secretary

英 ['sekrətri] 美 ['sekrəteri]

• n. 部长；秘书；书记；大臣；写字台

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C] 秘书

   employee in an office, usually working for another person, dealing with letters, typing, filing, etc.

2. [C] 书记

   official of a club, society, etc.

3. [C] 部长,大臣

   head of a government department

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 部长
2. 干事
3. 秘书
4. 书记
5. 秘书官
6. 书记官
7. <英>大臣
8. 写字桌
9. <英>次长
10. 【印】草书体大铅字
11. 副部长
12. 【印】书写体大写铅字
13. 次官
14. 文书
15. 助理

adj. 形容词

1. （15至17世纪法律文书中）指定草体的

v. 动词

1. 在秘书事务方面协助某人

英英释义

Noun:

1. a person who is head of an administrative department of government

2. an assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization

3. a person to whom a secret is entrusted

4. a desk used for writing

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. He was the then secretary of Defense.
   他是当时的国防部长。
2. He buzzed for his secretary to come.
   他按蜂鸣器叫秘书进来。
3. My secretary is an absolute gem.
   我的秘书真是个难能可贵的人。
4. At this moment she noticed the secretary coming in.
   这时她注意到书记走了进来。
5. The Colonial Secretary was continued in office.
   殖民大臣留任。
6. The secretary is proposing to stand down in favor of a younger man.
   这位大臣打算辞职，让位给一个比较年轻的人。
7. Janet put several dictionaries on the shelf of her secretary.
   珍妮特在她的写字台架子上放了几本字典。
8. Emily doesn't have a secretary, so she has to write her essay on the tea table.
   艾米莉没有写字台，所以她只能在茶几上写论文。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. The First Secretary in the Embassy advised immediate settlement of the issue.
   大使馆的一秘建议立即解决这个问题。
2. The secretary enrolled our names.
   秘书把我们的名字登记入册。
3. The new secretary was being lectured for the poor quality of her work.
   新来的秘书因工作质量差而遭训斥。
4. There's no hope to succeed, the secretary is helping the old manager back sadly.
   成功无望,秘书搀扶着老经理悲伤地返回来。
5. The boss delegated his secretary to show me around the city.
   老板派他的秘书陪我到城里转转。
6. I went in without knocking and there was his secretary sitting on his knee; I'd caught him on the hop.
   我进去时没敲门,他的秘书正坐在他膝盖上,我搞得他措手不及。
7. The sales manager asked his secretary to copy out the addresses of their customers.
   销售部经理让他的秘书抄下所有客户的地址。
8. Don't you dare try to lure my new secretary away, we value her work highly.
   你怎敢引诱我的新秘书离开,我们对她的工作评价甚高。
9. I acted for the secretary when he was in London.
   他在伦敦时,我代理秘书工作。
10. I had to lean towards the secretary to hear what she was saying.
    为了听清秘书在说什么,我只好把身子探过去。
11. He acted as secretary to the board.
    他充任委员会的秘书。
12. He didn't know what a lot of unpaid work he was letting himself in for when he agreed to become secretary of the society.
    当他同意担任该社的秘书时,他不知道他将做多少无报酬的工作。
13. Last August he was appointed to the position of secretary.
    在去年8月份,他被指定担任秘书。
14. The director should not have to manage without a secretary.
    经理没必要在没有秘书的情况下凑合着办公。
15. As to your wish to have an extra secretary, let's leave it open until the next fiscal year.
    你希望增补一名秘书的事,到下一财政年度再定。
16. We can certify for her competence as a secretary.
    我们可以证明她能胜任此秘书工作。
17. The manager did not accept her as his secretary.
    那位经理没有接受她做秘书。
18. As my secretary, your duty consists of answering the calls.
    作为我的秘书,你的职责包括接电话。
19. If he happens to be out, you may leave word with his secretary.
    如果他刚好不在,你可以留话给他的秘书。
20. Lucy is the best person to fill the secretary vacancy.
    露西是秘书这个空缺最好的人选。
21. The secretary brought forward several suggestions for the meeting to discuss.
    书记提出了几项建议在会议上讨论。
22. The General Secretary of the Party noted down the details of the plan.
    党的总书记把这个方案的细节都记下来了。
23. The reporters copied down every word spoken by the Secretary of the Party Committee.
    记者们记下了党委书记说的每一句话。
24. The president confirmed him as Secretary of State.
    总统任命他为国务卿。
25. He is about to be kicked upstairs to be Secretary of State.
    他将要被明升暗降,调任国务大臣。

经典引文

• Reueale it she durst not, as daring..to make none her secretarie.

  出自： T. Lodge

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• advertise for a new secretary 登广告招聘一位新秘书
• employ a new secretary 雇用新秘书
• train a secretary 培训秘书

形容词+～

• capable secretary 精明能干的秘书
• chief secretary 秘书长
• first secretary 一等秘书
• Foreign secretary 外交部长
• general secretary 总书记
• private secretary 私人秘书
• social secretary 社交秘书

名词+～

• company secretary 公司干事
• Defense secretary 国防部长
• graduate secretary 有学位的秘书
• Home secretary 内政大臣
• Labor secretary 劳工部长
• press secretary 新闻秘书

～+后置定语

• secretary general 秘书长
• secretary general of the United Nations 联合国秘书长

～+介词

• secretary of the society 协会干事
• secretary to the general manager 总经理的秘书
• the secretary of Defence 国防部长,国防大臣
• the secretary of State 国务大臣,国务卿
• the secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (英国)外交大臣

词语用法

1. secretary作名词，特指某一职位时，前面不加冠词a，后跟介词to，

   He is secretary to the Governor.
   他是政府官员的一名秘书。

2. 在英国，Secretary of State指各部的大臣，可以有很多个，而在美国则是表示“国务卿”，只有—个。英国的各个Secretary of State，可简称为Secretary，如Foreign Secretary等同于Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs。美国的Secretary of State没有简称，但其各部部长称为Secretary。

n. (名词)

1. secretary的基本意思是“秘书”,也可作“书记”“部长,大臣”解,是可数名词。当secretary表示唯一职务时,其前不加定冠词。
2. secretary作“部长,大臣”解时,首字母大写。
3. secretary常和介词to或of连用,表示“的秘书”。接人时常用to,接物时常用of。

常见错误

n. (名词)

1. 她是部长的秘书。

   误 She is the secretary of the minister.

   误 She is secretary of the minister.

   正 She is secretary to the minister.

   析 在表示“…(人)的秘书”时,习惯上说secretary to...,而不说secretary of。表示“(单位或机构)的秘书”,习惯上说secretary of,而不说secretary to。

2. 她是一个协会的秘书长。

   误 She is the general secretary of an association.

   正 She is the secretary-general of an association.

   正 She is the Secretary-General of an association.

   析 “秘书长”习惯上用 secretary-general 表达,也可以大写,即the Secretary-General。

词源解说

• ☆ 14世纪晚期进入英语，直接源自中世纪拉丁语的secretarius，意为职员，书记；最初源自拉丁语的secretum，意为一个秘密。

近反义词

【近义词】

• assistant
• clerk