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clerical error

/kler-i-kuhl/US // ˈklɛr ɪ kəl //UK // (ˈklɛrɪkəl) //

文书错误,文书差错,书面错误,笔误

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adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of, pertaining to, appropriate for, or assigned to an office clerk or clerks: a clerical job.
    • : doing the work of a clerk or clerks: a clerical assistant; a clerical staff.
    • : of, relating to, or characteristic of the clergy or a member of the clergy: clerical garb.
    • : advocating the power or influence of the clergy in politics, government, etc.: a clerical party.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a cleric.
    • : clericals, Informal. clerical garments.
    • : a person or a party advocating the power or influence of the church in politics, government, etc.
    • : a person who does clerical work; office worker; clerk.
    • : Also called clerical error. a minor error, as in the keeping of records, the transcribing of documents, or the handling of correspondence.

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Examples

  • Iran’s clerical rulers are depicted as well-meaning moderates whose sincere and persistent overtures to the United States have been rebuffed by presidents of both political parties.

  • He moved to London in 1940, where he did clerical work for the British army and later played concerts for the troops and in factories.

  • Jackie Walorski of Indiana’s 2nd Congressional District, said in a tweet that she supported the lawsuit but wasn’t included on the list due to a clerical error.

  • Sitting on the current board are two members who previously worked clerical jobs within the department and one who formerly worked inside a prison as a correctional counselor.

  • It would exclude truck drivers, clerical, maintenance and engineering employees, and supervisors, among others.

  • Padre Goyo, with his clerical collar and his bulletproof vest, is an icon for those fighting drugs and corruption.

  • They are meant to show that the Church has adopted a new line of transparency on clerical sex abuse.

  • There are emails so recent, they call into question just how much of the clerical abuse is still going on.

  • Instead, Clohessy accuses Cardinal George and dozens of his clerical colleagues of opting to put their own reputations first.

  • But some reflects the impact of the ever more powerful Clerical regime, whose expansive regulatory power undermines small firms.

  • The seed of discontent was again germinating under the duplicity of the Spanish lay and clerical authorities.

  • To give him a party name, he became an anti-clerical, strictly in a political and lawful sense.

  • Joseph, with his liberal ideas, had attempted to free the people from clerical thraldom.

  • The clerical staff in all the offices had combined and presented a petition in the highest quarter.

  • A country squire introduced his baboon, in clerical habits, to say grace.