office

英 ['ɒfɪs] 美 ['ɔːfɪs]

• n. 办公室；职务；事务；（政府部门的）部、 局、 厅；有特定用途的房间或建筑物

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]办公室,办公楼

   rooms or building used as a place of business, especially for clerical or administrative work

2. [C](政府部门的)部、局、厅

   (buildings of) a government departments,including the staff, their work and duties

3. [U]有特定用途的房间或建筑物

   room or building used for a particular purpose

4. [U][C]公职,官职,公务

   work and duties connected with a public position of trust and authority, especially as part of the government

5. [U](基督教徒的)仪式,祷告

   authorized form of Christian worship

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 办公室
2. 职务，官职，公职
3. 部，所，室，局，处，司
4. 政府机关
5. 公署
6. 营业处，办事处
7. 任务，职责
8. 全体职员
9. 帮忙
10. 服务
11. 公司

v. 动词

1. 警告
2. 告诉内幕
3. 办公

英英释义

Noun:

1. place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed;

   "he rented an office in the new building"
   

2. an administrative unit of government;

   "the Central Intelligence Agency"
   "the Census Bureau"
   "Office of Management and Budget"
   "Tennessee Valley Authority"
   

3. the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group;

   "the function of a teacher"
   "the government must do its part"
   "play its role"
   

4. (of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power;

   "being in office already gives a candidate a great advantage"
   "during his first year in office"
   "during his first year in power"
   "the power of the president"
   

5. professional or clerical workers in an office;

   "the whole office was late the morning of the blizzard"
   

6. a religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities;

   "the offices of the mass"
   

7. a job in an organization;

   "he occupied a post in the treasury"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. He keeps his office neat and tidy.
   他保持办公室清洁整齐。
2. The corridor opens into his office.
   这走廊通到他的办公室。
3. He held this office for ten years.
   他担任这一职务有十年。
4. Now he holds the office of Foreign Minister.
   他现在担任外交部长职务。
5. He must have gotten tied up at the office.
   他一定是办会室事务缠身。
6. You may just contract the Trademark Office.
   你可以和商标局取得联系。
7. Our office is in the centre of the town.
   我们的办公楼在市中心。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. Our office is open from Monday to Friday.
   我们办公室从星期一到星期五办公。
2. She was robbed of her purse on her way home from the office.
   她在下班回家的途中遭劫了。
3. I'd like to work in a government office.
   我想在政府机关工作。
4. It is my office to open the door.
   我的职责就是开门。
5. The old Prime Minister was a wise, honest man who was more fit for his office than anyone else.
   老首相可是个聪明诚实的人,比谁都称职。
6. This is a lawyer's office.
   这是一个律师事务所。
7. He works in an employment office.
   他在职业介绍所工作。
8. Let us meet at the box office.
   我们在剧院售票处见面吧。
9. She came to the station and went to the booking office.
   她来到车站,去了订票处。
10. The young girl in the inquiry office was very forthcoming.
    咨询处的那位年轻姑娘非常愿意提供帮助。
11. She will go to our London office.
    她要到我们公司的伦敦办事处去。
12. The post office is not far from here.
    邮局离这儿不远。
13. He has applied for a position in the editorial office.
    他在编辑部谋求了一个职位。
14. The routine office work had all been delegated to his executive staff.
    一般的办公室工作已经交给了他的执行人员。
15. The two office buildings are alike in appearance.
    这两座办公楼在外形上相似。

经典引文

• He would himself perform the executioner's office.

  出自： C. V. Wedgwood

常用短语

用作名词 (n.)

in〔out of〕 office

执政〔在野〕 holding〔not holding〕 an official position

lay down one's office

辞职 resign a position of authority

through sb's good offices

承某人的好意协助 with sb's kind help

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• accept an office 接受公职
• come into office 上任,就职
• die in office 殉职
• do the office of 担任…职务
• enter upon office 就职
• exercise office 行使职责
• hold office 任职,在职
• hold office for a year 任职一年
• hold public office 任公职
• leave office 离职
• resign (from) an office 辞职
• run for office 〈美〉竞选职务
• seek office 谋求职务
• stand for office 〈英〉竞选职务
• take office 上任,就职
• attend the office 到办公室上班
• establish an office 设立办事处
• go to the office 去办公
• have an office in London 在伦敦有办事处
• set up an office 设立办事处
• take over the office 接管事务所
• do the office of host 尽主人之责
• perform the last offices 举行葬礼

形容词+～

• appointive office 委任的职务
• elective office 由选举产生的职务
• high office 高职位
• main office 总办事处
• public office 公职
• the Foreign O- 外交部

名词+～

• box office 剧场售票处
• branch office 分行,分支机构
• business office 营业所
• dentist's office 〈美〉牙科诊所
• doctor's office 〈美〉医生诊所
• head office 总公司
• home office 总部,总公司,总店,总局
• inquiry office 问事处
• law office 法律事务所
• lawyer's office 律师事务所
• newspaper office 报社
• post office 邮政局
• telegraph office 电报局
• the Home O- 内政部

～+名词

• office clerk 职员,办事员
• office hours 办公〔上班,营业〕时间

介词+～

• after office 在业余时间
• at an office 在办公室
• during office 在办公时间
• the party in office 执政党
• in an office 在办公室
• in high office 身居高位
• the party out ofoffice 在野党

～+介词

• the O- of Education 教育局
• the office of Mayor 市长的职务

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. office的基本意思是指有特定用途的房间或建筑物,即“办公室,办公楼,办事处,营业所,咨询台等”,引申可指“(政府部门的)部、局、厅”“公职,官职,公务”。还可指“(基督教徒的)仪式,祷告”。
2. office可用作可数名词,也可用作不可数名词。

常见错误

n. (名词)

1. 他在办公室。

   误 He is at office.

   正 He is at the office.

2. 史密斯太太打算在她的孩子们自立后就马上退职。

   误 Mrs. Smith plans to retire from the office as soon as all her children are self-supporting.

   正 Mrs. Smith plans to retire from office as soon as all her children are self-supporting.

   析 office作“办公地点,办公室”解时,经常要与the或物主代词连用; 表示“公职”时,前面一般不加物主代词或冠词。

3. 哪一党派会在下次大选之后执政还不得而知。

   误 It's still unknown which party will be in the office after the next general election.

   正 It's still unknown which party will be in office after the next general election.

   析 表示“执政”,应该说be in office, office前没有定冠词。

词源解说

• ☆ 13世纪中期进入英语，直接源自古法语的ofice，意为职位；最初源自拉丁语的officium，意为公务。

近反义词

【近义词】

• appointment
• business
• capacity
• commission
• duty
• employment
• function
• obligation
• occupation
• place
• post
• responsibility
• role
• room
• service
• situation
• station
• trust
• work