secretary

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14世紀(jì)晚期進(jìn)入英語，直接源自中世紀(jì)拉丁語的secretarius，意為職員，書記；最初源自拉丁語的secretum，意為一個(gè)秘密。

adj性質(zhì)的同根詞
secretarial：秘書的；書記的；部長(zhǎng)的。
n性質(zhì)的同根詞
secretariat：秘書處；書記處；秘書（書記，部長(zhǎng)等）之職。
secretaire：寫字臺(tái)；書桌；秘書。
secretaryship：書記、秘書等的職務(wù)或任期。

secretary的基本意思是“秘書”,也可作“書記”“部長(zhǎng),大臣”解,是可數(shù)名詞。當(dāng)secretary表示唯一職務(wù)時(shí),其前不加定冠詞。
secretary作“部長(zhǎng),大臣”解時(shí),首字母大寫。
secretary常和介詞to或of連用,表示“的秘書”。接人時(shí)常用to,接物時(shí)常用of。
secretary作名詞，特指某一職位時(shí)，前面不加冠詞a，后跟介詞to，He is secretary to the Governor. 他是政府官員的一名秘書。
在英國(guó)，Secretary of State指各部的大臣，可以有很多個(gè)，而在美國(guó)則是表示“國(guó)務(wù)卿”，只有—個(gè)。英國(guó)的各個(gè)Secretary of State，可簡(jiǎn)稱為Secretary，如Foreign Secretary等同于Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs。美國(guó)的Secretary of State沒有簡(jiǎn)稱，但其各部部長(zhǎng)稱為Secretary。

The First Secretary in the Embassy advised immediate settlement of the issue.
大使館的一秘建議立即解決這個(gè)問題。

(OFFICE) someone who works in an office, writing letters, making phone calls, and arranging meetings for a person or for an organization
(COMMITTEE) the member of a committee of an organization, club, etc. who keeps records of meetings, sends letters, emails, etc.
(OFFICIAL) an official who has responsibility for the general management of an organization

A secretary is a person who is employed to do office work, such as typing letters, answering phone calls, and arranging meetings.
The secretary of a company is the person who has the legal duty of keeping the company's records.
Secretary is used in the titles of high officials who are in charge of main government departments.