Yes,Minister.Season 1,episode 3

The Economy Drive

1、overmanning n.①人員過剩 ②人浮于事

? ? ? overman n.工頭

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?v.配置人員過多

Frank:Jim Hacker is the most obvious case of overmannig in Whitehall.

2、legislation n.①立法 ②法律

Humphrey:The Civil Service, Minister, exists to implement legislation enacted by Parliament.

3、seize v.①抓住 ②攻占，奪取 ③沒收 ④逮捕

Humphrey:However, I am fully seized of your requirements, Minister.

4、incredible adj.難以置信的

? ? ? credible adj.相信的

Bernard:It's incredible we didn't know about it.

5、aghast adj.驚呆的

Humphrey:I'm aghast that it got out.

6、definition n.定義

Humphrey:By definition（明白地說）, Bernard, a big department is more successful than a small one.

7、assist v.①幫助（分擔(dān)部分工作） ②協(xié)助（提供信息、資金） ③有益于（在做某任務(wù)）

8、panic n.驚慌

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?adj.驚慌的

Humphrey:It's our duty to assist the Minister to fight for the Department's money despite his own panic reations.

9、grubby adj.①骯臟的 ②卑鄙的

10、callow adj.年輕而缺乏經(jīng)驗(yàn)的

11、post n.①職位；（尤指）要職 ②郵政，郵遞 ③郵遞的信函或包裹 ④哨所

?Humphrey:MPs aren't chosen by the people. Politicians like to panic. They need activity. 35 men in grubby raincoat or 35 women in silly hats.

—Bernard:And the government are selected from the best of them.

—Humphrey:Bernard, there are only 630 MPs. If one party has just over 300,it forms a party. Of that 300, one hundred are too old and too silly, one hundred are too young and too callow, which leaves just about one hundred MPs to fill 100 government posts. There's no choice at all. They've had no selection, no training. We have to do the job for them.

12、operable adj.①可操作的 ②可動手術(shù)的

Humphrey:We can explain they've changed their accounting systems in the northwest, ot that they've redrawn the regional boundaries so that the current figures aren't operable.

13、startling adj.①令人吃驚的 ②極鮮亮的

14、indiction n.①指示 ②象征，跡象

15、wastage n.①浪費(fèi) ②浪費(fèi)量

16、midst n.①在……當(dāng)中 ②正當(dāng)……時(shí)

in the midst of?①在……當(dāng)中 ②正當(dāng)……時(shí)

Jim:Frank has come up with some really startling indictions of wastage in our very midset.

17、indictment n.①控訴，譴責(zé) ②控告

18、sloppiness n.馬虎，凌亂

19、indulgence n.縱容

? ? ? ? indulge v.①使沉溺 ②縱容

Jim:This facts are a frightening indictment of bureacucratic sloppiness and self indulgence.

20、manpower n.人力，人力資源

Jim:Two files, one on manpower, one on buildings.

21、vet v.①仔細(xì)檢查 ②徹底審查

? ? ? ? ? ? ?n.①獸醫(yī) ②老兵

Humphrey:Not everyone round this table has been vetted.

22、valuation n.①評估，評價(jià) ②計(jì)算

Humphrey:May I ask the source of these valuations?

23、going rate?現(xiàn)行匯率

going rate for property

Humphrey:But neither of these properties would fetch the going rate.

24、inflame v.①激起……的強(qiáng)烈感情，使憤怒，激怒 ②使局勢惡化 ③著火，使燃燒

Humphrey:Well,perhaps because Her Majesty's Civil Servants are not easily inflamed.

25、register v.①登記，注冊 ②公開發(fā)表意見 ③顯示讀數(shù) ④流露出……的感情 ⑤注意到

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? n.①登記表，注冊表 ②音區(qū)

class one registered building 一級保護(hù)建筑

26、reinforce v.①加強(qiáng)，充實(shí) ②加固 ③鞏固

27、basement n.地下室

Humphrey:Now that has a three-level reinforced concrete basement.

28、chip n.①炸薯?xiàng)l ②芯片 ③碎屑 ④小缺口

Humphrey:When the chips are down（在危機(jī)關(guān)頭，在關(guān)鍵時(shí)刻）, and the balloons are up and the lights go out.

29、annihilation n.毀滅，湮滅，潰敗

30、anarchy n.①無政府狀態(tài) ②混亂

?Humphrey:The government stops just because the whole country's been destoryed.Annihilation's bad enough without anarchy to make everything even worse.?