official

official
adjective
  1. of or relating to an authority or public body and its duties, actions, and responsibilities
    官方的
    the prime minister's official engagements.
    首相的官方事务。
    ■having the approval or authorization of such a body
    获准的;被授权的
    members would know when industrial action is official.
    工会会员们会知道罢工行动何时将得到授权。
    ■employed by such a body in a position of authority or trust
    (受雇于)官方的
    an official spokesman.
    官方发言人。
    ■emanating from or attributable to a person in office; properly authorized
    源自官方的,来自官方的;经正式授权的
    official statistics.
    官方统计数字。
    ■(often derogatory)perceived as characteristic of officials and bureaucracy; officious
    (常贬)官僚的;官气十足的
    he sat up straight and became official.
    他坐直身子,变得官气十足。
noun
  1. a person holding public office or having official duties, especially as a representative of an organization or government department
    官员
    a union official.
    一个工会官员。
    ■(亦作 official principal)(Brit.)the presiding officer or judge of an archbishop's, bishop's, or archdeacon's court
    (英)(主教法庭的)主持官员
派生
officialdom
noun
officialism
noun
officialize
verb
  1. (亦作 officialise)
语源
  1. Middle English (originally as a noun): via Old French from Latin officialis, from officium (see office)
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