Secretary of State
noun[C]
uk/ˌsek.rə.tər.i əv ˈsteɪt/us/ˌsek.rə.ter.i əv ˈsteɪt/(alsoSecretary)
in the UK, a Member of Parliament who is inchargeof agovernmentdepartment:
(英国)国务大臣ShebecameSecretary ofStateforEducation afterspendingthreeyearsas Environment Secretary.在做了3年环境大臣后,她成了教育大臣。
in the US, animportantgovernmentofficialwho hasresponsibilityforrelationshipswith thegovernmentsof othercountries
(美国)国务卿Government ministers & civil servants
- aide
- am
- attorney general
- backbencher
- cabinet
- Foreign Secretary
- functionary
- government
- Home Secretary
- interministerial
- private member
- private secretary
- Privy Councillor
- procurator
- public servant
- syndic
- town clerk
- undersecretary
- vizier
- Whitehall
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International relations: United States politics & government