Word · Frequency #3700
administer
管理；料理
To manage or supervise the running of something; to be in charge
- 1.
To apportion out, distribute.
分配,分发
- 2.
To manage or supervise the conduct, performance or execution of; to govern or regulate the parameters for the conduct, performance or execution of; to work in an administrative capacity.
管理、监督或执行；治理或规范行为、表现或执行的参数；以行政身份工作。
- 3.
To minister (to).
照料,服侍
- 4.
To settle, as the estate of one who dies without a will, or whose will fails of an executor.
处理无遗嘱或遗嘱无执行人的遗产
- 5.
To give, as an oath.
给予(如誓言)。
- 6.
To give (a drug, to a patient), be it orally or by any other means.
给予(药物给患者),无论是口服还是其他方式。
- 7.
To cause (a patient, human or animal) to ingest (a drug), either by openly offering or through deceit.
让(人或动物)服用(药物),无论是公开提供还是通过欺骗
给予（药物）；施用；主持（圣礼）；施行（圣事）；主持（宣誓、考试等）；监考；分配,分发；管理、监督或执行；治理或规范行为、表现或执行的参数；以行政身份工作。
In use
The committee administers the scholarship fund for local students.
She administered the company's daily operations while the owner was abroad.
It takes experience to administer a large public hospital efficiently.
administer something
此结构常用于管理、执行等意义。
She administers the department efficiently.
她高效地管理部门。
administer something to someone
用于药物或治疗。
The nurse administered the vaccine to the patient.
护士给病人接种了疫苗。
administer to someone
不及物用法，表示照料、帮助。
Connections
Collocations
- administer a test
- 主持考试
- The teacher administered the final exam to the students.老师给学生们主持了期末考试。
- administer medication
- 给药；用药
- The nurse administered the prescribed medication to the patient.护士给病人服用了处方药。
- administer justice
- 执行司法；主持正义
- The court exists to administer justice fairly.法院的存在是为了公正地执行司法。
- administer an oath
- 主持宣誓
- The judge administered the oath to the witness.法官主持了证人的宣誓。
- administer a project
- 管理项目
- She was hired to administer the new community development project.她被雇来管理新的社区发展项目。
- administer a company
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象minister（部长）是管理者，administer就是部长做管理、执行的动作。
Context & Register
register: mixed; contexts: office administration, medical treatment, religious ceremony; 注：该词在不同语境下语域差异较大，通常用于正式场合，如管理、执行，也可用于医疗或宗教领域。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words ending in '-ister' like minister, register, blister, and sinister share the same /ɪstə(r)/ ending and rhyme with administer. Be careful with disaster, which looks similar but has a different stressed vowel (/ɑː/ instead of /ɪ/).
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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