office
office
noun
noun
- a room, set of rooms, or building used as a place of business for non-manual work
办公室
computers first appeared in offices in the late 1970s.
20世纪70年代末，电脑首次出现在办公室里。
[as modifier]an office job.
办公室工作。
■the local centre of a large business
（企业的）办事处
a company which has four US and four European offices.
一家有四个美国办事处和四个欧洲办事处的公司。
■a room, department, or building used to provide a particular service
（提供某项服务的）室，处，局
a ticket office.
售票处。
a Post Office.
邮局。
■(N. Amer.)the consulting room of a professional person
(北美)（专业人士）咨询处
■(offices)(Brit. dated)the parts of a house given over to household work or to storage
(英，旧)家务间；储藏室
■(一般作 usual offices)(Brit. dated)used euphemistically to refer to a toilet
(英，旧，婉)洗手间 - a position of authority, trust, or service, typically one of a public nature
官职，公职
the office of Director General of Fair Trading.
公平贸易局长的职位。
■[mass noun]tenure of an official position, especially that of a Minister of State or of the party forming the government
（尤指国家部长或执政党中官职的）任期
a year ago, when the President took office.
一年前总统就职（或开始其任期）的时候。
he was ejected from office in 1988.
1988年他被革职。
■(Office)the quarters, staff, or collective authority of a particular government department or agency
（作为行政机构的）部
the Foreign Office.
（英国）外交部。 - (一般作 offices)a service or kindness done for another person or group of people
（为他人所做的）好事
■(dated)a duty attaching to one's position; a task or function
(旧)职责；任务；作用
the offices of a nurse.
护士的职责。
his family had escaped to Canada through the good offices of a Jewish agency in 1923.
1923年他的家属已在一家犹太人机构的好心帮助之下逃往加拿大。 - (亦作 Divine Office)(Christian Church)the series of services of prayers and psalms said (or chanted) daily by Catholic priests, members of religious orders, and other clergy
(基督教)（天主教牧师、教徒等）每日的祈祷
■one of these services
祈祷
the noon office.
午间祈祷。
- Middle English: via Old French from Latin officium 'performance of a task' (in medieval Latin also 'office, divine service'), based on opus 'work' + facere 'do'
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