cabinet
noun/ˈkæbɪnət/
Слово англійською: cabinet
Переклад cabinet українською: ша́фа, кабіне́т (міні́стрів)
Детальний опис
- (usually the Cabinet)[countable + singular or plural verb] a group of senior members of a government that is responsible for advising and deciding on government policy
- a cabinet meeting
- (British English) a cabinet minister
- (British English) the shadow Cabinet (= the most important members of the opposition party)
- The cabinet is/are meeting today to discuss the situation.
Wordfinder- cabinet
- checks and balances
- constitution
- federal
- government
- minister
- the Opposition
- parliament
- politics
- system
Culture the Cabinetthe CabinetIn Britain, the Cabinet is a committee responsible for deciding government policy and for bringing together the work of government departments. It consists of about 20 ministers chosen by the Prime Minister and meets for a few hours each week at Downing Street. Its members have sworn not to talk about the meetings. Reports are sent to government departments but these give only summaries of the topics discussed and decisions taken. They do not mention who agreed or disagreed. The principle of collective responsibility means that the Cabinet acts unanimously (= all together), even if some ministers do not agree. When a policy has been decided, each minister is expected to support it in public or resign. Prime ministers can change the members of their Cabinet in Cabinet reshuffles. Some members are dropped, new ones are brought in, and the rest may be given responsibility for a different department.The leader of the main opposition party forms a Shadow Cabinet of shadow ministers, each with a particular area of responsibility, so that there is a team ready to take over immediately if the party in power should be defeated.Committees are chosen by the Cabinet to examine issues in more detail than the Cabinet has time for. Members of these committees are not necessarily politicians. The Cabinet Office led by the Secretary to the Cabinet, the most senior civil servant in Britain, prepares agendas for Cabinet meetings and committees.In the US the Cabinet consists of the heads of the 15 departments that make up the executive branch of the federal government. Each president chooses the department heads, called secretaries, but they have to be approved by the Senate. Since the Cabinet was not established by the Constitution, the President can add, remove or combine departments, and can decide when to ask the Cabinet for policy advice, and whether or not to follow it.State governments are usually organized in a similar way to the national government, and most have a cabinet. - [countable] a piece of furniture with doors, drawers and/or shelves, that is used for storing or showing things
- kitchen cabinets
- a medicine cabinet
- The china was displayed in a glass cabinet.
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from cabin + -et, influenced by French cabinet.