an official working in an organization or a government department, especially one who follows the rules of the department too strictly 官僚主义者;官僚 He was just another faceless bureaucrat. 他无非是一个毫无个性的官僚。 battles between political appointees and career bureaucrats 政治任命人员与职业官僚之间的斗争 We got caught up in the endless red tape of local bureaucrats. 我们陷入了当地官僚们没完没了的繁文缛节之中。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- faceless
- corrupt
- unelected
- …
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from French bureaucrate, from bureaucratie, from bureau, originally ‘baize’ (used to cover writing desks), from Old French burel, probably from bure ‘dark brown’, based on Greek purros ‘red’.