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a person who works in an office, working for another person, dealing with mail and phone calls, keeping records, arranging meetings with people, etc. 秘书 a legal/medical secretary 法律／医务秘书 the mayor's press secretary 市长的新闻秘书 Please contact my secretary to make an appointment. 请和我的秘书联系，预约一个时间。 - secretary to somebody/something
He is secretary to the board of governors. 他是董事会秘书。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- executive
- legal
- medical
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an official of a club, society, etc. who deals with mail, keeping records and making business arrangements （俱乐部、社团等的）干事，文书 the membership secretary 组织干事 She served as club secretary for 25 years. 她任俱乐部文书25年。 The union's branch secretary said he hoped a solution would be found. 工会的支部书记说，他希望能找到解决办法。 - secretary to somebody/something
secretary to the Jockey Club 赛马俱乐部干事
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- chief
- first
- assistant
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- resign as
- elect
- elect somebody
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- secretary to
- the post of secretary
- Secretary(also Secretary of State)
(in the UK) the head of an important government department 政府部门首长；部长 -
(in the US 美国 the head of a government department, chosen by the president 政府部门首长；部长 Secretary of the Treasury 财政部长 She was deputy secretary of agriculture in the first Obama administration. 她是奥巴马第一届政府的农业部副部长。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- deputy
- assistant
- acting
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- resign as
- replace (somebody as)
- secretary for
- secretary of
- Secretary of State
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an assistant of a government minister, an ambassador, etc. （英国的大臣、大使等的）助理 Ms Watson is a former parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Education. 沃森女士是教育部长的前议会秘书。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- permanent
- former
- cabinet
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- secretary to
- Secretary of State
Word Originlate Middle English (originally in the sense ‘person entrusted with a secret’): from late Latin secretarius ‘confidential officer’, from Latin secretum ‘secret’, neuter of secretus ‘separate, set apart’, from the verb secernere, from se- ‘apart’ + cernere ‘sift’.