officialdom

名词 n.
中文释义
发音 ə-fĭʹ-shəl-dəm

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The people elected to government or employed in the civil service. countable,uncountable
    — [Magazine staffer:] In the bag may be the next chief—a wedding to one of officialdom's family will assure certainty.
  2. The state of being official countable,rare,uncountable
    — This was largely due to its widespread use in the army and officialdom in the Ottoman Empire.

词形变化

officialdoms plural

词源

Etymology tree
English official
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-mos
Proto-Indo-European *dʰóh₁mos
Proto-Germanic *dōmaz
Proto-Germanic *-dōmaz
Proto-West Germanic *-dōm
Old English -dōm
Middle English -dom
English -dom
English officialdom
From official + -dom.
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