n.部长；秘书；书记；大臣；写字台
He was the then secretary of Defense. 他是当时的国防部长。
He buzzed for his secretary to come. 他按蜂鸣器叫秘书进来。
My secretary is an absolute gem. 我的秘书真是个难能可贵的人。
At this moment she noticed the secretary coming in. 这时她注意到书记走了进来。
The Colonial Secretary was continued in office. 殖民大臣留任。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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)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。
secretary作“部长,大臣”解时,首字母大写。
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。
英国的外相是the Foreign Secretary,内政大臣是the Home Secretary; 美国的国务卿是the Secretary of State,国防部长是Secretary of Defence; 而中国的部长一般译为Minister。
