functionary

Word family

Related topics: Occupations

func·tion·a·ry /ˈfʌŋkʃənəri $ -neri/ noun (plural functionaries) [countableC]

BOWORK/DO WORKsomeone who has a job doing unimportant or boring official duties 〔做繁琐工作的〕职员，工作人员；公务人员

Liberal Party functionaries

自由党职员

Examples from the Corpus

functionary• They furnished the Temple with its dignitaries and functionaries.• There were very few functionaries, however mean, who would stoop to inquire into the maintenance of toilets.• It was a town of magistrates and lawyers, of government functionaries and landed nobles.• On our wish-list, needless to say, we would name only serious writers, rather than hacks or functionaries.• They include parchment and paper rolls prepared by receivers, manorial court officials and other functionaries.• On Dec. 8 the State Council abolished a regulation which required public functionaries to be subjected to a security investigation.• The bourgeoisie became a source of state functionaries as the sale of offices increased to pay for the ever-growing cost of armies.• In this interpretation, information specialists were functionaries who merely implemented the decisions of top management.

From Longman Business Dictionary