| 单词 | under-secretary |
| 释义 | under-secretary also undersecretary Word forms: plural under-secretaries countable noun An under-secretary is a senior official with an important post in a government department. She served as under-secretary of state for health and social care. ...the under-secretary for Foreign Affairs. under secretary in American Englishnoun (often caps) an official who is subordinate to a principal secretary, as in the U.S. cabinet Under Secretary of the Treasury Also: undersecretary Word origin [1680–90]This word is first recorded in the period 1680–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: bull's-eye, commode, reservoir, timekeeper, turnoutExamples of 'under-secretary' in a sentence |
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