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Social Security-(社会保险)

1. 政府;内阁
The government of a country is the group of people who are responsible for governing it.

2. (国家等的)治理，管理，执政
Government consists of the activities, methods, and principles involved in governing a country or other political unit.

Be careful with the spelling of this word. In Britain, the head of the government is the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister appoints the other ministers, who are responsible for particular areas of policy. The Prime Minister and other senior ministers together form the Cabinet. The policies of the government are debated and approved by Parliament, which consists of the House of Commons and the House of Lords. There are about 650 elected Members of Parliament (or MPs) in the House of Commons. In the United States, the head of the government is the President, who appoints the members of his administration. Policies are debated and approved by Congress, which consists of the House of Representatives and the Senate. Members of the House of Representatives are known as congressmen, congresswomen, or congresspeople, and members of the Senate are called senators.
注意该词的拼写。英国的政府首脑为首相(Prime Minister)，首相任命各部大臣(minister)，大臣负责政策的特定领域，首相与高级大臣组成内阁(Cabinet)。政府的政策在议会（Parliament）上讨论并通过，议会由下议院（House of Commons)和上议院(House of Lords)组成，下议院约有650名通过选举产生的议员(Member of Parliament, 亦称 MP)。美国的政府首脑为总统(President)，总统任命政府(administration)各部部长。国家政策在国会（Congress）上讨论并通过，国会由参议院(Senate)与众议院(House of Representatives)组成，众议院议员称为congressman, congresswoman或congresspeople，参议院议员称为senator。

1. the act of governing
exercising authority

e.g. regulations for the governing of state prisons
he had considerable experience of government

Synonym: governinggovernancegovernment activityadministration

2. (government) the system or form by which a community or other political unit is governed

e.g. tyrannical government

3. the study of government of states and other political units

Synonym: politicspolitical science

4. the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit

e.g. the government reduced taxes
the matter was referred to higher authorities

Synonym: authoritiesregime