administer
verbVerb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they administer | |
| he / she / it administers | |
| past simple administered | |
| past participle administered | |
| -ing form administering |
- administer something
to manage and organize the affairs of a company, an organization, a country, etc. 管理（公司、组织、机构等）；治理（国家） to administer a charity/fund/school 管理一家慈善机构／一项基金／一所学校 the high cost of administering medical services 管理医疗服务的高成本 The pension funds are administered by commercial banks. 养老基金由商业银行管理。
Extra ExamplesThe charity is administered by a 20-strong management committee. 该慈善机构由一个20人的管理委员会管理。 The country has to face up to the high cost of administering medical services. 国家必须正视医疗服务机构高昂的管理费用。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- effectively
- efficiently
- centrally
- …
- be difficult to
- be easy to
- be simple to
- …
- administer something
to make sure that something is done fairly and in the correct way 施行；执行 to administer justice/the law 司法；执法 The questionnaire was administered by trained interviewers. 问卷调查是由经过训练的采访人员负责执行的。
Extra ExamplesIt is the function of the courts to administer the laws which Parliament has enacted. 法院的职能是执行议会制定的法律。 Bishops came before the Pope and justice was administered by him in person. 主教们来到教皇面前，由他亲自主持正义。 The team is responsible for administering the tests and marking the papers. 这个小组负责组织测验和评阅试卷。
- administer something (to somebody) (formal)
to give or to provide something, especially in a formal way 给予；提供 - (formal)
to give drugs, medicine, etc. to somebody 给予，施用（药物等） - administer something
Police believe his wife could not have administered the poison. 警方认为他的妻子是不可能下毒的。 - administer something to somebody
The dose was administered to the child intravenously. 已给那孩子静脉注射了一剂药物。
- administer something
- administer a kick, a punch, etc. (to somebody/something) (formal)
to kick or to hit somebody/something 踢；打
Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin administrare, from ad- ‘to’ + ministrare ‘wait upon’, from minister ‘servant’, from minus ‘less’.