单词 | official |
释义 | official adj. & n. --adj   1. of or relating to an office (see OFFICE n. 5, 6) or its tenure or duties.   2. characteristic of officials and bureaucracy.   3. emanating from or attributable to a person in office; properly authorized.   4. holding office; employed in a public capacity.   5. Med. according to the pharmacopoeia, officinal. --n   1. a person holding office or engaged in official duties.   2. (in full official principal) the presiding officer or judge of an archbishop's, bishop's, or esp. archdeacon's court. Phrases and idioms official birthday Brit. a day in June chosen for the observance of the sovereign's birthday. official secrets confidential information involving national security. Derivatives officialdom n. officialism n. officially adv. Etymology: ME (as noun) f. OF f. L officialis (as OFFICE) |
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