词组 | office |
释义 | office /ˈɒfəs, ˈɒfɪs $ ˈɒː-, ˈɑː-/ noun 1. a building or room that belongs to a company or an organization, where people work at desksadjectivesthe head/main office The firm moved its head office to Bristol.a local/regional/branch office They plan to open a branch office in Mountain View this summer.an overseas office (=in a foreign country) The bank has overseas offices in ten countries.a busy office She works all day in a busy office.an open-plan office (=one without walls dividing it into separate rooms) It can be hard to concentrate in an open-plan office.the back office (=the department of a bank or other financial institution that manages things but does not deal with customers) Companies are trying to cut back on their back office operations.office + nounsan office job/office work He got an office job with a property company. | I can do general office work.an office worker/office staff The park was full of office workers eating their lunch. | The office staff usually go home at five.an office building also an office block BrE The development will include a 20-storey office building.office space They rent 1,000 square feet of office space in the city.office hours (=the period in a day when offices are open) Call this number during office hours.office politics (=activities related to gaining personal advantage in an office) You can escape office politics by working for yourself.office equipment The shop sells office equipment.office supplies (=paper, envelopes, pens etc)office skills You should have basic office skills.verbshave an office somewhere We have an office in San Francisco.open/close an office The company has recently opened an office in Prague. | It will be closing its London office.run an office Who’s going to run the office when you’re not there?prepositionsin an office Have you worked in an office before?at the office They need to relax after a hard day at the office.to the office I have to get back to the office.2. an important job or position with power, especially in governmentverbsstand/run for office (=try to be elected) His friends persuaded him to run for office.seek office He has never before sought public office.come to/take office Mrs Thatcher came to office in 1979. | The new president will take office next month.be elected to office More women are being elected to office.be in/hold office He held office for 11 years. | The government had been in office for only 3 weeks.leave office Two years later he left office and joined a law firm.resign from office also resign your office 42 percent of Arizona voters believe he should resign from office.remove sb from office They have the power to remove the president from office.force/drive sb out of office He became increasingly unpopular and was eventually forced out of office.vote sb out of office If people do not like what he does, they can vote him out of office.adjectivespublic office Eventually she would like to run for public office.political office His father also held political office.high office (=very important positions) He seemed destined for high office.national office He repeatedly failed to win national office.phrasesa term of office His second term of office is due to end in May.unfit for office He is unfit for public office and ought to be replaced. |
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