| 单词 | parliamentary secretary |
| 释义 | > as lemmasparliamentary secretary parliamentary secretary n. (originally) a parliamentary officer ranking below and acting as assistant to a minister; (subsequently) a person holding the most junior ministerial rank. ΚΠ 1850 Rep. Sel. Comm. Official Salaries 8 in Parl. Papers XV. 179 With regard to the Parliamentary secretaryship, which I once held myself, I do not know so difficult or so disagreeable office in the Government.] 1851 Treasury Minutes 20 May in Parl. Papers 1851 XXXI. 379 Political Offices... Poor Law Board: President,..Parliamentary Secretary. 1886 Manch. Examiner 8 Feb. 5/5 The office he has long worthily held as parliamentary secretary to the Trades' Union Congress. 1954 H. Morrison Govt. & Parl. iv. 66 The life of the Parliamentary Secretary can be interesting and fairly full, or, on the other hand, uninteresting and rather empty. 1990 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 29 June 8/8 Mr Sciacca and Mr McMullan hold a new form of job. They are ‘parliamentary secretaries’. The child maintenance scheme is just one example of the work they are assigned. < as lemmas |
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