What does officious mean?

officious

🇺🇸 /əˈfɪʃəs/ 🇬🇧 /əˈfɪʃəs/

詞頻

難度

標籤 RARE

adjective

Someone who is too eager to give advice or orders, often when it's not wanted or needed.

The officious neighbor always insists on telling us how to care for our own garden.

那個愛管閒事的鄰居總是堅持告訴我們如何照顧我們自己的花園。