Office
['ɒfɪs] or ['ɔfɪs]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities; 'the offices of the mass'.
(noun.) place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed; 'he rented an office in the new building'.
(noun.) professional or clerical workers in an office; 'the whole office was late the morning of the blizzard'.
(noun.) (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'.
編輯:罗伊--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) That which a person does, either voluntarily or by appointment, for, or with reference to, others; customary duty, or a duty that arises from the relations of man to man; as, kind offices, pious offices.
(n.) A special duty, trust, charge, or position, conferred by authority and for a public purpose; a position of trust or authority; as, an executive or judical office; a municipal office.
(n.) A charge or trust, of a sacred nature, conferred by God himself; as, the office of a priest under the old dispensation, and that of the apostles in the new.
(n.) That which is performed, intended, or assigned to be done, by a particular thing, or that which anything is fitted to perform; a function; -- answering to duty in intelligent beings.
(n.) The place where a particular kind of business or service for others is transacted; a house or apartment in which public officers and others transact business; as, the register's office; a lawyer's office.
(n.) The company or corporation, or persons collectively, whose place of business is in an office; as, I have notified the office.
(n.) The apartments or outhouses in which the domestics discharge the duties attached to the service of a house, as kitchens, pantries, stables, etc.
(n.) Any service other than that of ordination and the Mass; any prescribed religious service.
(v. t.) To perform, as the duties of an office; to discharge.
編輯:珀尔
同義詞及近義詞:
n. [1]. Station (conferred by authority), post, situation, place, BERTH.[2]. Charge, trust, business, employment, duty, service, function, capacity.[3]. Place of business, counting-room, bureau.
手打:洛葛仙妮
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Service, duty, appointment, function, employment, station, business_post
ANT:Leisure, vacancy, resignation, sinecure
整理:罗莎
解釋/意思:
n. settled duty or employment: a position imposing certain duties or giving a right to exercise an employment: business: act of worship: order or form of a religious service either public or private: that which a thing is designed or fitted to do: a place where business is carried on: (pl.) acts of good or ill: service: the apartments of a house in which the domestics discharge their duties.—ns. Off′ice-bear′er one who holds office: one who has an appointed duty to perform in connection with some company society &c.; Off′icer one who holds an office: a person who performs some public duty: a person entrusted with responsibility in the army or navy.—v.t. to furnish with officers: to command as officers.—adj. Offic′ial pertaining to an office: depending on the proper office or authority: done by authority.—n. one who holds an office: a subordinate public officer: the deputy of a bishop &c.—ns. Offic′ialism official position: excessive devotion to official routine and detail; Official′ity Offic′ialty the charge office or jurisdiction of an official: the official headquarters of an ecclesiastical or other deliberative and governing body.—adv. Offic′ially.—n. Offic′iant one who officiates at a religious service one who administers a sacrament.—v.i. Offic′iāte to perform the duties of an office: (with for) to perform official duties in place of another.—n. Offic′iātor.—Give the office (slang) to suggest supply information; Holy office the Inquisition.
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娱乐性解釋/意思:
For a person to dream that he holds office, denotes that his aspirations will sometimes make him undertake dangerous paths, but his boldness will be rewarded with success. If he fails by any means to secure a desired office he will suffer keen disappointment in his affairs. To dream that you are turned out of office, signifies loss of valuables.
手打:菲尔
例句/造句/用法:
- His mouth was such a post-office of a mouth that he had a mechanical appearance of smiling. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- It was filed in the Patent Office a few days later, but was not issued as a patent until August 30, 1887. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- The Colonel had his office full of people, mostly from the neighboring States of Missouri and Kentucky, making complaints or asking favors. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- The other is impersonating you at the office. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- Somebody must find out wot's been done at the office,' said Mr. Sikes in a much lower tone than he had taken since he came in. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- Some of the office employees would also drop in once in a while, and as everybody present was always welcome to partake of the midnight meal, we all enjoyed these gatherings. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- But he surrendered the office without question. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- My Walworth sentiments must be taken at Walworth; none but my official sentiments can be taken in this office. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- Nor was any new office created or any new official title invented for his benefit. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- She was only too glad, however, to perform this office for herself. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Clear the office. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- They come to a building in the yard with an office on an upper floor. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- I am not wanted at any public office, or to give any vote anywhere else. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- And he had it in charge from high authority to bring about the great public-office Millennium, when Commissioners should reign upon earth. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- Before the Sergeant could put his next question, another visitor was announced--the head clerk from Mr. Bruff's office. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- In 1792 Murdoch erected a gas distilling apparatus, and lighted his house and offices by gas distributed through service pipes. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- In dancing attendance at the various offices, I was always treated, more or less, as if it was a very bad offence. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Accept my kind offices to thy other children as the only return in my power for thy continual favours to me. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- Neither must they represent slaves, male or female, performing the offices of slaves? 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- Practically all small railroad stations and local telegraph offices use these cells. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- Yawler recommended me to one or two other offices, however--Mr. Waterbrook's for one--and I got a good many jobs. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- Among the five or six buildings supplied with the new lighting were the _Herald_ offices and the Drexel Building, at the time one of New York City’s show places. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- My young friends Dale and Spiggot do all my business for me now, until my new offices are ready; for I'm only here temporarily, you know, Captain. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- She thanked him for a thousand thousand kind offices and proofs of steadfast friendship to her in her affliction. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Inquiry at the servants' offices informed me that Rosanna had retired to her own room. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- Even the foreign offices felt the fear of war. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- There will be more and better light in homes; there will be more and better light in offices and factories, thus greatly lessening the chances for injury or eye-strain. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Mr. Gould was up-town in the Erie offices in the Grand Opera House. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Nor was Eva less zealous in kind offices, in return. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- These are the company's offices into which he has gone. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
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