ministerial party

基本解释

In a country where party loyalties matter less than ministerial portfolios, they took with them 48 defectors from the government.
在一个部长的职位比忠于所属政党来的更重要的国家里，此举无可厚非。
A string of state-election victories, and the nomination last year of L.K. Advani, a doughty octogenarian, as its prime-ministerial candidate had seemed to reverse the party’s decline.
一系列邦级选举的胜利，以及提名能干的80多岁老人Advani为该党总理候选人看上去转变了人民党的逆势。
Pervaiz Elahi, the party's prime ministerial candidate and former chief minister of Punjab, was accused of dispensing gifts of 1,500 rupees ($24) from public funds, ostensibly as grants to the poor.
佩尔维斯•艾莱西是PML-Q政党的总理候选人与前任旁遮普省长，他被指责挪用公共基金1500卢比（24美元），表面看来是用作为穷人分发礼物。

That went against Ms Rousseff's express wishes, and was a defiant challenge to Mr Palocci, who had threatened the party with ministerial sackings should its deputies rebel.
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