单词 | functionary |
释义 | functionary (fʌŋkʃənəri , US -neri ) Word forms: functionaries countable noun A functionary is a person whose job is to do administrative work, especially for a government or a political party. [formal] Now they are increasingly poorly paid functionaries in a declining industry. Synonyms: officer, official, dignitary, office holder Collocations: government functionary After the war, he continued his career as a government functionary. Houston Chronicle An inordinate number of political careers started as precisely that: research assistants, speechwriters, local government functionaries, union officials. Times, Sunday Times As dusk fell, soldiers and government functionaries were seen scurrying around outside her dilapidated lakeside home. Times, Sunday Times Government functionaries continued to serve, regardless of the ruler's legitimacy or the boyar faction controlling the throne. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It also discussed criminal gangs who enjoyed the patronage of politicians, of all parties, and the protection of government functionaries. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 When a party functionary most voters wouldn't recognise speaks ill of activists most voters have never met, the ensuing fuss might appear, to some of those voters, to be obscure. Times, Sunday Times Each party functionary represented a local constituency, and most of the constituencies were ethnically distinct. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A contributing factor to the tension preceding the riots were incendiary tweets by local governing party functionaries. Times, Sunday Times Many of them were set up on the initiative of eager local party functionaries, and only existed for a few weeks or months. The Times Literary Supplement Is it because key ministers and party functionaries are the same tired old faces? Outlook India However, as a state functionary, he defended the nationalisation of the last substantive private enterprises. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Large numbers of second row (generally younger) party and state functionaries mobilized behind him, motivated by the opportunity to advance their lagging careers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In 1945, the castle and estate were nationalized, and became a hunting lodge reserved for important state functionaries. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Not unexpectedly, the idea came up in bureaucratic circles that it would be useful to require a loyalty oath from all state functionaries, including university professors. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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