secretary
US: /ˈsɛkɹəˌtɛɹi/
UK: /sˈɛkɹətɹˌi/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
secretary /'sekrətri/- danh từ
- thư ký, bí thư
- private secretary: thư ký riêng
- secretary of emnassy: bí thư toà đại sứ
- bộ trưởng, tổng trưởng
- secretary of State for Foreign Affrais: bộ trưởng bộ ngoại giao (Anh)
- permanent secretary: thứ trưởng (một bộ trong chính phủ Anh)
- thư ký, bí thư
- danh từ
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) (như) secretaire
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun (plural secretaries) (abbreviation Sec.)1 a person who works in an office, working for another person, dealing with letters and telephone calls, typing, keeping records, arranging meetings with people, etc: a legal / medical secretary + Please contact my secretary to make an appointment.
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2 an official of a club, society, etc. who deals with writing letters, keeping records, and making business arrangements: the membership secretary
3 (Secretary) = SECRETARY OF STATE
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4 (AmE) the head of a government department, chosen by the President: Secretary of the Treasury
5 (in Britain) an assistant of a government minister, an AMBASSADOR, etc.
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Collocation
1 person who works in an office
ADJ.
executive, legal | press, publicity | personal, private | social | school
JOB:
be, work as ~
She's a well-known writer. Her father, a trained chef, now works as a bus driver.
study to be, train as, train to be ~
She trained as a painter and sculptor.
start (work) as ~
He started work as a trainee chef.
become, qualify as ~
She qualified as a vet last year.
employ (sb as), have
The company employs more than 1500 engineers.
engage (sb as), get, hire (sb as), recruit, take on ~
They have recruited a new designer.
appoint, appoint sb (as), make sb ~
are usually used with academic, official or highly responsible jobs:He was appointed Professor of Law at Yale. At 39 she was made chairman of the board.
dismiss, fire, sack ~
The club have sacked their coach.
2 official of a club/government department, etc.
ADJ.
chief, first
the First Secretary of the Communist Party
| deputy, under | assistant | acting | permanent | honorary | former, then
the then Secretary of State for Energy, Cecil Parkinson
| executive, general | branch, district, group, national, regional | club, company | cabinet, shadow
(= a senior British politician of the opposition party)
| parliamentary, state | Agriculture, Defence, Economic, Education, Employment, Energy, Environment, Financial, Foreign, Health, Home, Trade and Industry, Transport, Treasury, etc.
VERB + SECRETARY
act as | resign as | elect, elect sb (as) | replace (sb as)
SECRETARY + NOUN
General
UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan
PREP.
~ for
the Secretary for National Defence
| ~ to
secretary to the jockey club
PHRASES
the post of secretary, Secretary of State
the United States Secretary of State
Concise dictionary
secretaries'sekrətərɪ /-trənoun
+a person who is head of an administrative department of government
+an assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization
+a person to whom a secret is entrusted
+a desk used for writing
