英语单词 | officious |
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英美音标 | [ə'fiʃəs] |
中文释义 | adj.多管闲事的,非官方的,非正式的 |
vocabulary简明 | Though officious sounds like official, it means being annoyingly eager to do more than is required. "The officious lunch lady made everyone's food choices her business, and made nasty comments when students chose cookies over carrots." |
vocabulary扩展 | Officious is a tricky word as it seems like it might mean something like office or official. Instead, it is a word to describe someone that acts more official than they actually are. People who are officious are busybodies. They want to make their opinions known and followed, despite not having any kind of real power. |
柯林斯星级 | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]好管闲事的;爱指手画脚的 If you describe someone as officious, you are critical of them because they are eager to tell people what to do when you think they should not. [disapproval]
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