official /əˈfɪʃəl/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  ADJ Official means approved by the government or by someone in authority. 官方的; 正式的

  例：

  According to the official figures, over one thousand people died during the revolution.

  根据官方数字，有一千多人在革命中丧命。

  例：

  An official announcement is expected in the next few days.

  一份官方声明预计会在接下来的几天内发表。

• 2. 

  officially ADV 正式地

  例：

  The election results have still not been officially announced.

  选举结果仍未正式宣布。

• 3. 

  ADJ Official activities are carried out by a person in authority as part of their job. 公务的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  The president is in Brazil for an official two-day visit.

  总统正在巴西进行为期两天的正式访问。

• 4. 

  ADJ Official things are used by a person in authority as part of their job. 官员的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  ...the official residence of the head of state.

  …国家元首的官邸。

• 5. 

  ADJ If you describe someone's explanation or reason for something as the official explanation, you are suggesting that it is probably not true, but is used because the real explanation is embarrassing. 对外宣称的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  They realized that the official explanation left facts unexplained.

  他们意识到那个对外宣称的解释没有对事实做出解释。

• 6. 

  officially ADV 对外宣称地 [ADV with cl/group]

  例：

  Officially, the guard was to protect us. In fact, they were there to report on our movements.

  据宣称，警卫是来保护我们的。实际上，他们是来监视我们的行动的。

• 7. 

  N-COUNT An official is a person who holds a position of authority in an organization. 官员

  例：

  A senior UN official hopes to visit Baghdad this month.

  联合国一位高级官员希望本月访问巴格达。

• 8. 

  N-COUNT An official at a sports event is a referee, umpire, or other person who checks that the players follow the rules. 裁判

  例：

  Officials suspended the game because of safety concerns.

  出于安全考虑，裁判暂停了那场比赛。