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单词 officialdom
释义
officialdom
noun[U]
disapproving
uk
/əˈfɪʃ.əl.dəm/us
/əˈfɪʃ.əl.dəm/
used to refer to thosepeoplewho have apositionofauthority,especiallyingovernment, usually when they arepreventingyou from doing what youwantto do or areslowor noteffective
（尤指政府中效率低下的）官僚
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
People in charge of or controlling other people
  • acephalous
  • administrator
  • anti-management
  • authority
  • bureaucrat
  • conservator
  • controller
  • council
  • counter-power
  • dean
  • lord
  • management
  • manipulator
  • mistress
  • too many chiefs and not enough Indiansidiom
  • top dog
  • troika
  • tsar
  • vice president
  • yourlord and masteridiom
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(Definition ofofficialdomfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

officialdom| Business English

officialdom
noun[U]
uk
/əˈfɪʃəldəm/us
GOVERNMENT
used to refer topeoplewho have apositionofauthority,especiallyin agovernment, usually when they arepreventingyou from doing what youwantto do, or areslowor noteffective:
Theyaccusedregulatoryofficialdom ofhamperingtheirbusinessbyimposingtoo manypettyconditions.
(Definition ofofficialdomfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofofficialdom

officialdom
Despite this air ofofficialdomin the presentation, not all are obsequious accounts.
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Their experiences during communist times make them reluctant to speak openly aboutofficialdom.
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In old age they seldom contactofficialdom, whether the social services or their consulate, and look only occasionally for advice or help from immigrant associations.
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It expects parliaments to investigateofficialdom, oppose or improve bad laws and get better value for taxpayers' money.
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The wayofficialdomscrutinises what direct payments users do with their money combines both a bureau-paternalist and laissez-faire approach.
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It is this eliteofficialdomthat appears tantamount to being the state.
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Interest is by no means confined toofficialdom.
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What was the social impact of the spread of print, particularly as texts were disseminated to levels of the population outside the ranks ofofficialdomand the highest scholar-elite?
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Officialdomwas obliged and supposed to be virtuous, to set an example to inferiors, but to be above the laws for ordinary subjects.
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He was unlucky in climbing the ladder ofofficialdomon the one hand but on the other he could afford to remain outside the most powerful enterprise of all.
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Bureaucracy andofficialdomwould lead to those instruments being totally unused for one simple and intuitive reason.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
The truth is that manufacturing industry probably suffers more from regulation, not by desire ofofficialdomor governments, but by dint of history itself.
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In the world today accumulations of power, whether commercial power or the power ofofficialdom, are increasing.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
They are in many ways without any rights; there is a real sense of helplessness when faced withofficialdomand official policy.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Officialdomsometimes gets away with things rather too easily.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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