civil service

行政部门；文职人员

Served by a large class of Confucian literati selected through civil service examinations, the government system of Tang Dynasty was gradually perfected under the support of Confucian bureaucratic.(唐朝通过科举制度在全国选出优秀的儒家文人为政府效力，而唐朝的政府体系在儒学官僚的支持下也日臻完善。)

He recently described South Africa's civil service as the worst in the world.(最近他称南非的公众服务为世界最糟。)

He raised five children with my mother and enjoyed a very successful career in the civil service.(他和我母亲一起养育了五个孩子并享受着一个非常成功的职业生涯。)

No Longer at Ease (1960) features Okonkwo's grandson in the 1950s working for the British colonial civil service;(而在1960年的《动荡》中，奥康克瓦的孙子在英国殖民下的公务系统服务；)

But even these limited civil service pensions often don't amount to much.(然而，即便这些养老金的范围有限，其总额常常也不太多。)

GOD has gone-or at least taken early retirement from the pinnacle of the British civil service.(上帝已经离开了——至少已经从英国文职机构的最高职位上提前退休了。)

In defiance, there was assembled at "Civil Service Live" the largest meeting of its kind.(但有人就是我行我素，在公务直播中心召集了一次最大的这样的会议。)

noun

1. government workers
usually hired on the basis of competitive examinations

1. 政府文职机构;行政部门；（统称）行政工作人员
The Civil Service of a country consists of its government departments and all the people who work in them. In many countries, the departments concerned with military and legal affairs are not part of the Civil Service.

e.g. ...a job in the Civil Service.
行政机关的工作