treasury

treasury — noun

1. In some countries, the part of the national government that handles the country'

1.名詞B2
釋義

In some countries, the part of the national government that handles the country's financial affairs — for example, collecting taxes, planning the annual budget, and deciding how public money gets spent.

例句

Minho works for the Treasury, helping prepare the annual budget for schools.

collocation: works for / at the Treasury

The Treasury announced new plans to lower taxes for small businesses next year.

collocation: announced plans to lower [taxes]

同義詞

文法句型

the Treasury + singular verb

Treasury + noun (as modifier)

用法筆記

Often capitalized (the Treasury) when referring to a specific national department such as the UK Treasury or the US Department of the Treasury. The lowercase form (treasury) is used for the general concept or for the funds sense (sense 3).

常見錯誤

❌The Treasury are responsible for tax collection.
✅The Treasury is responsible for tax collection.
💡Government departments are treated as singular in British and American English.
❌He works at Ministry of Treasury.
✅He works at the Treasury.
💡The definite article 'the' is required before the name of this department.

2. A secure room, building, or container designed to hold and protect precious obje

2.名詞B2
釋義

A secure room, building, or container designed to hold and protect precious objects or large sums of money — for example, a strongroom in a castle or a vault inside a museum.

例句

The museum's treasury contains gold coins and ancient jewellery from the Ming dynasty.

collocation: museum's treasury / castle's treasury

Ilan showed the children the castle's treasury, where the royal crown was kept.

collocation: showed [someone] the treasury

同義詞
  • vault

    specifically a secure room or compartment, often in a bank

  • strongroom

    a heavily protected room for valuables

  • repository

    more formal; a place where anything is stored

文法句型

possessive + treasury

treasury of + noun

用法筆記

Can be used literally (a physical room in a building) or metaphorically (a collection of valuable items such as books or artworks). In metaphorical use, the object is something culturally or personally valuable, not necessarily financial.

常見錯誤

❌They stored the gold in a treasure.
✅They stored the gold in a treasury.
💡A 'treasure' is the valuable thing itself; a 'treasury' is the place where it is stored.

3. The money or financial resources that belong to a country, an organization, or a

3.名詞B2
釋義

The money or financial resources that belong to a country, an organization, or a person — for example, the funds a sports club has available to buy new equipment or pay its bills.

例句

The charity's treasury was running low after the donations stopped coming in.

collocation: treasury was running low

The church's treasury was barely enough to cover the roof repairs after the winter storms.

structure: possessive + treasury + was barely enough to [purpose]

同義詞
  • funds

    more common in everyday contexts; the money available for a purpose

  • finances

    broader term covering all income and expenditure

  • coffers

    more formal or literary; often used of governments

文法句型

possessive + treasury

the + noun + treasury

用法筆記

Distinguish from sense 1: sense 3 refers to the money itself (the financial pool), while sense 1 refers to the government department that controls that money. A charity's 'treasury' (sense 3) is its funds; the UK 'Treasury' (sense 1) is the department that manages the nation's budget.

常見錯誤

❌The club treasury is responsible for approving new members.
✅The club treasury has enough money to cover the trip.
💡For clubs and small organizations, 'treasury' means the funds available, not the people managing them.
❌She took money from the treasuries.
✅She took money from the treasury.
💡In this sense, treasury is uncountable and has no plural form.