in a formal and public way 正式地 on June 24 the election campaign will officially begin. 6月24日竞选活动将正式开始。 ■with the authority of the government or some other organization 官方地 it was officially acknowledged that the economy was in recession. 官方承认经济处于衰退之中。 ■in public and for official purposes but not necessarily so in reality 根据官方向公众所说(但并非一定真实) [sentence adverb]there is a possibility he was murdered—officially, he died in a car smash. 他有可能是被谋杀的,虽然按官方所说他是死于撞车事故。