Word · Frequency #19180
officialdoms
官场；官员阶层
officialdoms is the plural of officialdom.
the officials and administrators of a government, considered collectively
- 1.
The people elected to government or employed in the civil service.
当选进入政府或在政府部门任职的人
- 2.
people elected or appointed to administer a government
经选举或任命管理政府的人员
当选进入政府或在政府部门任职的人；经选举或任命管理政府的人员；官场
In use
The new policy was welcomed by ordinary citizens but met with resistance from officialdom.
Many young people in the country see officialdom as a path to power and influence.
After years of working in officialdom, she decided to return to university to teach.
officialdom + singular verb
officialdom 是集合名词，通常视为不可数，谓语动词用单数。
Officialdom tends to resist reform.
官场往往抵制改革。
in officialdom
in officialdom 表示“在官场/政府官员群体内部”，可作定语或状语。
Corruption in officialdom is hard to eliminate.
官场腐败很难根除。
Common mistakes
Many officialdoms attended the meeting.
Connections
Collocations
- Chinese officialdom
- 中国官场
- Chinese officialdom has come under growing public scrutiny.中国官场受到越来越多的公众审视。
- local officialdom
- 地方官场
- The new regulation is often ignored by local officialdom.这项新法规往往被地方官场所忽视。
- the ranks of officialdom
- 官场队伍；官员阶层
- Prominent lawyers kept joining the ranks of officialdom.知名律师纷纷加入官场队伍。
- the upper reaches of officialdom
- 官场高层
- The scandal reached the upper reaches of officialdom.这起丑闻波及了官场高层。
- officialdom at all levels
- 各级官场
- Anti-corruption inspections now cover officialdom at all levels.反腐败巡视现在覆盖各级官场。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
official（官员）+ dom（领域），官员的地盘就是官场。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：报刊评论、政治学讨论、正式演讲 officialdom 比较常见于正式或书面语境，常带有对官僚群体的笼统指称或轻微批评意味；口语中较少使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
None of these words fully rhymes with officialdom /əˈfɪʃəldəm/. Official shares the initial /əˈfɪʃəl/ sound but lacks the final /dəm/. The -dom words share the unstressed suffix /dəm/ but have different stressed vowels and consonants, so they do not rhyme.
Learn the forms together
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