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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 officialdom of·fi·cial·dom / E5fiFldEm / noun [U] (disapproving) people who are in positions of authority in large organizations when they seem to be more interested in following rules than in being helpful 官僚；当官的人 OLT officialdom noun ⇨ authorities Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged of·fi·cial·dom \-dəm\ noun (-s) : officials as a class or as a body < the kind of officialdom which characterized the Roman Empire — K.S.Latourette > < referring to all officialdom — executives, legislators and judges — D.R.Richberg > < people are informed of only so much as officialdom decides they need to be told — Arthur Krock >
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