0 the group of people who officially control a country -- 政府，內閣
Theatre companies are very concerned about cuts in government grants to the arts. 政府削減藝術撥款，各戲劇演出公司對此非常擔心。
Senior government officials will be attending a meeting tomorrow. 政府高級官員們明天將參加一個會議。
The minister has announced that there will be no change in government policy. 部長宣佈政府政策將不會有任何改變。
The government is/are expected to announce its/their tax proposals today. 預計今天政府會公佈稅收計劃。
the government of Israel 以色列政府
1 the system used for controlling a country, city, or group of people -- 政體，體制
UK The party was in government (= controlled the country) for four years in the 1960s. 這個政黨在20世紀60年代曾執政四年。
The party that was elected to power has no experience of government. 當選上臺的這個政黨沒有執政經驗。
What this state needs is really strong government. 這個國家需要的是一個健全有力的政體。
The 1990s saw a shift to democratic government in Eastern Europe. 20世紀90年代東歐國家紛紛向民主體制轉軌。
This tendency was reinforced in 1939 when the government declared the gas supply a state-owned public monopoly.
However, from the mid 1980s the government further reduced the municipal elbowroom.
The government has been reducing home-help services and experimenting with privatisation.
The government's objective function depends on whether it recognizes returns to all land, both cultivated and common, or returns only to common land.
It was first returned because it had been drafted by counsel; government could only be addressed by principals, not their agents.
In the 1920s, the school was eager to distinguish itself from the government schools as a means of attracting more pupils.
Researchers could be misled by the publications of the first category because they were usually censored by the government to fit its propaganda purposes.
In this early period, the government did not intervene in such activities as long as they retained a purely philanthropic goal.
