OFFICIAL1 official2 to make something official3 not officialRELATED WORDSsee alsoLEGALGOVERNMENTRULE/REGULATION1 official 正式的official /əˈfɪʃəl/ [adjective usually before noun] What's the government's official policy on drugs education in schools? 对于学校在毒品方面的教育，政府有什么正式的政策? You have to get official permission for building in a conservation area. 在自然保护区建屋必须取得官方许可。official report/document/data etc Most of the official records of the case were destroyed in a fire in 1965. 这宗案件的大部分正式记录都在1965年的一场火灾中烧毁了。official procedure/guidelines/process etc The official procedure for obtaining a visa can turn into a bureaucratic nightmare. 申请签证的正式手续有时就像一场官僚噩梦。official visit/duties/engagement etcofficially organized by a government etc 正式访问/公务/正式约会等 The newspaper claims she spent over £50,000 on an official trip to Australia. 报上称，在一次官方组织的澳大利亚之行中，她花掉了五万多英镑。official explanation/line/reason etc The official explanation for the man's death was suicide. 官方的说法是那人死于自杀。officially [adverb] In July 2001 it was officially announced that the factory was to close. 2001年7月，工厂正式宣布关闭。 Plans for the new shopping mall are yet to be officially approved. 新购物中心的建造计划尚未取得正式批准。 The need for greater protection for wildlife habitats is not always officially recognized. 野生生物的生活环境需要得到更大的保护，但是这并非总能得到官方的认可。formal /ˈfɔːʳməl/ [adjective]done officially and publicly, according to established rules and processes 正式的；官方的 A formal agreement between the two countries was signed in 1999. 1999年，两国签署了一份正式协议。 Fifteen formal complaints have been made about the hospital in the past year. 过去一年里有十五起对这家医院的正式投诉。 Her lawyers have made a formal request that she be allowed to stay in the country until her husband's trial. 她的律师已提出正式要求，允许她留在国内等到丈夫受审完毕。formally [adverb] A man has been arrested, but has not yet been formally charged. 一名男子已经被拘捕，但是尚未被正式起诉。 The policy was formally abandoned by the government last year. 这项政策去年已被政府正式废止。 The regime is not formally recognized by the UN. 这个政权没有得到联合国的正式承认。authorizedalsoauthorisedBritish /ˈɔːθəraɪzd/ [adjective]officially approved, or having official permission from a government or other organization 经正式授权的；经认可的 Check that you have the authorized version of the software. 检查一下你的软件是否有正式授权。 We will send round one of our authorized representatives to discuss the purchase with you. 我们会委派一名有我们授权的代表和你洽谈购货事宜。 Access is only given to authorized personnel. 未经授权的人士不得进入。on (the) record /ɒn (ðə) ˈrekɔːdǁ-ərd/ [adverb]if a politician, government official etc says somethingon (the) record, they say it publicly and officially 〔政治家、政府官员等〕正式地；公开地 Mr Senator, will you now confirm on the record that none of these rumors are true? 参议员先生，你现在可以公开证实这些传闻都不是真的吗？be on record as saying/stating etc She's on record as saying that she would resign if the vote went against her. 她公开说过，如果投票结果对她不利，她就会辞职。go on (the) recordagree to say something officially 正式地说 Privately, many MPs are critical of the policy, but none is willing to go on the record. 许多议员私下里都批评这项政策，但没有人愿意公开说出来。2 to make something official 使某事变为正式formalizealsoformaliseBritish /ˈfɔːʳməlaɪz/ [transitive verb]to make something such as a plan, process, or agreement official, for example by signing a formal contract 使正式化；正式确定〔计划、过程或协议〕 The new law is intended to further formalize the process of adopting children from overseas. 这条新的法规目的是为了进一步明确收养外国儿童的手续。 a charter to formalize patients’ rights in public health services 正式确定公共卫生服务中病人权利的宪章 Most measures to formalize wage negotiations have so far been very successful. 使工资谈判正式化的各种做法，到目前为止大都很有效。3 not official 非正式的unofficial /ˌʌnəˈfɪʃəl◂/ [adjective]not done according to official rules or processes, or not officially approved by a government or other organization 非正式的；非官方的 She seems to have become the unofficial spokesman for the group. 她好像已经成了这个组织的非正式发言人。 The Prime Minister discussed the matter with his German counterpart on an unofficial visit to his home last month. 上个月，首相到德国总理的官邸作了一次私人访问，就此事进行了讨论。 Unofficial sources say that over 100 people were shot dead in the rioting. 非官方消息称，这次暴动中有一百多人被开枪打死。unofficially [adverb] The cost of the project is unofficially said to be around $2.5m. 这项工程的费用据非官方消息说是在250万美元左右。 Though the organization is now banned, its members still meet unofficially in each others’ houses. 这个组织现在虽然已被取缔，但是其成员仍然轮流在各家秘密聚会。informal /ɪnˈfɔːʳməl/ [adjective]informal discussions, agreements, offers etc are not official and have not been officially approved 〔讨论、协议、提议等〕非正式的 The two companies have an informal arrangement to share each other's sports and leisure facilities. 这两家公司有非正式的协定，共同享用各自的体育和休闲设施。 The report was based on informal discussions with women MPs and their families. 这份报告是根据和女议员及其家属进行的非正式讨论写的。 I was offered the job after an informal interview in the staff canteen. 我在员工餐厅接受了一次非正式的面试之后，他们就给了我这份工作。informally [adverb] Until recently, holiday entitlement was informally agreed between individuals and their employer. 直到最近员工和雇主才就休假安排达成非正式协议。 The group meets informally each month to discuss the progress of new students. 这个小组每个月都有非正式的聚会，讨论新生的学习进度。off the record /ˌɒf ðə ˈrekɔːdǁ-ərd/ [adverb]if someone tells you something off the record, they are not giving you the official opinion of their organization and do not want what they say to be made public 私下说的，不得发表的 Strictly off the record, my feeling is that we are going to lose the election. 只是私下说说，我感觉我们这次要落选了。 Off the record, police officers are saying they are more and more unwilling to arrest those found in possession of small amounts of cannabis. 私底下，警察说他们越来越不愿意去逮捕那些私藏少量大麻的人了。off-the-record [adjective] The party leader has appealed to her colleagues to end their damaging off-the-record remarks to the media. 该党领导人呼吁她的同僚不要再向媒体私下发表对党不利的言论。