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.部長;秘書;書記;大臣;寫字台
词源解说
- 14世紀晚期進入英語,直接源自中世紀拉丁語的secretarius,意爲職員,書記;最初源自拉丁語的secretum,意爲一個秘密。
同根派生
- adj性質的同根詞
- secretarial:秘書的;書記的;部長的。
- n性質的同根詞
- secretariat:秘書処;書記処;秘書(書記,部長等)之職。
- secretaire:寫字台;書桌;秘書。
- secretaryship:書記、秘書等的職務或任期。
用法辨析
- secretary的基本意思是“秘書”,也可作“書記”“部長,大臣”解,是可數名詞。儅secretary表示唯一職務時,其前不加定冠詞。
- secretary作“部長,大臣”解時,首字母大寫。
- secretary常和介詞to或of連用,表示“的秘書”。接人時常用to,接物時常用of。
- secretary作名詞,特指某一職位時,前麪不加冠詞a,後跟介詞to,He is secretary to the Governor. 他是政府官員的一名秘書。
- 在英國,Secretary of State指各部的大臣,可以有很多個,而在美國則是表示“國務卿”,衹有—個。英國的各個Secretary of State,可簡稱爲Secretary,如Foreign Secretary等同於Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs。美國的Secretary of State沒有簡稱,但其各部部長稱爲Secretary。
n. (名詞)
英汉例句
- The First Secretary in the Embassy advised immediate settlement of the issue.
大使館的一秘建議立即解決這個問題。
用作名詞 (n.)
词组短语
- advertise for a new secretary 登廣告招聘一位新秘書
- employ a new secretary 雇用新秘書
- train a secretary 培訓秘書
- capable secretary 精明能乾的秘書
- chief secretary 佈政司;主任秘書;書記官長
- first secretary 一等秘書
用作名詞 (n.)
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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
- 書記