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IELTS BNC: 613 COCA: 2009

secretary

secretary /ˈsɛkrəˌteri/ Brit /ˈsɛkrətri/ noun
plural secretaries
secretary
/ˈsɛkrəˌteri/ Brit /ˈsɛkrətri/
noun
plural secretaries
Learner's definition of SECRETARY
[count]
: a person whose job is to handle records, letters, etc., for another person in an office秘书
see also press secretary
: a person in a club or other organization who is in charge of keeping letters and records书记员;干事
US : an official who is selected by the President and is in charge of a particular department of the government部长
British : a government official who helps a minister, an ambassador, etc.(英国大使、大臣的)助理
British : secretary of state 2 see also foreign secretary

— secretarial秘书的

/ˌsɛkrəˈterijəl/ adjective
IELTS BNC: 613 COCA: 2009

secretary

noun

sec·​re·​tary ˈse-krə-ˌter-ē How to pronounce secretary (audio)
ˈse-kə-ˌter-,
 in rapid speech also  ˈsek-ˌter-,
 especially British  ˈse-k(r)ə-trē
plural secretaries
1
: one employed to handle correspondence and manage routine and detail work for a superior
2
a
: an officer of a business concern who may keep records of directors' and stockholders' meetings and of stock ownership and transfer and help supervise the company's legal interests
b
: an officer of an organization or society responsible for its records and correspondence
3
: an officer of state who superintends a government administrative department
the secretary of labor
4
b
: a writing desk with a top section for books
secretarial adjective
secretaryship noun

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  • secretary 4b

Example Sentences

You can set up an appointment with my secretary. He works as a legal secretary. He was the club's secretary. He is a junior secretary at the embassy.
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Word History

Etymology

Middle English secretarie, from Medieval Latin secretarius, confidential employee, secretary, from Latin secretum secret, from neuter of secretus

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of secretary was in the 15th century
IELTS BNC: 613 COCA: 2009
secretary

noun¹

1person who works in an office秘書ADJECTIVEexecutive, legal行政/法律秘書medical醫務秘書press, publicity新聞/宣傳秘書personal, private私人秘書social社交秘書school學校秘書 note at job
secretary

noun²

2head of a government department in the US美國政府部門的部長ADJECTIVE | VERB + SECRETARY | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEdeputy副部長deputy secretary of agriculture in the Bush administration布什政府的農業部副部長assistant助理部長assistant secretary of commerce under President Clinton克林頓總統任內商務部助理部長acting代理部長former前部長former Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen前財政部長勞埃德・本特森cabinet內閣大臣state國務卿Agriculture, Commerce, Defence, Education, Health, Homeland Security, Interior, Labor, Transportation, Treasury, etc.農業部、商務部、國防部、教育部、衞生部、國土安全部、內政部、勞工部、交通部、財政部等部長VERB + SECRETARYresign as辭去部長職務replace (sb as)接替(某人為)部長PREPOSITIONsecretary for⋯部長the Treasury Department's Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy財政部負責經濟政策事務的助理部長secretary of⋯部長a former assistant secretary of defense國防部前副部長PHRASESSecretary of State國務卿the US Secretary of State美國國務卿
secretary

noun³

3government minister or assistant in the UK英國的大臣或助理ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEpermanent常任大臣former前大臣the former Secretary of State for Energy, Cecil Parkinson前國家能源部大臣塞西爾・帕金森cabinet, shadow (= a senior British politician of the opposition party) (BrE) 內閣大臣;影子內閣官員parliamentary政務次官Agriculture, Defence, Economic, Education, Employment, Energy, Environment, Financial, Foreign, Health, Home, Transport, Treasury, etc.農業大臣、國防大臣、經濟大臣、教育大臣、就業大臣、能源大臣、環境事務大臣、財政司司長、外交大臣、衞生大臣、內政大臣、交通大臣、財政大臣等PREPOSITIONsecretary to⋯大臣the Financial Secretary to the Treasury財政部財政司司長PHRASESSecretary of State(英國政府的)大臣the Secretary of State for Education教育大臣
secretary

noun⁴

4official of an organization書記;幹事ADJECTIVE | VERB + SECRETARY | SECRETARY + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEchief, first第一書記the First Secretary of the Communist Party共產黨第一書記assistant, deputy書記助理;副書記honorary榮譽書記executive, general執行書記;總書記branch, district, group, national, party, regional支部書記;地區幹事;集團書記;國家書記;黨的書記;地區書記club, company俱樂部/公司幹事VERB + SECRETARYresign as辭去書記職務elect選舉書記elect sb, elect sb as選舉某人為書記replace接替書記replace sb as接替某人為書記SECRETARY + NOUNGeneral秘書長UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon聯合國秘書長潘基文PREPOSITIONsecretary to⋯幹事secretary to the Jockey Club賽馬俱樂部幹事PHRASESthe post of secretary幹事職位

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