| 单词 | welsh office |
| 释义 | > as lemmasWelsh Office Welsh Office n. now historical the department of the British Government responsible for Welsh affairs; the buildings in Whitehall, London, and in Cathays Park, Cardiff, housing this; the civil servants working in this department collectively; (in early use also) this proposed department. [Originally after Irish Office n. at Irish adj. and n. Compounds 3 (compare quot. 1852); compare also Scottish Office n. at Scottish adj. and n. Compounds 3. Compare Welsh Swyddfa Gymreig (1964 or earlier), after English] .The Welsh Office, headed by the Secretary of State for Wales, was established in 1964 and disbanded in 1999. At this date many of the functions of the Welsh Office were transferred to the newly established National Assembly for Wales (in Welsh Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru), while the Wales Office (in Welsh Swyddfa Cymru) was created to support the Secretary of State for Wales within the British Government. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > government department or agency > [noun] > with specific responsibility > English or British admiralty1459 ordnance1485 Navy Office1660 navy board1681 patent office1696 excise-office1698 Treasury Office1706 Plantation Office1708 stamp office1710 War Office1721 India Office1787 home office1795 Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues1803 the Stamps1820 Welsh Office1852 W.O.1860 Local Government Board1871 pall-mall1880 Scottish Office1883 Ministry of Munitions1915 War House1925 Min of Ag1946 Mintech1967 DOE1972 Manpower Services Commission1973 1852 in E. J. Whately Life & Corr. R. Whately (1866) 238 ‘Would you retain..the Irish Office?’ ‘Certainly not,’ answered the Archbishop, ‘I would no more have an Irish Office than a Welsh Office’. 1918 Times 14 Feb. 7/3 Major David Davies..suggests..the creation of a Welsh Office, with a Secretary for Wales, on the Scottish model. 1964 Times 22 Dec. 10/4 Mr. Griffiths, Secretary of State for Wales, yesterday opened the first permanent home of the Welsh Office in London. 1975 Mod. Law Rev. 38 196 The Department of the Environment and the Welsh Office are co-operating by making accommodation available. 1976 S. Wales Echo 26 Nov. Demonstrations by angry parents outside the Welsh Office now seem certain after South Glamorgan County Council's controversial decision to turn a Cardiff high school into a Welsh-speaking secondary. 1999 Mirror (Nexis) 1 July 6 Great powers have been handed over today from the Welsh Office to the Assembly. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。