n.欧洲共同市场的官员或职员
As one top Eurocrat sums it up, “the boldest choice for Europe would be the three Bs: Blair, Barroso and Bildt. 一位欧盟高官做出如是总结:欧洲面临的三个最大胆的人选抉择将是三个以B开头的名字,即布莱尔,巴罗佐和比尔德。
A sceptical Eurocrat notes that finance ministries, say, are not loved: competence is enough. 一位对民意调查持怀疑态度的官员就指出像金融部门就不应该进行选举,因为竞争已足够激烈了。
One Eurocrat predicts an improvement in committees that are now packed with special interests. 一位欧共体官员预言委员会的发展必须符合几个特殊群体的利益。
Europe had no idea the rest of the world was going to copy its standards, retorts a Eurocrat sweetly. 欧洲并不知道世界的其它国家将打算直接照搬其行业标准,一位欧共体官员不无喜色地反驳道。
The death of the European fast stream is “insane, insane”, groans one top Eurocrat. 一位欧盟官员叹息道:英国取消欧盟人才计划让人无法理解。