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单词 administer
释义 ad·min·is·ter
\ədˈminə̇stə(r) also ad-\ verb
(administered ; administered ; administering \-st(ə)riŋ\ ; administers)
Etymology: Middle English aministren, administren, from Middle French aministrer, administrer, from Latin administrare to attend, manage from ad- + ministrare to serve — more at minister
transitive verb
1.
 a.
  (1) : to manage the affairs of
   < a government that is badly administered can never be expected to last long — C.J.Friedrich >
  (2) : to direct or superintend the execution, use, or conduct of
   < administered the regulations governing interstate travel — W.M.Emery >
   < in many Japanese homes the funds are administered by the wife — D.C.Buchanan >
   < vocational interest tests are administered to all students >
 b. : to act in lieu of an executor in settling (an intestate estate)
2.
 a. : to mete out : dispense
  < administer relief >
  < she was able to administer a more piquant flattery — Ellen Glasgow >
  < administer justice >
  < disclaiming any intention to administer any official rebuke — W.A.Slade >
  < administered a public thrashing to the landlord who had mistreated his brother — C.V.Woodward >
 b. : to give ritually
  < administer the last rites of the church >
 c. : to give remedially (as medicine)
  < the amount of the antitoxin administered is determined by the doctor — Morris Fishbein >
3. : tender
 < the following questions were first administered by the Archbishop of Canterbury — Whitaker's Almanack >
— often used with to
 < the formal oath of office was administered to him — Current Biography >
intransitive verb
1. : to perform the office of administrator — sometimes used with upon
 < A administers upon the estate of B >
2. : to give or furnish a real or assumed benefit : minister — used with to
 < administering to the last wants of his friend >
3. : to manage or conduct affairs
 < the government administers when it appoints an officer — F.J.Goodnow >
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