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单词 officious
释义
officious
adjective
disapproving
uk
/əˈfɪʃ.əs/us
/əˈfɪʃ.əs/
tooeagertotellpeoplewhat to do and having too high anopinionofyourownimportance:
爱指手画脚的，爱发号施令的；自以为是的
He's an officious little man andwidelydislikedin thecompany.他是个自以为是的小个子男人，在公司里大家都不喜欢他。
Synonyms
interfering
meddlesomedisapproving
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Showing arrogance and conceit

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officiously
officiousness
(Definition ofofficiousfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofofficious

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It would, no doubt, be easier to interpret if it were a case of ' local ' men ganging up on anofficious' outsider ' to protect one of their own.
From theCambridge English Corpus
When we came to the platform on the railway station we were met by the station master, anofficiouslittle man with a peaked cap.
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Questions were asked at the eye clinic but these are said to have brought merely a brisk andofficiousresponse.
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It may be an instance of anofficiousstore detective whose decision to arrest would be immediately countermanded by a more senior member of staff.
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But we can also opt for a bureaucratic,officious, quick, artificial and probably unsatisfactory answer.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
We are not being tooofficious, and not imposing too detailed controls.
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This is a desirable modification of subsection (1), but it causes one to think that subsection (1) is quite unnecessarilyofficious.
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Quality care is not provided byofficiousinspections.
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Certain otherofficiousbureaucratic provisions have been removed.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
As well as repealing unnecessary regulations, we need to tame unnecessarilyofficiousregulators.
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On other occasions, they are just heavy-handed,officiousor completely disproportionate to the alleged offence.
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We all tend to beofficiousfrom time to time.
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Zoos deserve some sort of protection from theofficiouscrank, the ignorant but kindly, and—above all—from the nine-till-five conservationist.
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We cannot merely argue that unfortunate foreigners are plagued with identity cards andofficiousbureaucrats.
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This report is absurd,officiousand unduly detailed.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
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