| 单词 | department of state |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdepartment of state c. department of state: (a) = sense 3b; (b) U.S. (with capital initials) the federal government department for foreign affairs; = State Department n. at state n. Compounds 3a. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > government department or agency > [noun] exchequerc1330 department of state1761 department1769 Foreign Office1784 Andrew Millar1867 Secretariat1926 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > government department or agency > [noun] > U.S. government department or agency > specific Navy Department1779 State Department1790 Indian bureau1824 Bureau of Indian Affairs1826 department of state1890 consumer unit1933 Foggy Bottom1947 state1952 U.S.I.A.1953 Ginnie Mae1968 1761 Mod. Part Universal Hist. XXXII. ix. 325 These changes gave birth to a new department of state, called the grand commission. 1890 M. Townsend U.S.: Index to United States Amer. 274 The Department of State was established by Act of Congress July 27, 1789, which act denominated it as the Department of Foreign Affairs. 1925 Amer. Mercury Aug. 443/1 The Department of State will discover that it has a wealth of material for the diplomatic corps. 1955 Welt des Islams 4 75 The Haidarābād government..allowed interest-free lending societies also to be registered with the department of state. 1991 N. Wyn Ellis John Major ii. 80 As Treasury Secretary in a Treasury-dominated government, he was witness, arbiter and ultimate controller of the way every department of state set its budgets. < as lemmas |
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