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- of or relating to an authority or public body and its duties, actions, and responsibilities官方的：
the prime minister's official engagements.
首相的官方安排。
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- having the approval or authorization of such a body获准的; 被授权的：
members would know when industrial action is official.
工会会员们会知道罢工行动何时将得到批准。
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- employed by such a body in a position of authority or trust（受雇于）官方的：
an official spokesman.
官方发言人。
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- emanating from or attributable to a person in office; properly authorized源自官方的, 来自官方的; 经正式授权的：
official statistics.
官方统计数字。
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- often derogatory perceived as characteristic of officials and bureaucracy; officious〈常贬〉官僚的; 官气十足的：
he sat up straight and became official.
他坐直身子, 变得官气十足。
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- a person holding public office or having official duties, especially as a representative of an organization or government department官员：
a union official.
一个工会官员。
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- （亦作official principal）Brit. the presiding officer or judge of an archbishop's, bishop's, or archdeacon's court〈英〉（大主教法庭, 主教法庭或会吏总法庭的）主持法官。
派生词
officialdom
nounofficialism
nounofficialize
（亦作officialise）verb词源
Middle English (originally as a noun)： via Old French from Latin officialis, from officium （see OFFICE）.