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office

Word family 
Related topics: Offices, Officials
ldoce_806_pof·fice /ˈɒfɪs $ ˈɒː-, ˈɑː-/ ●●● S1 W1 noun
1  building 建築 [countableC]BBO a building that belongs to a company or an organization, with rooms where people can work at desks 辦公樓，辦事處，公司
The department occupies an office just a mile from the White House.
該部門就在離白宮一英裏遠的地方有個辦公樓。
main/head office (=the most important office) 總部大樓
The head office is in Edinburgh.
總部在愛丁堡。
Did you go to the office (=the office where you work) today?
今天你去辦公室了嗎？
at the office
Have a nice day at the office.
願你今天上班愉快。
local/regional office
The agency has a network of regional offices.
這家機構在各地都有辦事處。
office staff/workers/equipment etc
Office staff need well-designed desks and chairs.
辦公室人員需要設計精良的桌椅。
the increased demand for office space
對辦公室空間日益增長的需求
→5  See picture of filing cabinet BrE【英】/file cabinet AmE【美】文件櫃, photocopier 複印機, flip chart 翻頁挂圖 ...
2  room 房間 [countableC]BBO a room where someone has a desk and works, on their own or with other people 辦公室
the manager’s office
經理辦公室
Sorry, Ann’s not in her office right now.
很抱歉，安現在不在辦公室裏。
Dan shares an office with Lisa.
丹和莉薩共用一間辦公室。
3  office hours BEC
a) the time between about 9:00 in the morning and 5:00 in the afternoon, when people in offices are working 辦公時間〔約爲上午9點至下午5點〕
Can you phone again during office hours?
你在辦公時間内再打電話來好嗎？
b) American EnglishAmE the time during the day or week when students can meet with their teacher in the teacher’s office 〔教師在辦公室接待學生的〕接待時間，會面時間
Professor Lee’s office hours are from two to four on Mondays and Thursdays.
李教授的接待時間是每周一和周四的下午2點到4點。
Examples from the Corpus
office hours• This would involve staying behind after office hours to empty some bins and hoover around a bit.• Box office hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.• If you want to help contact during office hours.• I, too, went to take a bath or ran errands during office hours, as did my colleagues.• Call me back tomorrow during office hours.• Compiling such a list was a labour of love - too pleasurable an activity to pursue in office hours.• During my office hours that day, I lay my head in the crook of my elbow and close my eyes.• However although many employers grant day release facilities, most of your preparation for the examinations will take place outside office hours.• Professor Lee's office hours are from 2 to 4 on Mondays and Thursdays.• A thousand and one domestic crises can intrude on your office hours if your office is in your home.
4  job 工作 [countableC, uncountableU]PGO an important job or position with power, especially in government 〔尤指政府中擁有權力的〕重要職位
the office of president
總統職位
in office
She was celebrating ten years in office.
她正在慶祝自己任職十年。
A provisional military government took office (=started in an important job or position).
一個臨時軍政府開始執政。
hold office (=have a particular important job or position) 任職
Trujillo held office as finance minister.
特魯希略擔任財政部長一職。
a five-year term of office (=period of time working in an important job)
五年的任期
n5. → Office
6  place for information 問訊處 [countableC]DLTT a room or building where people go to ask for information, buy tickets etc 問訊處；售票處
information/ticket etc office
the tourist office
旅遊信息詢問處
Is there a lost property office?
有沒有失物招領處？
→ box office, post office, registry office
7. doctor 醫生 [countableC] American EnglishAmE the place where a doctor or dentist examines or treats people 〔醫生或牙醫的〕診所 SYN British English surgery
8  somebody’s good offices/the good offices of somebody formalHELP help given by someone who has authority or can influence people 某人的鼎力相助
through the good offices of somebody
I managed to obtain a visa through the good offices of a friend in the Service.
在政府部門一位朋友的大力幫助下，我獲得了簽證。
Examples from the Corpus
office• I never really enjoyed working in an office.• Frank shares an office with Shirley.• He sat on the edge of the bed and dialled his office number.• Julian Hayman was in his office at the extremity of the ground floor.• the supervisor's office• Although many solicitors offer fixed fee interviews they are given little publicity beyond referral lists and notices in some solicitors' offices.• Years before, these must have been splendid offices.• The next morning, I was called back to the office.• the office of mayor• And it is through this office that the collected intercepts are transmitted to the community.• You are sitting in your office, and your hand is shaking as you read the memo announcing a new corporate restructuring.
office staff/workers/equipment etc• It was handy since it opened directly on to the parking slots for office staff, much prized and intrigued over.• To the lunchtime office workers politely watching the opening parade, Stockshow is a Marlboro world of fringed leather and fancy tack.• You had to see it, this office building full of office workers, bureaucrats, rising in the air.• The price of office equipment such as fax machines, photo copiers, answering services and computer networks could climb.• For instance, the manufacturing wages are down, but not the office staff.• The willingness to thin the office staff without let or hindrance.• Stuart Seller has been promoted to the post of service supervisor at Washington office equipment supplier Comcare.• It is thought that sudden exposure to intense sunlight is a trigger to melanoma, and young office workers are typical victims.
term of office• Stumpe was named sheriff of Wiltshire in November 1551, but died 22 July 1552, during his term of office.• In 1951 Desfourneaux was succeeded by André Obrecht who dispatched over thirty criminals during his term of office.• Before regaining power in 1919, Labour's last term of office was in 1911-12.• It will however, be removed at the end of the current government's term of office in 1994.• Of the 26 members, the terms of office of no less than seven came to an end.• In 1940 Roosevelt broke with tradition and stood for a third term of office.• The conservatives, having regained a parliamentary majority in 1990, dithered until they were half-way through their four-year term of office.
information/ticket etc office• It will be held in the Healthy Colchester 2000 information office in Trinity Street in the town centre.• Forms can be obtained from their respective airport ticket counters, city ticket offices or from travel agents.• Local information offices, open at times when visitors are around, could supply this, along with information about local accommodation.• The new ticket office is in the new East Stand.• Timetable details: Cut-off date to register with share shops or the share information office is July 2.• For further information and advice please contact the Ticket Office.• But the work of the ticket office needs looking at.• I rang up the ticket office but just got a recorded message.
Office
PGOused in the names of some government departments 〔用於某些政府部門的名稱中〕部，局，處
the Foreign Office
外交部
the Office of the District Attorney
地方檢察院
Examples from the Corpus
Office• the District Attorney's Office
The OfficeOf·fice, Then /ˈɒfɪs $ ˈɒː-, ˈɑː-/
na British television comedy that was first broadcast in 2001 and has won Golden Globe and BAFTA awards. The programme is about the lives of workers in the Slough office of a fictional (=not real) paper company called Wernham Hogg, and is filmed in the style of a documentary. The Office was written and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. Ricky Gervais plays the part of David Brent, the general manager, who thinks he is much more talented and entertaining than he really is. Other actors appearing in the programme include Martin Freeman, Mackenzie Crook, and Lucy Davis. Local versions of The Office have been in other countries including the US.
From Longman Business Dictionary
LBED_24_bofficeof·fice /ˈɒfəsˈɒː-, ˈɑː-/ noun
1[countableC] a room or building where people work at desks
The agency recently closed its Houston office.
I’d like to see you in my office.
I applied for the job of office manager.
There is a shortage of low-cost office space.
I work in a large open-plan office (=an office without any walls dividing it into separate rooms).
→ assay office → back office → branch office → exchange office → front office → head office → home office → land office → receiving office → registered office → sales office → satellite office → small office/home office → sorting office → statistical office → tourist office
2do a land office business American EnglishAmE informalCOMMERCE to do a lot of business and make a lot of money
The conference organizers did a land office business at first, but now watch people go to competitors’ events.
3[countableC]COMMERCE a room or building where people can go to buy tickets or get information, or for some other service
Information leaflets are available from the enquiry office.
The woman in the ticket office said there would be a train in five minutes.
the Opera House booking office
→ box office
4[uncountableU]JOBS an important job or position, especially in a government
He is determined to stay in office until the end of the year.
When he took office, inflation was running at 84%.
5OfficeORGANIZATIONS used in the names of some British government departments and organizations
the Foreign Office
Origin office
(1200-1300) Old French Latin officium “service, duty, office”, from opus “work” + facere “to do”

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