| 单词 | secretary of state |
| 释义 | secretary of stateor Secretary of StateSEE SYNONYMS FOR secretary of state ON THESAURUS.COM nounthe head and chief administrator of the U.S. Department of State.Compare foreign minister. British. any of several ministers in the British government: A new secretary of state for the Home Department has been appointed. (in the U.S.) the appointed or elected official in a state government whose chief function is to distribute statutes, administer elections, keep archives, etc. Origin of secretary of stateFirst recorded in 1610–20 Words nearby secretary of statesecretariat, secretary, secretary bird, secretary-general, secretary of defense, secretary of state, secret ballot, secrete, secret history, secretin, secretion Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for secretary of state
British Dictionary definitions for secretary of statesecretary of state noun(in Britain) the head of any of several government departments (in the US) the head of the government department in charge of foreign affairs (State Department) (in certain US states) an official with various duties, such as keeping records Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for secretary of statesecretary of state The head of the United States Department of State and, as leading member of the cabinet, fourth in line of succession to the presidency. The secretary of state is charged with formulating American foreign policy and conducting relations with other nations. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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