单词 | secretary |
释义 | Word Frequency secretary(ˈsɛkrətrɪ, -ərɪ) nounWord forms: plural -taries 1. a person who handles correspondence, keeps records, and does general clerical work for an individual, organization, etc 2. the official manager of the day-to-day business of a society or board 3. (in Britain) a senior civil servant who assists a government minister 4. (in the US and New Zealand) the head of a government administrative department 5. (in Britain) See secretary of state (sense 1) 6. (in Australia) the head of a public service department 7. diplomacy the assistant to an ambassador or diplomatic minister of certain countries 8. another name for secretaire Derived forms secretarial (ˌsɛkrɪˈtɛərɪəl) adjective secretaryship (ˈsecretaryship) noun Word origin C14: from Medieval Latin sēcrētārius, from Latin sēcrētum something hidden; see secret |
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