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Whitehall
noun[ U ]
usuk /ˈwaɪt.hɔːl/
the British civil service (= officials employed to perform the work of the British government)白厅;英国政府
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Whitehall | Business English
Whitehall
noun[ S ]
GOVERNMENTuk /ˈwaɪthɔːl/us
the group of employees and departments of the British government that are not part of its military and whose main offices are in London:
Whitehall admits that it was slow to recognise the speed with which the crisis would escalate.
The cost of running Whitehall will set taxpayers back £700m more than expected this year.
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