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单词 secretariat
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Definition of secretariat in English:

secretariat

nounˌsɛkrɪˈtɛːrɪətˌsɛkrəˈtɛriət
  • 1A permanent administrative office or department, especially a governmental one.

    the European Secretariat in Luxembourg
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In fact he formed a special committee in the cabinet secretariat to work out special tourist packages for the islands.
    • They are processes that legitimize political activity by international secretariats on behalf of their organizations.
    • The group's secretariat is usually provided by an outside body, either an NGO or a consultancy.
    • There are suggestions that regional health secretariats and youth centres might serve wider Commonwealth functions.
    • The al-Sadr movement has a representative in the general secretariat.
    • Significantly, neither the government information ministry nor the presidential secretariat has responded to criticisms of the raid.
    • His successor at the peace secretariat is expected to be appointed after Sri Lanka's presidential election on Nov.17.
    • The Council formed a permanent secretariat in Brussels to assist its work.
    • The spokesman said the bureau had made arrangements to provide secretariat and administrative support to the panel.
    • Now the general secretariat can only take action on the initiative of the prime minister.
    • He is a member of the national secretariat, the five-member board of the party's leadership.
    • The bank, dominated by the US, not only houses its secretariat, but provides its current chair.
    • Plantlife International hosts the secretariat for Planta Europa, the network of organisations working for plant conservation across Europe.
    • They marched to the state government secretariat chanting slogans condemning the administration's attitude to the dispute.
    • Uzbekistan joined in June 2001, when the body was restructured with a permanent secretariat headquartered in Beijing.
    • Mitterrand quickly favoured Jospin and by 1973 had already brought him into the national secretariat of the party.
    • Santa's national secretariat is embroiled in several disputes with other Santa hospitals throughout the country.
    • This applies in particular to their secretariats that are tightly controlled and steered by a handful of developed countries.
    • The parties in every country have their own special women's committees, secretariats and bureaus.
    • But that process, however closely coordinated with U.N. secretariats, is still technically unilateral.
    1. 1.1treated as singular or plural The staff working in a secretariat.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The Parliament is helped by a large secretariat of approximately 3,500 staff, headed by a Secretary-General.
      • The group's secretariat is usually provided by an outside body, either an NGO or a consultancy.
      • This group would have its own budget, secretariat, council of ministers, and parliamentary assembly.
      • I also pay tribute to the select committee secretariat for their work.
      • Every two years, one member country hosts the council's secretariat, assuming the costs of its operation.

Origin

Early 19th century: from French secrétariat, from medieval Latin secretariatus, from secretarius (see secretary).

Rhymes

commissariat, lumpenproletariat, proletariat, salariat, vicariate
 
 

Definition of secretariat in US English:

secretariat

nounˌsɛkrəˈtɛriətˌsekrəˈterēət
  • 1A permanent administrative office or department, especially a governmental one.

    the European Secretariat in Luxembourg
    Example sentencesExamples
    • But that process, however closely coordinated with U.N. secretariats, is still technically unilateral.
    • They marched to the state government secretariat chanting slogans condemning the administration's attitude to the dispute.
    • Santa's national secretariat is embroiled in several disputes with other Santa hospitals throughout the country.
    • The Council formed a permanent secretariat in Brussels to assist its work.
    • They are processes that legitimize political activity by international secretariats on behalf of their organizations.
    • There are suggestions that regional health secretariats and youth centres might serve wider Commonwealth functions.
    • The group's secretariat is usually provided by an outside body, either an NGO or a consultancy.
    • This applies in particular to their secretariats that are tightly controlled and steered by a handful of developed countries.
    • His successor at the peace secretariat is expected to be appointed after Sri Lanka's presidential election on Nov.17.
    • Significantly, neither the government information ministry nor the presidential secretariat has responded to criticisms of the raid.
    • He is a member of the national secretariat, the five-member board of the party's leadership.
    • Mitterrand quickly favoured Jospin and by 1973 had already brought him into the national secretariat of the party.
    • The spokesman said the bureau had made arrangements to provide secretariat and administrative support to the panel.
    • In fact he formed a special committee in the cabinet secretariat to work out special tourist packages for the islands.
    • The parties in every country have their own special women's committees, secretariats and bureaus.
    • The bank, dominated by the US, not only houses its secretariat, but provides its current chair.
    • Now the general secretariat can only take action on the initiative of the prime minister.
    • Plantlife International hosts the secretariat for Planta Europa, the network of organisations working for plant conservation across Europe.
    • The al-Sadr movement has a representative in the general secretariat.
    • Uzbekistan joined in June 2001, when the body was restructured with a permanent secretariat headquartered in Beijing.
    1. 1.1treated as singular or plural The staff working in a secretariat.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The Parliament is helped by a large secretariat of approximately 3,500 staff, headed by a Secretary-General.
      • Every two years, one member country hosts the council's secretariat, assuming the costs of its operation.
      • I also pay tribute to the select committee secretariat for their work.
      • This group would have its own budget, secretariat, council of ministers, and parliamentary assembly.
      • The group's secretariat is usually provided by an outside body, either an NGO or a consultancy.

Origin

Early 19th century: from French secrétariat, from medieval Latin secretariatus, from secretarius (see secretary).

 
 
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