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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   office

   • IPA[ˈôfəs]

   美式

   • n.
     a room, set of rooms, or building used as a place for commercial, professional, or bureaucratic work；the local center of a large business

   • noun: office, plural noun: offices

2. • 釋義

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a room, set of rooms, or building used as a place for commercial, professional, or bureaucratic work an office job computers first appeared in offices in the late 1970s 同義詞 place of business, place of work, workplace, workroom, studio, ... 更多headquarters, base, center
   • ▪ the local center of a large business a company that has four U.S. and four European offices 同義詞 branch, division, section, bureau, department, ... 更多agency
   • ▪ a room, department, or building used to provide a particular service a ticket office a Post Office
   • ▪ North American the consulting room of a professional person a patient walks in to a doctor's office
   • 2. a position of authority or service, typically one of a public nature the office of attorney general 同義詞 post, position, appointment, job, day job, ... 更多occupation, role, place, situation, station, function, capacity
   • ▪ tenure of an official position, especially a government position a year ago, when the President took office he was ejected from office in 1988
   • ▪ the quarters, staff, or collective authority of a particular government department or agency the Foreign Office
   • 3. a service or kindness done for another person or group of people rescued through the good offices of the Italian Ambassador, he was returned safely to England 同義詞 assistance, help, aid, services, intervention, ... 更多intercession, mediation, intermediation, agency, support, backing, patronage, aegis, auspices, advocacy
   • ▪ dated a duty attaching to one's position; a task or function the offices of a nurse 同義詞 chore, duty, job, task, obligation, ... 更多assignment, service, responsibility, charge, commission, work, employment
   • 4. the series of services of prayers and psalms said (or chanted) daily by Roman Catholic priests, members of religious orders, and other clergy.
   • ▪ a prayer service conducted daily as part of the Divine Office the noon office