Petty official
小吏───Petty official
He is only a petty official.───他只是个小官吏。
If you require a building permit, the petty official concerned will obviously get more pleasure from saying "No" than from saying "Yes".───如果你申请建筑许可证，管事的芝麻官显然能从回答“不可以”中得到比说“可以”更大的快乐。
He was the petty official in the government office ( in feudal China ) .───他是衙门里的 刀笔 吏.
If you require a building permit , the petty official concerned will obviously get more pleasure from saying "No" than from saying "Yes" .───如果你申请建一座楼房，很显然，说“不行”比说“行”更能使那个小负责人得到快乐。
No petty official was going to stop Philip from getting into the enclosure. He would just snap his fingers at them.
He was the petty official in the government office ( in feudal China ) .
If you require a building permit the petty official concerned will obviously get more pleasure from saying "No" than from saying "Yes".