| 词汇 | officialdom |
| 释义 | officialdom noun[ U ] disapprovinguk /əˈfɪʃ.əl.dəm/ us /əˈfɪʃ.əl.dəm/ used to refer to those people who have a position of authority, especially in government, usually when they are preventing you from doing what you want to do or are slow or not effective（尤指政府中效率低下的）官僚 People in charge of or controlling other people acephalous administrator anti-management authority bureaucrat controller council counter-power dean deputy manipulator mistress movers and shakers multi-headed officer tsar vice presidency vice president vicegerency vicegerent officialdom | Business Englishofficialdom noun[ U ] uk /əˈfɪʃəldəm/us GOVERNMENT used to refer to people who have a position of authority, especially in a government, usually when they are preventing you from doing what you want to do, or are slow or not effective: They accused regulatory officialdom of hampering their business by imposing too many petty conditions. Examples of officialdomofficialdom Despite this air of officialdom in the presentation, not all are obsequious accounts. Their experiences during communist times make them reluctant to speak openly about officialdom. In old age they seldom contact officialdom, whether the social services or their consulate, and look only occasionally for advice or help from immigrant associations. It expects parliaments to investigate officialdom, oppose or improve bad laws and get better value for taxpayers' money. The way officialdom scrutinises what direct payments users do with their money combines both a bureau-paternalist and laissez-faire approach. It is this elite officialdom that appears tantamount to being the state. Interest is by no means confined to officialdom. What was the social impact of the spread of print, particularly as texts were disseminated to levels of the population outside the ranks of officialdom and the highest scholar-elite? Officialdom was obliged and supposed to be virtuous, to set an example to inferiors, but to be above the laws for ordinary subjects. He was unlucky in climbing the ladder of officialdom on the one hand but on the other he could afford to remain outside the most powerful enterprise of all. Bureaucracy and officialdom would lead to those instruments being totally unused for one simple and intuitive reason. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English The truth is that manufacturing industry probably suffers more from regulation, not by desire of officialdom or governments, but by dint of history itself. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the world today accumulations of power, whether commercial power or the power of officialdom, are increasing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are in many ways without any rights; there is a real sense of helplessness when faced with officialdom and official policy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Officialdom sometimes gets away with things rather too easily. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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