| 单词 | foreign secretary |
| 释义 | > as lemmasforeign secretary foreign secretary n. a government minister in charge of foreign affairs; spec. (in the United Kingdom, often with capital initials) the government minister who heads the Foreign Office (Foreign Office n. 2). ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > government minister > [noun] > minister in British government > of specific department Chancellor of the Exchequerc1330 Lords (Commissioners) of the Treasury1642 foreign secretary1734 Home Secretary1784 war-minister1790 oil minister1960 1734 London Evening-post 5–8 Jan. On Sunday Night last an Account arriv'd here, that the Foreign Secretary, who lately withdrew himself from this Kingdom, had been seiz'd at Rotterdam. 1837 S. Smith Wks. (1859) II. 280/2 If the Foreign Secretary were to retire, we should no longer be nibbling ourselves into disgrace on the coast of Spain. 1918 E. J. Dillon Eclipse of Russia xiv. 253 Lamsdorff was an admirable Foreign Secretary,..into whose ears all the momentous State secrets passed. 2019 Independent (Nexis) 6 July 6 Traditionally, the prime minister has overall control over the intelligence services but the foreign secretary oversees MI6 and GCHQ on a day-to-day basis. < as lemmas |
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