| 词汇 | undersecretary |
| 释义 | undersecretary noun[ C ] uk /ˌʌn.dəˈsek.rə.tər.i/ us /ˌʌn.dɚˈsek.rə.ter.i/ a person who works for and has a slightly lower rank than the secretary (= person in charge) of a government department: 副部长;次长;政务次官;副国务卿 She's Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs.她是负责外交事务的副国务卿。 Government ministers & civil servants aide am attorney general backbencher cabinet first minister Foreign Secretary functionary government Home Secretary press secretary private member private secretary Privy Councillor procurator Surgeon General syndic town clerk vizier Whitehall undersecretary | American Dictionaryundersecretary noun[ C ] us/ˌʌn·dərˈsek·rɪˌter·i/ an official in a government department who is one rank below the highest official: Ms. Wilkie started out as undersecretary of education, the department's No. 2 job. Examples of undersecretaryundersecretary These men - assistant commissioners, undersecretaries, inspectors - were the by-product of the fledgling but growing state bureaucracy. There is nothing like giving an undersecretary or assistant secretary a straight responsibility to make him go off and do his homework. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Very senior officers—those of the rank of deputy undersecretary or above—have an entitlement to travel in a superior class by virtue of their grade. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The appointment was approved by the permanent undersecretary of state. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 From that, right down the scale, from permanent undersecretaries downwards, there are to be corresponding increases. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I made that suggestion to the permanent undersecretary, who did not disagree with it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If that were ever to be so, we should have gone along the way to government by undersecretaries, with responsibility allocated to them alone. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Those participating in the work of the task forces include officials of undersecretary, assistant secretary, principal and equivalent grades. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is headed by the chief scientist, whereas each of the other major sources has an undersecretary as its head. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Let them not be overridden all the time by secretaries, principal secretaries and undersecretaries saying that they cannot do this or that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 An advertisement for one undersecretary post has appeared recently. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 How many of the civil servants so dispersed have been of assistant secretary or undersecretary grade, because these are, after all, the policymakers? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Was the performance of this undersecretary assessed? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This applies not only to the industries themselves but to the civil servants at deputy-secretary and undersecretary level who will be called upon to handle the affairs of the industry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 How do permanent undersecretaries view their role? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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