min‧is‧try W2 AC / mɪnəstri, mɪnɪstri / 名词 ( 复数形式 ministries )

1 [可数名词] a government department that is responsible for one of the areas of government work, such as education or health

ministry of

the Ministry of Agriculture

foreign/justice/finance etc ministry

a Defence Ministry spokesman

2 the ministry the profession of being a church leader, especially in the Protestant Church :

Converted in his early teens, he entered the ministry (= started working as a church leader ) in 1855.

3 [可数名词，通常单数] the work done by a priest or other religious person as a result of their religious beliefs :

the ministry of Jesus