Officialdom
n. 官场, 官僚圈子, 公务员, 官僚主义\\n[法] 官场, 公务员界, 官吏
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📖 牛津释义
officialdom
n
(fml often derog 文, 常作贬义)
1 [Gp] officials as a group 官员（总称）
Officialdom will no doubt decide our future. 当官的无疑将决定我们的未来.
2 [U] the ways of doing the business of bureaucracy 官僚作风; 官场
We suffer from too much officialdom. 我们深受官僚作风之害.
🗣️ 情景例句
You hold on to them so there won't be a problem later.
你来保管， 免得等一下又出问题了。
We put pressure on the government to change this law.
我们给政府施加压力，要求修改那条法律。
At this, the police pointed out ironically that this would hardly be necessary as the men were already under arrest.
警察听后讥讽地说，这大可不必，因为他俩已被逮捕了。