| 单词 | parliamentary undersecretary |
| 释义 | > as lemmasparliamentary under-secretary parliamentary under-secretary n. (in the United Kingdom) a parliamentary secretary in a department headed by a Secretary of State. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > government minister > [noun] > minister in British government > under-secretary under-secretary1677 parliamentary under-secretary1858 1858 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 21 28 The defence of the delinquent, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary, was that he had only complied with the feelings of the House of Commons. 1918 Act 8 George V c. 3 §1 (1) A Secretary who shall discharge the functions both of a parliamentary secretary to the Board and a parliamentary under-secretary to the Secretary of State. 1991 N. W. Ellis John Major iii. 85 He was unable to avoid controversy soon after he took over his job as Parliamentary Under Secretary at the DHSS when he asked for and managed to get increased cold weather payments for pensioners. Parliamentary Under-Secretary (of State) Used esp. as the specific title of a secretary immediately subordinate to, or ranking below, a principal secretary of state. Parliamentary Under-Secretary (of State), a member in a department of State, ranking below a minister: see parliamentary adj. 1; Permanent Under-Secretary: see permanent under-secretary n. at permanent adj. and n. Compounds; also used for various other ranks in the administrative civil service, esp. as a title next below Deputy Secretary.extracted from under-secretaryn.< as lemmas |
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