| 单词 | permanent secretary |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspermanent secretary permanent secretary n. chiefly British a senior civil servant who is a permanent adviser to a minister. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > civil service > [noun] > civil servant > specific grades of British permanent secretary1785 abstracter1857 abstractor1859 permanent under-secretary1859 principal1867 second division1897 abstractor clerk1901 permsec1908 secretary1932 Perm.S.1942 under-secretary1959 1785 Earl of Sheffield Observ. Manuf. Ireland 357 A permanent secretary would give an influence and consistence to the appointment of every new viceroyalty. 1867 Ld. Derby & B. Disraeli Minute 10 May in Ld. Bridges Treasury (1964) 233 My Lords are of opinion that the office should now be given a more substantive character than that of Assistant Secretary and they are pleased to direct that its title shall be that of ‘Permanent Secretary to the Treasury’. 1900 Rules 25 Oct. under Money-Lenders Act vi The order shall be signed in quadruplicate by the permanent Secretary. 2003 Scotsman (Nexis) 26 June 8 All of those people from the Prime Minister down—Foreign Secretary, FCO (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) permanent secretary, the heads of all the agencies—deny a story. < as lemmas |
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