secretary
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˈsek.rə.tər.i]
- 美式音标 [ˈsek.rə.ter.i]
- 国际音标 ['sekrətəri]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- n.部长；秘书；书记；大臣；写字台
词源解说
- 14世纪晚期进入英语，直接源自中世纪拉丁语的secretarius，意为职员，书记；最初源自拉丁语的secretum，意为一个秘密。
同根派生
- adj性质的同根词
- secretarial：秘书的；书记的；部长的。
- n性质的同根词
- secretariat：秘书处；书记处；秘书（书记，部长等）之职。
- secretaire：写字台；书桌；秘书。
- secretaryship：书记、秘书等的职务或任期。
用法辨析
- secretary的基本意思是“秘书”,也可作“书记”“部长,大臣”解,是可数名词。当secretary表示唯一职务时,其前不加定冠词。
- secretary作“部长,大臣”解时,首字母大写。
- secretary常和介词to或of连用,表示“的秘书”。接人时常用to,接物时常用of。
- secretary作名词，特指某一职位时，前面不加冠词a，后跟介词to，He is secretary to the Governor. 他是政府官员的一名秘书。
- 在英国，Secretary of State指各部的大臣，可以有很多个，而在美国则是表示“国务卿”，只有—个。英国的各个Secretary of State，可简称为Secretary，如Foreign Secretary等同于Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs。美国的Secretary of State没有简称，但其各部部长称为Secretary。
n. (名词)
英汉例句
- The First Secretary in the Embassy advised immediate settlement of the issue.
大使馆的一秘建议立即解决这个问题。
用作名词 (n.)
词组短语
- advertise for a new secretary 登广告招聘一位新秘书
- employ a new secretary 雇用新秘书
- train a secretary 培训秘书
- capable secretary 精明能干的秘书
- chief secretary 布政司；主任秘书；书记官长
- first secretary 一等秘书
用作名词 (n.)
动词+～
形容词+～
英英字典
- (OFFICE) someone who works in an office, writing letters, making phone calls, and arranging meetings for a person or for an organization
- (COMMITTEE) the member of a committee of an organization, club, etc. who keeps records of meetings, sends letters, emails, etc.
- (OFFICIAL) an official who has responsibility for the general management of an organization
- A secretary is a person who is employed to do office work, such as typing letters, answering phone calls, and arranging meetings.
- The secretary of a company is the person who has the legal duty of keeping the company's records.
- Secretary is used in the titles of high officials who are in charge of main government departments.
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专业释义
- 书记