Local authorities must refer everything to the central ministries.

地方管理机构应请示中央主管部门。

Ministries lack computers.

部委缺乏电脑。

In France they are ministries of fun.

而在法国他们却是娱乐事工部门。

Many ministries are still fiefs of patronage.

许多部委仍是封官许愿的采邑。

"We are seeing women in soft ministries," she said.

她说：“我们看到妇女在没有实权的部门当职。”