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functionary

🇬🇧 UK/'fʌŋkʃәnәri/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

n.

An official in a bureaucracy who carries out routine duties with little authority or discretion.

(政府或机构中的)官员,职员,办事员

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
functto perform, execute, discharge
+
ionact, process, state
+
aryrelating to, connected with
=functionary

Common Collocations

  • 1.government functionary政府官员
  • 2.low-level functionary低级公务员
  • 3.party functionary党的干部

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Government functionaries processed applications bureaucratically.

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