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Foreign Secretary noun[ C ] uk /ˌfɒr.ən ˈsek.rə.tər.i/ us /ˌfɔːr.ən ˈsek.rə.ter.i/ the British government politician who is responsible for dealing with other countries and who controls the Foreign and Commonwealth Office(英国的)外交大臣 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Government ministers & civil servants aide am attorney general backbencher cabinet first minister functionary government Home Secretary interministerial private member private secretary Privy Councillor procurator public servant syndic town clerk undersecretary vizier Whitehall
I can imagine nothing more terrible than that the Foreign Secretary should have a feeling that perhaps he has brought his country into an unnecessary war. I wish I had some influence with the Foreign Secretary, said I, not telling him that the man actually dislikes me, and looks at me as if I were a toad. The Foreign Secretary read it over with deliberation. There I saw the Foreign Secretary, who, after taking time to think things over, gave me a memorandum he had drawn up. We also received this morning from the German Ambassador here the telegram sent to him by the German Foreign Secretary, and communicated by the Ambassador to us. |