Word · Frequency #22070
functionaries
官员；公务员；（企业或政府的）职员
functionaries is the plural of functionary.
核心释义
a person who works as an official in a bureaucracy (especially government or business), with limited authority and little room for independent judgment
- 1.
在官僚机构(通常为企业或政府)中担任官员的人,权力有限,主要执行简单职能,无需或极少需要酌情处理。
A person employed as an official in a bureaucracy (usually corporate or governmental) who holds limited authority and primarily serves to carry out a simple function for which discretion is minimal or not required.
- 2.
持有或被授予职务的工作人员
a worker who holds or is invested with an office
- 3.
指这种渺小、迂腐、短视、冷漠或适得其反的人；有时也暗指不道德或腐败。
Such a person who is petty, pedantic, short-sighted, uncaring, or counterproductive; sometimes also with implication of being amoral or corrupt.
小官僚；庸吏；墨守成规的官员；在官僚机构(通常为企业或政府)中担任官员的人,权力有限,主要执行简单职能,无需或极少需要酌情处理。；持有或被授予职务的工作人员；指这种渺小、迂腐、短视、冷漠或适得其反的人；有时也暗指不道德或腐败。；官宦
用法In use
A low-level functionary at the permit office stamped our application without even looking at it.
用法提示：functionary 在此作名词，指官僚机构中级别较低、只按规定机械办事的官员。
The embassy functionary asked for an extra form and sent us to another window.
用法提示：functionary 作名词，指使馆里负责具体事务的办公人员。
Several functionaries attended the meeting, but none of them could make a decision.
用法提示：functionaries 是 functionary 的复数形式，指一群身居官僚职位但缺乏决断权的人员。
functionary of [institution]
functionary 常指低层官僚，隐含权力有限、缺乏酌情处理权的意味。
As a functionary of the agency, he rarely made decisions on his own.
作为该机构的一名职员，他很少自行做决定。
functionary in [place]
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- government functionary
- 政府官员
- The government functionary stamped my passport.那位政府官员在我的护照上盖了章。
- party functionary
- 党务工作者
- The party functionary organized the rally.党的工作人员组织了这次集会。
- minor functionary
- 下级官员；小职员
- A minor functionary signed the document.一名下级官员签署了文件。
- petty functionary
- 小官僚；卑微的官员
- The petty functionary insisted on each form being filled in triplicate.这位小官僚坚持每份表格都要填写一式三份。
- bureaucratic functionary
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
由 function（职能）联想：在官僚机器里只执行一项小职能的人，像盖章的小职员。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：政府机构、企业行政、政治评论 通常用于正式或书面语境，多指政府或企业中担任职务的官员或职员；有时带贬义，暗指机械执行公务、缺乏自主权的人。
语法说明Grammar Note
复数形式为 functionaries；可含贬义，指官僚机构中权力有限、机械执行职务的人员。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
与 functionary 押韵的常用词有 dictionary、stationary、stationery、revolutionary、ordinary（美音中结尾读 /ˌnɛri/，其中 stationary 与 stationery 同音）。注意 boundary 拼写相似，但美音读 /ˈbaʊndəri/，结尾是 /dəri/，不押韵。
一起学习词形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.