0 someone who works in an office, writing letters, making phone calls, and arranging meetings for a person or for an organization:
1 the member of a committee of an organization, club, etc. who keeps records of meetings, sends letters, emails, etc.:
2 an official who has responsibility for the general management of an organization:
The company secretary has written to all the shareholders to apologize for the mistake.
3 a Secretary of State :
the Foreign Secretary
the Home Secretary
the Secretary of Health and Human Services
4 a person who works in an office and prepares letters, keeps records, schedules meetings, and makes other arrangements for a particular person or for an organization
5 the head of a government department:
the Secretary of the Treasury
6 an official in an organization who is responsible for writing notes about what happens at meetings and sending official letters:
7 someone who works in an office, writing letters, making telephone calls, organizing meetings, etc. for other people:
She works at the International Convention Centre as a secretary.
When I called, her secretary said she was in a meeting.
8 used in the names of some officials with particular responsibilities in some organizations:
9 in the UK, a Member of Parliament or Member of the House of Lords who is in charge of a government department:
Energy/Home/Foreign Secretary
secretary of sth He is a member of the Efficiency Commission and a former secretary of commerce.
the Secretary of State for Health
10 in the US, the head of a government department appointed by the President:
Secretary of Defense
Defense/Commerce/Treasury Secretary
a competent secretary
Unless it's marked 'private', my secretary usually opens my post.
Their conversations were taken down in shorthand by a secretary.
Ever since our secretary walked out, the office has been in a state of chaos.
She works as a bilingual secretary for an insurance company.
The party secretary was accused of participating in the planning of the attack (their plan was not to inflict fatal injuries on the villagers).
A litigious society created an increased need for litigation masters, while local magistrates had to rely ever more heavily on private secretaries.
I settled on the executive vice president/chief medical offer and introduced myself to his secretary.
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辦公室, 秘書, (委員會)秘書…
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办公室, 秘书, (委员会)秘书…
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secretario, -a, ministro…
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secretária, Ministro, -a de Estado…
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秘書, 長官, 大臣…
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sekreter, bakan…
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secrétaire [masculine-feminine], secrétaire…
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secretari, -ària…
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