Downing Street

英 [ˈdaʊnɪŋ striːt]

美 [ˈdaʊnɪŋ striːt]

n.  唐宁街，英国首相，英国政府(来自英国首相官邸所在街道的名称)

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牛津词典

noun

• 唐宁街，英国首相，英国政府（来自英国首相官邸所在街道的名称）
  a way of referring to the British prime minister and government, taken from the name of the street where the prime minister lives
  1. Downing Street issued a statement late last night.
     昨天深夜唐宁街发表了一项声明。

柯林斯词典

• N-PROPER 唐宁街(英国首相及财政大臣居住的街道名);英国首相;英国官员
  Downing Streetis the street in London in which the Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer live. You can also useDowning Streetto refer to the Prime Minister and his or her officials.
  1. The Prime Minister arrived back at Downing Street from Paris this morning...
     今天早晨首相从巴黎回到了唐宁街。
  2. Downing Street is taking the French opinion polls very seriously indeed.
     英国政府确实十分重视法国的民意测验。

双语例句

• One of the prime minister's assistants was given the bum's rush out of Downing Street in1970.
  首相的一位助手曾在1970年从唐宁街被赶出来。
• He met Queen Elizabeth on Monday morning and conducted several hours of discussions with British ministers before meeting the Camerons in Downing Street.
  他在周一会晤了伊丽莎白女王，其后与英国的部长级官员举行了数小时的讨论，并在唐宁街会晤了卡梅伦及夫人。
• This week I was at the superangel summit organized by 10 Downing Street at the initiative of David Cameron.
  本周我参加了戴维•卡梅伦倡议的、由唐宁街10号组织的超级天使峰会。
• He was charged with abducting a taxi driver and forcing him to drive a bomb to Downing Street
  他被控劫持一名出租车司机并强迫他开车把一颗炸弹送到唐宁街。
• Downing Street is taking the French opinion polls very seriously indeed.
  英国政府确实十分重视法国的民意测验。
• This has come as a rude shock in Downing Street.
  这对唐宁街是一次天大的冲击。
• A Downing Street aide denied the prime minister's housekeeping expenses were excessive.
  一位唐宁街工作人员否认首相的家政服务费用过高。
• The announcement took Washington and Paris by surprise, but Downing Street had been expecting it.
  这一宣布使美国和法国都吃了一惊，但英国政府已经预料到了。
• I plan to see her soon in England, though not, she reminded me, again at10 Downing Street.
  我打算不久和她在英国见面，不过她提醒我地点不再是唐宁街十号了。
• His government was doomed, and his tenure of Downing Street with it.
  他的政府连同他在唐宁街的任期注定要完蛋了。