bureaucrat

IPA/ˈbjʊərəkræt/
KK[bjˈʊrəkrˌæt]IPA/ˈbjʊrəkræt/

bureaucrat — 名詞

  • bureaucratsingular
  • bureaucratsplural

1. an official in a government office or large organization, especially one people

1.名詞C1
釋義

官僚

政府或大機構裡拘泥程序的官員

an official in a government office or large organization, especially one people see as caring too much about rules and paperwork.

例句

After three rejected forms, Darius called the permit officer a bureaucrat.

三份表格都被退回後，Darius 就罵那名許可官員是官僚。

negative use: criticize an official for rigid paperwork

Lakshmi dreaded meeting the school bureaucrat who kept delaying her grant.

Lakshmi 很怕去見那位一再拖延補助的學校官僚。

pattern: bureaucrat who delays approval

常見搭配
  • career bureaucrat
  • senior bureaucrat
  • faceless bureaucrat
  • local bureaucrat
同義詞
  • official

    broader and more neutral; does not suggest rigid paperwork

  • civil servant

    neutral term for a government employee

  • administrator

    broader management term that is not necessarily governmental

  • functionary

    formal and often critical, but more bookish in tone

文法句型

a senior bureaucrat

a career bureaucrat

call someone a bureaucrat

用法筆記

Often has a negative tone, suggesting a person who follows procedure too rigidly or delays action with paperwork. For a neutral job title, official, civil servant, or administrator is usually better.

常見錯誤

I argued with the bureaucracy at the counter.
I argued with the bureaucrat at the counter.
bureaucracy is the system; bureaucrat is one person inside it.
The software firm hired two bureaucrats to design the app.
The software firm hired two administrators to manage the paperwork.
bureaucrat usually refers to officials in government or large institutions, not just any office worker.

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常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • government bureaucrat
  • party bureaucrat
  • senior bureaucrat

常用片語

  • career bureaucrat
  • call someone a bureaucrat
  • blame the bureaucrats
  • faceless bureaucrats