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词汇 officious
释义 officious
adjective
 disapprovinguk /əˈfɪʃ.əs/ us /əˈfɪʃ.əs/
too eager to tell people what to do and having too high an opinion of your own importance: 爱指手画脚的,爱发号施令的;自以为是的
He's an officious little man and widely disliked in the company.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

Related words


officiously
officiousness

Examples of officious


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It would, no doubt, be easier to interpret if it were a case of ' local ' men ganging up on an officious ' outsider ' to protect one of their own.
When we came to the platform on the railway station we were met by the station master, an officious little 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 and officious response.
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It may be an instance of an officious store 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.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
We are not being too officious, 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 unnecessarily officious.
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Quality care is not provided by officious inspections.
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Certain other officious bureaucratic provisions have been removed.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
As well as repealing unnecessary regulations, we need to tame unnecessarily officious regulators.
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On other occasions, they are just heavy-handed, officious or completely disproportionate to the alleged offence.
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We all tend to be officious from time to time.
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Zoos deserve some sort of protection from the officious crank, 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 and officious bureaucrats.
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This report is absurd, officious and unduly detailed.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
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