apparatchik
名词 n.
英 /ɑːpəˈɹɑːt͡ʃɪk/
美 /æpəˈɹæt͡ʃɪk/
英文释义
名词 n.
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A member of the Soviet apparat; a Communist bureaucrat or agent.
— Whether conservatively toeing their Marx or boldly advocating such heretical Western-style reforms as the primacy of profits, every important planner, apparatchik and economist in Russia is caught up in Communism's greatest debate since Stalin set backward Russia on its cruel-but successful-forced march into the 20th century industrial world.
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A blindly loyal bureaucrat.
— Mr. Gonzales came across as a dull-witted apparatchik incapable of running one of the most important departments in the executive branch. […] He delegated responsibility for purging their ranks to an inexperienced and incompetent assistant who, if that’s possible, was even more of a plodding apparatchik.
词形变化
词源
From Russian аппара́тчик (apparátčik, “operator, apparatchik”), from аппара́т (apparát, “apparat, apparatus (of state)”) + suffix -чик (-čik).
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