英汉词典

clerk 基本解释

• n. 职员，办事员；店员；书记；记账员；牧师，教士
• vi. 当销售员，当店员；当职员
• n. （英）克拉克（人名）

clerk 词态变化

clerk 中文词源

来自clergy,神职人员。因为旧时大多数人是不识字的，神职人员在履行神职的同时，也从事 一些记帐记录之事，因此引申此词义。

clerk 英文词源

clerk

clerk: [11] Clerk and its relatives cleric and clergy owe their existence ultimately to a Biblical reference, in Deuteronomy xviii 2, to the Levites, members of an Israelite tribe whose men were assistants to the Temple priests: ‘Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the Lord is their inheritance’. Greek for ‘inheritance’ is klēros, and so it came about that matters relating to the Christian ministry were denoted in late Greek by the derived adjective klērikós.

This passed into ecclesiastical Latin as clēricus, which was originally borrowed into late Old English as cleric or clerc, later reinforced by Old French clerc to give modern English clerk. Its presentday bureaucratic connotations, which emerged in the 16th century, go back to an earlier time when members of the clergy were virtually the only people who could read or write.

However, religious associations have of course been preserved in cleric [17], from ecclesiastical Latin clēricus, and clergy [13], a blend of Old French clergie (a derivative of clerc) and clerge (from the ecclestiastical Latin derivative clēricātus). The compound clergyman is 16th century.
=> cleric, clergy

clerk (n.)

"man ordained in the ministry," c. 1200, from Old English cleric and Old French clerc "clergyman, priest; scholar, student," both from Church Latin clericus "a priest," noun use of adjective meaning "priestly, belonging to the clerus" (see cleric).

Modern bureaucratic usage is a reminder of the dark ages when clergy alone could read and write and were employed for that skill by secular authorities. In late Old English the word can mean "king's scribe; keeper of accounts;" by c. 1200 clerk took on a secondary sense in Middle English (as the cognate word did in Old French) of "anyone who can read or write." This led to the sense "assistant in a business" (c. 1500), originally a keeper of accounts, later, especially in American English, "a retail salesman" (1790). Related: Clerkship.

clerk (v.)

"act as a clerk," 1550s, from clerk (n.). Related: Clerked, clerking.

clerk 词组搭配

clerk 英文释义

1. an employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts)

2. a salesperson in a store

clerk 双语例句

1. A stupid medical clerk had slipped the wrong tab on his X-ray.

一个蠢笨的医护人员一不留神在他的X光片上贴错了标签。

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2. "I've come to reclaim my property," she announced to the desk clerk.

“我来要求归还我的房产，”她向接待人员宣布。

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3. It was strange, how invisible a clerk could feel.

一名办事员会感到如此受人忽视，令人觉得不可思议。

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4. A clerk simply verifies that the payment and invoice amount match.

职员只是核实付款和发票上的数额是否一致。

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5. Betty started as a shipping clerk at the clothes factory.

贝蒂的第一份工作是在服装厂里当运务员。

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clerk 实用场景例句

the Town Clerk

市政府书记员

牛津词典

the Clerk of the Court

法院书记员

牛津词典

The clerk at the counter gave me too little change.

柜台的售货员少给我找了零钱。

牛津词典

a clerking job

职员工作

牛津词典

an office clerk

办公室职员

牛津词典

He clerked for the chief justice of the Supreme Court.

他为最高法院的大法官做书记员。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...a hotel clerk.

宾馆接待员

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Gene clerked at the auction...

吉恩在拍卖会上作文书工作。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

She was offered a job as an accounts clerk with a travel firm.

她得到一份在旅行社当记账员的工作。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Without your love I can do nothing, with your love there is nothing I cannot do.

没有你的爱,我什么都做不成; 有了你的爱,我没有什么做不成.

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The court clerk will notify the witness when and where to appear.

法院办事员将通知证人出庭的时间及地点.

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A clerk booked down details of every article handed in.

一个职员把交进来的每一件东西详细地登记下来.

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Clerk wanted, able to cost.

招聘职员, 须能计算成本者.

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He let off steam by yelling at a clerk.

他对一个职员大喊大叫,借以发泄怒气.

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He serves as a clerk in a bank.

他在一家银行当办事员.

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The clerk bonged the call bell.

那位职员当当地打钟叫人.

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The clerk was given a promotion and an increase in salary.

那个职员升了级,加了薪.

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The clerk was elevated to a managerial position.

那个职员被提升到经理职位.

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I've never seen such a polite clerk.

我从未见过这样有礼貌的店员.

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The petty clerk was afraid of offending his boss.

这个小职员不敢得罪他的老板.

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Their attempt to bribe the clerk had failed.

他们贿赂那位办事员的企图没有成功.

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The police suspected that the bank clerk was in league with the robbers.

警察怀疑银行职员与强盗有勾结.

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The sales clerk parceled his purchase.

售货员把他买的东西打成包裹.

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The clerk embezzled a thousand pounds from the bank where he worked.

那个职员在他工作的银行里贪污了一千英镑.

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John was promoted [ advanced ] from a clerk to a manager.

约翰由职员 晋升 为经理.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

It was clear that the clerk had gone beyond his duty in doing so without authority.

很显然,这位工作人员未经许可就这样做是超越他的职责范围的.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

He was promoted from a clerk to a manager.

他由职员升为经理.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

the Clerk of the Court

法院书记员

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》