clerk
英 [klɑːk]
美[klɝk]
- 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）
词态变化
复数: clerks;第三人称单数: clerks;过去式: clerked;过去分词: clerked;现在分词: clerking;
中文词源
clerk 职员，书记员
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。
英英释意
- 1. an employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts)
- 2. a salesperson in a store
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.
考试真题
- It just does, said Mr.Azar who learned the trick from another clerk.
出自-2016年6月听力原文
- Azar who learned the trick from another clerk.
出自-2016年6月听力原文
- He estimated that about 3,000 postmasters, 500 station managers and between 500 and 1,000 postal clerks couldlose their jobs.
出自-2016年12月听力原文
- After paying the clerk,I still had 5 cents.
2015年高考英语四川卷 阅读表达 原文
- His father was a clerk in the British navy pay office –a respectable position, but wish little social status.
出自-2017年考研阅读原文
- his father was a clerk in the British Navy Pay office—a respectable position, but with little social status.
2017年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
词组搭配
Clerk of the Closet
(in the UK) the sovereign's principal chaplain
（英国）君主的首席牧师
clerk of the course
an official who assists the judges in horse racing or motor racing
（赛马、赛车的）裁判助理
clerk of (the) works
(Brit.)a person who oversees building work in progress
(英)（建筑工作的）现场监督员
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.
期刊摘选
- 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.
《简明英汉词典》
- 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.
《简明英汉词典》
- Clerk wanted, able to cost.
- 招聘职员, 须能计算成本者.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 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.
《简明英汉词典》
- He serves as a clerk in a bank.
- 他在一家银行当办事员.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The clerk bonged the call bell.
- 那位职员当当地打钟叫人.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- The clerk was given a promotion and an increase in salary.
- 那个职员升了级,加了薪.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The clerk was elevated to a managerial position.
- 那个职员被提升到经理职位.
《简明英汉词典》
- I've never seen such a polite clerk.
- 我从未见过这样有礼貌的店员.
《简明英汉词典》
- The petty clerk was afraid of offending his boss.
- 这个小职员不敢得罪他的老板.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Their attempt to bribe the clerk had failed.
- 他们贿赂那位办事员的企图没有成功.
《简明英汉词典》
- 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.
《简明英汉词典》
- The sales clerk parceled his purchase.
- 售货员把他买的东西打成包裹.
《简明英汉词典》
- 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.
《简明英汉词典》
- 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》