administrative

adjective
🔊/ədˈmɪnɪstrətɪv/
🔊/ədˈmɪnɪstreɪtɪv/
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  1. connected with organizing the work of a business or an institution管理的;行政的
    • an administrative job/assistant/error管理工作;行政助理;管理上的错误
    Topics Businessc1, Jobsc1
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryAdministrative is used with these nouns:
    • apparatus
    • arrangement
    • assistant
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    Word Originmid 18th cent.: from Latin administrativus, from administrat- ‘managed’, from the verb administrare, from ad- ‘to’ + ministrare ‘wait upon’, from minister ‘servant’, from minus ‘less’.