officialdom
/əˈfɪʃldəm/ (bre, ipa) · /əˈfɪʃldəm/ (ame, ipa) · /ə-ˈfi-shəl-dəm ō-/ (ame, mw)
officialdom — 名詞
1. the body of officials and senior administrators in government or other large ins
官僚體系
政府或大機構裡掌權官員的整體，常含貶義
the body of officials and senior administrators in government or other large institutions, especially when people criticize them for caring more about rules and paperwork than about helping others.
After six months of forms and delays, Evelyn blamed officialdom for the stalled housing project.
表格跑了六個月、進度還是一拖再拖，Evelyn 把停擺的住宅計畫怪到官僚體系頭上。
negative frame: blame officialdom for delay and red tape
Many young voters feel officialdom still speaks in stiff language from another age.
許多年輕選民覺得，官僚體系仍在用另一個時代那種僵硬語言說話。
When the flood hit Tainan, officialdom reacted slowly and volunteers reached families first.
台南淹水時，官僚體系反應緩慢，志工反而先趕到受困家庭身邊。
Daniel's complaint got lost in officialdom before anyone fixed the broken elevator.
Daniel 的申訴在官僚體系裡被層層拖住，直到很晚才有人修好電梯。
The novel mocks officialdom with scenes of clerks protecting rules instead of people.
這本小說用職員只護規則、不顧人的場景來諷刺官僚體系。
- bureaucracy
stresses the administrative system and procedures more than the people inside it
- civil service
more neutral and usually limited to government employees rather than a critical public tone
- establishment
broader; can include social and political elites beyond officials
文法句型
blame / criticize / mock + officialdom
officialdom + verb
用法筆記
Usually uncountable and often critical in tone. Use it for officials seen as a slow, rule-bound group or system, not for one person; for individual people, say 'official' or 'officials' instead.