Yes,Minister.Season 1,episode 3

The Economy Drive

1、overmanning n.①人员过剩 ②人浮于事

      overman n.工头

                     v.配置人员过多

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，夺取 ③没收 ④逮捕

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

4、incredible adj.难以置信的

      credible adj.相信的

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

5、aghast adj.惊呆的

Humphrey:I'm aghast that it got out.

6、definition n.定义

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

7、assist v.①帮助（分担部分工作） ②协助（提供信息、资金） ③有益于（在做某任务）

8、panic n.惊慌

               adj.惊慌的

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肮脏的 ②卑鄙的

10、callow adj.年轻而缺乏经验的

11、post n.①职位；（尤指）要职 ②邮政，邮递 ③邮递的信函或包裹 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可动手术的

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令人吃惊的 ②极鲜亮的

14、indiction n.①指示 ②象征，迹象

15、wastage n.①浪费 ②浪费量

16、midst n.①在……当中 ②正当……时

in the midst of ①在……当中 ②正当……时

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

17、indictment n.①控诉，谴责 ②控告

18、sloppiness n.马虎，凌乱

19、indulgence n.纵容

        indulge v.①使沉溺 ②纵容

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

20、manpower n.人力，人力资源

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

21、vet v.①仔细检查 ②彻底审查

             n.①兽医 ②老兵

Humphrey:Not everyone round this table has been vetted.

22、valuation n.①评估，评价 ②计算

Humphrey:May I ask the source of these valuations?

23、going rate 现行汇率

going rate for property

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

24、inflame v.①激起……的强烈感情，使愤怒，激怒 ②使局势恶化 ③着火，使燃烧

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

25、register v.①登记，注册 ②公开发表意见 ③显示读数 ④流露出……的感情 ⑤注意到

                    n.①登记表，注册表 ②音区

class one registered building 一级保护建筑

26、reinforce v.①加强，充实 ②加固 ③巩固

27、basement n.地下室

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

28、chip n.①炸薯条 ②芯片 ③碎屑 ④小缺口

Humphrey:When the chips are down（在危机关头，在关键时刻）, and the balloons are up and the lights go out.

29、annihilation n.毁灭，湮灭，溃败

30、anarchy n.①无政府状态 ②混乱

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