名词解释：公务员考试是公务员主管部门组织的担任主任科员以下及其他相当职务层次的非领导职务公务员的录用考试。你知道怎么用英语表达吗?

The country's annual civil servant examination recruitment program began accepting applications on last Monday.

More than 140 state-level government agencies, affiliated public institutions and local branches aim to recruit about 20,800 people in 2013, nearly 3,000 more than this year.

A record-high 2 million people are expected to register for the national civil servant examination in November, Xinhua News Agency reported.

2013年国家公务员考试的报名工作已于上星期一展开。140多所国家政府机关及其直属事业单位和地方分支计划在2013年录用20,800人左右，比去年多出近3,000人。据新华社报道，此次“国考”的报名人数预计将达到创纪录的2百万人。

【讲解】

“###civil servant examination”在文中的解释为公务员考试，俗称“国考”，每年举行一次。“state-level government agencies”解释为国家政府机关，“public institutions”是事业单位的意思，它们是考生主要的报考对象。