functionary

n. 职员, 负责人员, 官员 a. 机能的, 作用的, 职务的

发音

UK /ˈfʌŋ(k).ʃn̩.(ə)ri/
US /ˈfʌŋ(k).ʃəˌnɛ.ri/

词形变化

functionaries 复数 functionaries

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    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.

    官员

    公务员

    Near-synonyms: bureaucrat; official; officer; administrator; apparatchik

  2. 2.

    Such a person who is petty, pedantic, short-sighted, uncaring, or counterproductive; sometimes also with implication of being amoral or corrupt.

    Near-synonyms: bureaucrat, apparatchik; paper-pusher; bean counter

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

official

下位词 10

officer agent judge justice prosecutor ranger recorder teller hangover caretaker

词源

From French fonctionnaire; by surface analysis, function + -ary.

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