a group of members of a government who are chosen by the leader of the government to give advice and be responsible for its policies. In the British political system, members of the cabinet are calledcabinet ministers and each minister is usually the head of one of the main government departments, such as Health or Defence 内阁
1(usually the Cabinet) in government政府ADJECTIVE | VERB + CABINET | CABINET + VERB | CABINET + NOUNADJECTIVE➤full (BrE) 全體內閣成員◇There was a meeting of the full Cabinet this afternoon.今天下午舉行了一次全體內閣成員會議。➤inner (especially BrE) 核心內閣◇The inner Cabinet is to meet again today.今天核心內閣將再次會晤。➤shadow (= the most important members of the opposition party) (BrE) 影子內閣▸➤war戰時內閣VERB + CABINET➤appoint, choose, form, select任命內閣;物色內閣成員;組閣▸➤reshuffle改組內閣◇The Prime Minister reshuffled (= changed) his Cabinet yesterday.昨天首相改組了內閣。➤enter, join進入內閣▸➤leave, quit退出內閣▸➤consult (especially BrE) 與內閣商議▸➤persuade, urge (both especially BrE) 說服/敦促內閣CABINET + VERB➤meet內閣開會▸➤discuss sth內閣討論⋯CABINET + NOUN➤appointee, member, minister, secretary內閣所任命的人員/成員/閣員 /大臣➤appointment (NAmE) 內閣任命▸➤meeting內閣會議▸➤reshuffle內閣改組◇The affair led to a mid-term Cabinet reshuffle.這次事件引發了內閣中期改組。cabinet
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2cupboard櫥櫃ADJECTIVE | CABINET + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤glass玻璃櫃➤maple, oak, wooden, etc. (all especially NAmE) 槭木、橡木、木製等櫥櫃▸➤bathroom, bedside, kitchen浴室櫃;牀頭櫃;廚房用碗櫃▸➤medicine藥櫃▸➤china, curio, display, trophy瓷器陳列櫥;珍品陳列櫥;陳列櫃;戰利品陳列櫃◇a glass china cabinet玻璃製瓷器陳列櫃➤cocktail, drinks, liquor (NAmE) 雞尾酒櫃;飲料櫃;酒櫃➤chill, chiller (both BrE) 冷藏櫃▸➤file, filing (especially BrE) 文件櫃▸➤storage貯藏櫃➤locked鎖着的櫃子CABINET + NOUN➤door, drawer櫥櫃門;櫥櫃抽屜PREPOSITION➤in a/the cabinet在櫃子裏◇Past reports are kept in the filing / file cabinet in my office.以前的報告存放在我辦公室的文件櫃中。