But he found nothing. He was, therefore, tolerably sure that the mysterious launch lay somewhere below the Custom House. At the Custom House stairs, he landed, and asked for a very high official - an official inferior only to a Commissioner - whom he had entertained once in New York, and who had met him in London on business at Lloyd's. In the large but dingy office of this great man a long conversation took place - a conversation in which Racksole had to exercise a certain amount of persuasive power, and which ultimately ended in the high official ringing his bell.英文原著 · 《The Grand Babylon Hotel》
"I should call it thin," said the priest promptly. "I should call it uncommonly thin. But that's the queer thing about the whole business. The lie is like a schoolboy's. There are only three versions, Dubosc's and Hirsch's and that fancy of mine. Either that note was written by a French officer to ruin a French official; or it was written by the French official to help German officers; or it was written by the French official to mislead German officers. Very well. You'd expect a secret paper passing between such people, officials or officers, to look quite different from that.英文原著 · 《The Wisdom of Father Brown》
1 The ignorance of the English officials. The Norman baron very often paid close attention to the privileges of the classes he ruled, and the Welsh freeman retained his superiority. But the English officials--and Edward II. found that they were far too numerous in Wales--often refused to distinguish between a Welshman who was an innate freeman and a Welshman who lived on a serf maenol. Their aim was to make them all pay the same tax.英文原著 · 《A Short History of Wales》
Monsieur Lomaque, land-steward no longer, sits alone in an official-looking room in one of the official buildings of Paris. It is another July evening, as fine as that evening when he and Trudaine sat talking together on the bench overlooking the Seine. The window of the room is wide open, and a faint, pleasant breeze is beginning to flow through it. But Lomaque breathes uneasily, as if still oppressed by the sultry midday heat; and there are signs of perplexity and trouble in his face as he looks down absently now and then into the street.英文原著 · 《AFTER DARK》
He nodded, and folding up the letter mechanically in the old official form, made a note on it in the old official manner. Trudaine observed the action, and felt its association with past times of trouble and terror. His face grew grave again as he said to Lomaque, "And is this good news really all the news of importance you have to tell us?"英文原著 · 《AFTER DARK》
As the carriage rolled away, Peter Tounley turned to his companions and said: " Now, that's official! That is the official announcement! Did you see Old Mother Wainwright? Oh, my eye, wasn't she puffed up ! Say, what in hell do you suppose all these jay hawking bell-boys poured out to the kerb for? Go back to your cages, my good people-"英文原著 · 《Active Service》
The cases are filed against you in your official capacity as warden and, therefore, defended by me in my official capacity as U.S. Attorney.美剧 · 《Billions》
Staff members recall another Cabinet official visiting on several occasions that do not show up in the official logbook.美剧 · 《Billions》
Those guys better be up there because we're officially putting ass crack on the menu.美剧 · 《2 Broke Girls》
2:00 A.M.-- Freebie Thanksgiving dinner is now officially over.美剧 · 《2 Broke Girls》
("Official! Chocolate stops you being grumpy") Cheese? Chocolate? Where did that come from? ("Official! Chocolate stops you being grumpy") Cheese? Chocolate? Where did that come from?演讲 · 《Beware neuro-bunk ~ Molly Crockett》