Word · Frequency #7948
bureaucrat
官僚
An official who is part of a bureaucracy.
- 1.
An official who is part of a bureaucracy.
官僚机构中的官员
- 2.
an official of a bureaucracy
官僚
- 3.
A user on a wiki with the right to change user access levels.
在维基上有权更改用户访问级别的用户
行政员；官僚机构中的官员；在维基上有权更改用户访问级别的用户；官僚作风的人；官僚主义者；[法] 官僚
In use
The bureaucrat insisted on following every rule, even when it caused delays.
Dealing with bureaucrats can be frustrating because they often prioritize paperwork over solutions.
As a junior bureaucrat, she spent most of her time processing forms and approvals.
adjective + bureaucrat
形容词修饰官僚时常见
He is a typical bureaucrat who follows rules blindly.
他是一个典型的官僚，盲目遵守规则。
bureaucrat + in + noun phrase
表示所属部门或领域
Bureaucrats in the department are inefficient.
这个部门的官僚效率低下。
bureaucrat + of + noun phrase
表示所属机构
Connections
Collocations
- government bureaucrat
- 政府官僚
- The government bureaucrat processed my application.那位政府官僚处理了我的申请。
- petty bureaucrat
- 小官僚
- A petty bureaucrat insisted on seeing the original documents.一个小官僚坚持要看原件。
- faceless bureaucrat
- 面目模糊的官僚
- Citizens often complain about dealing with faceless bureaucrats.市民们常常抱怨与面目模糊的官僚打交道。
- bureaucrat in charge
- 主管官僚
- The bureaucrat in charge of the project approved the budget.负责该项目的官僚批准了预算。
- career bureaucrat
- 职业官僚
- He spent thirty years as a career bureaucrat in the ministry.他在部里当了三十年的职业官僚。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
bureau（办公室）+crat（统治）= 在办公室里统治的人，即官僚
Context & Register
语域：negative 常见场景：government、organizations 多用于批评政府或大型组织中的官员，带有负面含义
Grammar Note
可数名词
Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words share the spelling ending -crat and are pronounced with /kræt/ at the end, but their stressed vowels differ (e.g., /bjʊrəkræt/ vs /ˈdɛməkræt/). They are not perfect rhymes but share the same suffix.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.