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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

clerk [klɒːk]
  1. 1. noun [c] (office worker) 职员
  2. 2. noun [US] (sales person) 售货员

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

clerk [klɜːrk] [klɑːrk]
  1. 1. n.[c] 职员办事员文员
    Eventually, I got a job as senior bank clerk in London.
    最后,我在伦敦找了一个高级银行职员工作
  2. 2. n.[c] [American English] 店员售货员
    The shop clerk told me that I could get a 50% discount.
    商店销售员告诉可以给我打五折。
  3. 3. vi. [American English] 职员,当办事员
    After law school she clerked at the Supreme Court.
    法律学校毕业后,她就职最高法院

Collins English-English Dictionary

clerk [klɒːk] [kl3ːrk]
  1. 1. n [Brit] clerk of the House a senior official of the House of Commons
  2. 2. n clerk in holy orders a cleric
  3. 3. n [US and Canadian] [US and Canadian] desk clerk a hotel receptionist
  4. 4. n a worker, esp in an office, who keeps records, files, etc
  5. 5. n an employee of a court, legislature, board, corporation, etc, who keeps records and accounts, etc
    a town clerk
  6. 6. n short for salesclerk
  7. 7. n [Archaic] a scholar
  8. 8. vi. [intr] to serve as a clerk
  9. 9. vi. [Etymology] Old English clerc, from Church Latin clericus, from Greek klerikos cleric, relating to the heritage (alluding to the Biblical Levites, whose inheritance was the Lord), from kleros heritage

Examples

This summer, I'll work as a office clerk.
今年夏天,我就会成为一名公司职员了。
Let's ask the clerk which one he thinks is the best option.
我们问问这个职员,看他认为选哪个最好。
The attempt to bribe the clerk had failed.
贿赂职员的尝试失败了。
The clerk assists him on the project.
这个职员在该项目上给予了他帮助。
He is clerk of method and dispatch.
他是个办事有方法又有效率的职员。

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