[mass noun]the process or activity of running a business, organization, etc. 管理,经营 the day-to-day administration of the company. 公司的日常管理。 a career in arts administration. 文科行政管理职业。 [as modifier]administration costs. 管理费用。 ■(the administration)the people responsible for this, regarded collectively 行政部门 the university administration took their demands seriously. 大学行政部门认真对待他们的要求。 ■the management of public affairs; government 公众事务管理;政府 the inhabitants of the island voted to remain under French administration. 岛上的居民投票决定仍留在法国行政统治之下。 ■(Law)the management and disposal of the property of a deceased person, debtor, or other individual, or of an insolvent company, by a legally appointed administrator (律)遗产管理;(债务人、其他个人或破产公司的)资产管理 the company went into administration. 公司进入破产管理状态。
the government in power 政府 successive Conservative administrations enjoyed a comfortable majority. 连续几届保守党政府获得了充裕的多数赞成票。 ■(chiefly N. Amer.)the term of office of a political leader or government (主 北美)(政治领导人、政府的)任期 the early years of the Reagan Administration. 里根政府的最初几年。 ■(in the US) a government agency (美国)政府机构 the US Food and Drug Administration. 美国食品及药物管理局。
[mass noun]the action of dispensing, giving, or applying something 分发,给予,服用 the oral administration of the antibiotic. 口服抗生素。 the administration of justice. 执行司法。
语源
Middle English : from Latin administratio(n-), from the verb administrare (see administer)