ad‧min‧is‧tra‧tion S2 W2 AC / ədmɪnəstreɪʃ ə n, ədmɪnɪstreɪʃ ə n / 名词

1 [不可数名词] the activities that are involved in managing the work of a company or organization :

We’re looking for someone with experience in administration.

The health service spends too much on administration.

the administration (= the people who do this work )

the college administration

2 [可数名词] the government of a country at a particular time :

the Kennedy Administration

The problem has been ignored by successive administrations.

3 [不可数名词] the act of administering something, especially a law, test, or medicine

administration of

the administration of justice

the administration of sedatives

THESAURUS

government [可数和不可数名词] the group of people who govern a country or the system they use to govern it : The French government did not sign the agreement. | a democratic system of government

administration [可数名词] the government of a country, especially one such as the US, which is led by a president : the Kennedy administration | the problems left by the previous adminstration

regime [可数名词] a government, especially one that was not elected fairly or that you disapprove of : Most people opposed the apartheid regime.

the executive [单数形式] the part of the government that makes sure that laws and decisions work well : the separation of powers between the executive, the legislature, and the judiciary

democracy [可数和不可数名词] a political system in which everyone can vote to choose the government, or a country that has this system : The transition to democracy has not been easy. | In a democracy, people have freedom of speech.

republic [可数名词] a country that has an elected government, and is led by a president, not a king or queen : Mauritius became a republic in 1992.

monarchy [可数和不可数名词] / mɒnəki $ mɑnərki / the system of having a king or queen as the head of state, or a country that has this system : Some monarchies have elected governments. | controversy about the institution of monarchy