| [/ˈɔfɪs; US ˈɔːf-; ˋɔfɪs/] n 用法:
1 [C] (a) [C often pl 常作复数] room(s) or building used as a place of business, esp for clerical or administrative work 办公室; 办公楼:
our London offices 我们在伦敦的办事处 *
Our office is in the centre of the town. 我们的办公楼在市中心. *
[attrib 作定语] an `office job 办公室的工作 *
`office equipment, ie stationery, typewriters, etc 办公设备 *
`office workers 办公室工作人员.
(b) (usu small) room in which a particular person works （通常指小的）办公室, 事务所, 办事处:
a lawyer's office 律师事务所 *
the school secretary's office 学校秘书办公室 *
The editors have to share an office. 编辑须合用一间办公室.
(C) (US) doctor's surgery 诊所:
the pediatrician's office 小儿科诊所. 用法:
2 [C] (often in compounds 常用以构成复合词) room or building used for a particular purpose (esp to provide a service) 有特定用途的房间或建筑物（尤指服务性的）:
the lost `property office 失物招领处 *
a `ticket office at a station 火车站售票处 *
the local `tax office 地方税务所. 用法:
3 Office [sing] (esp in compounds尤用以构成复合词) (buildings of a) government department, including the staff, their work and duties （政府部门的）部, 局, 厅（的建筑物）:
the `Foreign Office 外交部 *
the`Home Office 内政部. 用法:
4 [C, U] (work and duties connected with a) (public) position of trust and authority, esp as (part of) the government 公职; 官职; 公务:
He has held the office of chairman for many years. 他当主席已经很多年了. *
seek/accept/leave/resign office as a cabinet minister 谋求[接受/放弃/辞退]内阁阁员的职务 *
the office of mayor 市长职位 *
His political party has been out of office (ie has not formed a government) for many years. 他们政党已在野多年. *
Which political party is in office in your country? 贵国是哪一个政党执政? 用法:
5 Office [sing] (religion 宗) authorized form of Christian worship （基督教徒的）仪式, 祷告:
Divine `Office, ie daily service in the Roman Catholic church 日课（天主教的每日礼拜） *
the Office for the dead 为死者举行的宗教仪式. 用法:
6 (idm 习语) ,lay down `office (fml 文) resign a position of authority 辞职. through sb's good `offices (fml 文) with sb's kind help 承某人的好意协助. |