Word · CEFR B2 · Frequency #5991
clerical
文职的；办公室工作的
核心释义
Relating to clerks, their work, or office work.
- 1.
与文书或文书工作有关的。
Of or relating to clerks or their work.
- 2.
文职人员的
of or relating to clerks
- 3.
与神职人员有关的。
Of or relating to the clergy.
- 4.
神职人员的
of or relating to the clergy
- 5.
办公室工作的
appropriate for or engaged in office work
神职的；与文书或文书工作有关的。；文职人员的；与神职人员有关的。；神职人员的
用法In use
She handles all the clerical tasks such as filing and data entry at the law firm.
用法提示：这里 clerical 作形容词，修饰 tasks，表示‘文书工作的’
The clerical error caused a delay in processing the shipment.
用法提示：这里 clerical 作形容词，修饰 error，表示‘文书的’
He wore a clerical collar to the meeting, indicating his role as a priest.
用法提示：这里 clerical 作形容词，修饰 collar，表示‘神职人员的’
clerical work
clerical collar
clerical skills
a clerical job
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- clerical work
- 文书工作
- She spends most of her day doing clerical work in the office.她一天大部分时间都在办公室做文书工作。
- clerical staff
- 文职人员
- The company hired additional clerical staff to handle the paperwork.公司雇用了额外的文职人员来处理文书工作。
- clerical error
- 笔误；记录错误
- The mistake was due to a clerical error in data entry.这个错误是由于数据录入中的笔误造成的。
- clerical duties
- 文书职责
- His clerical duties include filing, typing, and answering phones.他的文书职责包括归档、打字和接电话。
- clerical collar
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
"clerical" = clerk（职员）+ ical，联想：职员和神职人员都做文书工作。
语境与语域Context & Register
该形容词有两个常用义项：1）与文书或办公室工作相关，中性，常见于职场语境；2）与神职相关，较正式，多用于宗教领域。请根据上下文选择合适义项。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
Genuine rhymes with clerical: hysterical, numerical, spherical (same /ɛrɪkəl/). Lookalikes chemical, critical, clinical have different stressed vowels or consonants.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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