bureaucrat
noun /ˈbjʊərəkræt/
/ˈbjʊrəkræt/
(often disapproving)- an official working in an organization or a government department, especially one who follows the rules of the department too strictly
官僚主义者；官僚 - He was just another faceless bureaucrat.
他无非是一个毫无个性的官僚。 - battles between political appointees and career bureaucrats
政治任命人员与职业官僚之间的斗争 - We got caught up in the endless red tape of local bureaucrats.
我们陷入了当地官僚们没完没了的繁文缛节之中。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- faceless
- corrupt
- unelected
- …
词源mid 19th cent.: from French bureaucrate, from bureaucratie, from bureau, originally ‘baize’ (used to cover writing desks), from Old French burel, probably from bure ‘dark brown’, based on Greek purros ‘red’. - He was just another faceless bureaucrat.