quango

n. 半独立国家的政府组织, 半官方机构

发音

UK /ˈkwæŋ.ɡəʊ/
其它

词形变化

quangos 复数 quangos

别名

qango

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An organization that, although financed by a government, acts independently of it.

    英国 贬义 政治

    The strongest link to the State, however, occurs with quangos, (quasi-NGOs), and the many umbrella groups that also thrive on State support. Many of the new parties realized after their Sturm und Drang years that they still needed regular contacts with the 'civil' world and that their civilian support base had been seriously eroded.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

organization organisation

词源

From the initial letters (the first two letters for the first word) of quasi-autonomous non-governmental organization. Coined by American president of the Carnegie Foundation Alan Pifer in 1967.

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