admin

admin — 名詞

1. the routine paperwork, scheduling, and record-keeping that keeps a business, pro

1.名詞B2
釋義

行政庶務

維持運作所需的雜事與文書工作

the routine paperwork, scheduling, and record-keeping that keeps a business, project, or household running, often seen as boring but necessary.

例句

Jin spends every Friday morning catching up on admin like invoices and expense reports.

Jin 每個星期五早上都會花時間處理發票、報帳這類行政庶務。

uncountable: catching up on admin

Most of my job is admin — booking meeting rooms, ordering supplies, and chasing signatures.

我的工作大多是行政庶務——訂會議室、買用品、追簽名。

appositive list shows what admin involves

同義詞
  • paperwork

    narrower — only the documents, not scheduling or coordinating

  • administration

    the formal full word; admin is its informal short form

  • bureaucracy

    negative tone — implies excessive, frustrating procedures

文法句型

a lot of admin

do the admin

用法筆記

Uncountable, used without an article: say 'a lot of admin', not 'a lot of admins' (the plural belongs to sense 2). Common in British English office talk; in formal writing prefer 'administration' or 'administrative work'.

常見錯誤

❌I have many admins to finish before lunch.
✅I have a lot of admin to finish before lunch.
💡admin in this sense is uncountable, so no plural and no 'many'.
❌She works in the admin of the hospital.
✅She works in admin at the hospital.' / 'She works in the administration department of the hospital.
💡drop 'the' for the activity sense, or use the longer noun for the department.

2. someone with the highest level of access to a website, online group, or computer

2.名詞B2
釋義

管理員

握有最高權限可管理網站或群組的人

someone with the highest level of access to a website, online group, or computer network, who can add or remove users, change settings, and delete content.

例句

Mei is the admin of our hiking club's Facebook group, so she approves new members.

Mei 是我們登山社臉書社團的管理員，新成員都由她審核。

pattern: admin of [an online group]

Only an admin can reset your password if you get locked out of the system.

如果你被系統鎖在外面，只有管理員可以幫你重設密碼。

countable: an admin

同義詞
  • administrator

    the full formal form; identical meaning, used in job titles and documentation

  • moderator

    narrower — usually only watches behaviour, may lack full system control

  • sysadmin

    specifically a network or server admin in IT, not a website group leader

反義詞
  • user

    an ordinary member without elevated permissions

  • member

    informal counterpart in groups and forums

文法句型

the admin of [a site/group]

make somebody an admin

用法筆記

Countable: takes 'a/an', plural 'admins'. Distinguish from sense 1 by structure — this sense refers to a person and is often followed by 'of [a site/group]', whereas sense 1 is uncountable activity. In tech contexts, 'admin' often replaces the longer 'administrator' or 'sysadmin'.

常見錯誤

❌My friend is admin in the Discord server.
✅My friend is an admin in the Discord server.
💡countable noun, needs 'an'.
❌The admin job is to delete spam.
✅The admin's job is to delete spam.' / 'An admin's job is to delete spam.
💡use the possessive 's when the admin owns the action.

admin — 形容詞