Word · Frequency #2959
clerk
当职员；担任办事员
核心释义
to work as a clerk, such as in a store, office, or law firm
- 1.
担任职员；履行职员的职责或职能。
To act as a clerk, to perform the duties or functions of a clerk.
- 2.
在初次评估中收集患者信息,如详细询问病史和进行体格检查。
To assemble information about a patient during their initial assessment by actions such as a taking a detailed medical history and performing a physical examination.
- 3.
担任办事员(如在法律行业)
work as a clerk, as in the legal business
问诊；采集病史；担任职员；履行职员的职责或职能。；在初次评估中收集患者信息,如详细询问病史和进行体格检查。；担任办事员(如在法律行业)；当店员
用法In use
She clerked for a federal judge last summer.
用法提示：这里clerked是动词过去式，表示‘担任书记员’，宾语为法官。
After law school, he plans to clerk at a prestigious law firm.
用法提示：clerk作为动词，后接at表示工作地点。
While clerking, she learned a lot about legal procedures.
用法提示：clerking是动词的现在分词形式，作为状语表示‘在担任书记员时’。
clerk at [place]
clerk at 后接地点，表示在某处做店员或职员。
She clerks at a small bookstore on weekends.
她周末在一家小书店当店员。
clerk for [person/organization]
法律行业中常用 clerk for 表示给法官或律师当助理。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- clerk at a store
- 在商店当店员
- She clerks at a bookstore on weekends.她周末在书店当店员。
- clerk for a judge
- 给法官当书记员
- He clerked for a federal judge after law school.法学院毕业后，他给一位联邦法官当书记员。
- clerk in a law firm
- 在律师事务所担任办事员
- During the summer, she clerked in a law firm.暑假期间，她在一家律师事务所担任办事员。
- clerk a patient
- 为患者采集病史
- The medical student clerked a patient on the ward.医学生在病房里为一位患者采集病史。
近义词
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
想象诊所里 clerk 职员“喀啦喀啦”敲键盘，边问诊边记病史——clerk 就是做文书和采集信息的工作。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：office/store work、law firm、hospital initial assessment 作动词时，clerk 在普通职场场景中比较中性，通常指担任职员或办事员；在医疗语境（尤其英国医疗体系）中则偏正式，指医生在初次接诊时采集病史、做体格检查。具体语气随使用场景变化。
语法说明Grammar Note
通常用于表示在某处做文书工作，如 clerk for a law firm.
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都含 /ɝk/ 音，与 clerk 押韵。注意拼写差异：work 是 -ork，lurk/shirk/smirk 是 -irk，jerk/perk 是 -erk；clerk 拼作 -erk。不要与 clark /klɑːrk/ 混淆。
高价值词汇High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
用法优先级
Dictionary facts from DICTIONARY_API_DEV, ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.