| 单词 | secretary |
| 释义 | secretary (once / 68 pages) n If you handle the correspondence and clerical work for your boss or your company, you are a secretary. One of your duties as a secretary is to open the mail. Today, the preferred term for the kind of secretary who works in an office is administrative assistant. The noun secretary can also refer to the person who is in charge of an administrative department in the government, like the Secretary of Defense. A secretary can also be a piece of furniture — specifically, a type of writing desk. WORD FAMILYsecretary: secretarial, secretaries, secretaryship, undersecretary+/secretaryship: secretaryships/undersecretary: undersecretaries USAGE EXAMPLESAndrew Puzder, a restaurant executive set to serve as labor secretary, will face scrutiny for past comments on the minimum wage, among other policies. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) Its study, by general secretary Andrew Harrop, was based on recent election results and polling. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) Culture Secretary Karen Bradley said it was important to remember the "horrors" of the Ypres battlefields, and honour the memories of the many who died. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) 1n an assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization Syn|Hypo|Hyper secretarial assistant executive secretary a secretary having administrative duties and responsibilities receptionista secretary whose main duty is to answer the telephone and receive visitors social secretarya personal secretary who handles your social correspondence and appointments amanuensis, shorthand typist, stenographersomeone skilled in the transcription of speech (especially dictation) assistant, help, helper, supporter a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose 2n a person who is head of an administrative department of government Hypo|Hyper Attorney General, US Attorney General, United States Attorney General the person who holds the position of secretary of the Justice Department Agriculture Secretary, Secretary of Agriculturethe person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Agriculture Commerce Secretary, Secretary of Commercethe person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Commerce Defense Secretary, Secretary of Defensethe person who holds the secretaryship of the Defense Department Education Secretary, Secretary of Educationthe person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Education Energy Secretary, Secretary of Energythe person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Energy Secretary of Health and Human Servicesthe person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Health and Human Services Secretary of Housing and Urban Developmentthe person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Labor Secretary, Secretary of Laborthe person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Labor Secretary of Statethe person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of State Interior Secretary, Secretary of the Interiorthe person who holds the secretaryship of the Interior Department Secretary of the Treasury, Treasury Secretarythe person who holds the secretaryship of the Treasury Department Secretary of Transportation, Transportation Secretarythe person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Transportation Secretary of Veterans Affairsthe person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Veterans Affairs undersecretarya secretary immediately subordinate to the head of a department of government chief, head, top dog a person who is in charge 3n a person to whom a secret is entrusted Syn|Hyper repository confidant, intimate someone to whom private matters are confided 4n a desk used for writing Syn|Hyper escritoire, secretaire, writing table desk a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments |
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