1.the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit;
the government reduced taxes
2.(government) the system or form by which a community or other political unit is governed;
tyrannical government
3.the act of governing; exercising authority;
regulations for the governing of state prisons
4.the study of government of states and other political units
音标: 英音:['gʌvənmənt]美音:['gʌvɚnmənt]拆字意思 go-vern-ment就是用连字符串起来的government,即政府,这种写法始创于著名的网络社区“猫扑”,在那里经常会出现这样一些“新生事物”,这么写无非就类似“拆字法”,很多网站都有敏感词汇和字眼的过滤,所以,为了表述清楚方便,又不用错别字来代替,衍生出这么一种写法。本意 government n.政府, <英>保姆