incident.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The regional government also chipped in.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Town halls must have the consent of the regional government to tackle the problem.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
representative government
Local government could begin once again to become representative government.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
They are not acts of representative government.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It can call into question the claims of representative government as such.
The Times Literary Supplement (2013)
responsible government
Such an interruption in the process of responsible government might not matter in some circumstances.
Times,Sunday Times
Responsible government means defining those values and demonstrating the will to realise them.
Times, Sunday Times
At the heart of our democracy stand two great constitutional principles: representative and responsible government.
Times, Sunday Times
No responsible government can avoid or postpone the task of cutting the deficit.
Times, Sunday Times
Here the other twin principle - responsible government - comes into play and requires an equally big concession from the government side.
Times, Sunday Times
role of government
The most distinctive feature of her domestic policies was the abandonment of the consensus that the proper role of government was demand management.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The limited role of government is to defend religious liberty and the freedom of worship and association.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
What is the role of government in developing this second generation?
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
state government
In succession, therefore, each state government withdrew its funding, throwing the universities to the marketplace.
Times, Sunday Times
The state government requested funds for emergency measures but did not close access to the route.
Times, Sunday Times
The project team recently applied to the state government for permission to double the area covered by their trial to around 1,200sq miles.
The Sun
The state government initially claimed that the camp had been 'successful'.
Times, Sunday Times
Yesterday they were waiting from a reply to the proposal from the state government.
Times, Sunday Times
sue a government
He said that he would sue the government for constructive dismissal.
Times,Sunday Times
He also told the makers of fizzy drinks to 'bring it on' after threats to sue the government over its forthcoming sugar tax.
Times, Sunday Times
Should she sue the government hers would be the third such case.
Times,Sunday Times
Freight operators are threatening to sue the government over a package they say will be used to prop up ferry giants illegally.
Times,Sunday Times
One of the world's biggest tobacco companies has threatened to sue the government for billions of pounds over its plan to ban branding on cigarette packs.
Times, Sunday Times
transitional government
The pair will talk about a possible transitional government.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
That could take the form of a transitional government.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The agreed framework for the negotiations was that all sides would work together to form a transitional government.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
He added that the message he gave the dictator was that it was time to go and pressed for a transitional government.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
They said that they would not join a transitional government before he left office; a key part of the handover plan.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
urge the government to
It is also urging the government to reconsider whether assistant deputy ministers outside of bilingual regions need to meet the same rigorous language standards.
canada.com (2004)
The environmental audit committee called the delays unacceptable and urged the government to be more ambitious and invest more resources in monitoring existing sites.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
The main parents' federation urged the government to focus on understaffing.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
We have called for urgent humanitarian access to besieged areas and have urged the government to establish a no-fly zone.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
They also urge the government to set out how it will ensure that only patients who want to go home leave hospital between 11pm and 6am.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
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