office [ 'ɔfis] n.办公室；处，局，社
hold office 担任公职
post office 邮局
post office
邮局
office ['ɔfis] n.办公室,办事处,事务所
打假办 Office of Cracking down on Fake Products
粉领族
"pink-collar tribe (Women who play major role in certain professions such as office workers, secretaries, models, airline hostesses, etc)"
扶贫办公室 Poverty Relief Office
港务局 port office; harbor authority
换届选举 election at expiration of office terms
教务处 dean's office
纠风办 State Council Office for Rectifying
离退办 office for the affairs of the retired workers
票房 box office
外交斡旋 diplomatic offices
问讯处 information office; inquiry desk
邮递协议 Post Office Protocol (POP)
招生就业指导办公室 enrolment and vocation guidance office
GMT Fiber-To-The-Office 光纤到办公室
Office chair central tube accessories 办公椅中管配件
Office chair hardware accessories 办公椅五金配件
Home office furniture 家庭办公家具
Office furniture 办公家具
Office seating 办公座椅
Office table 办公桌
CO Central Office 中心局
EO End Office 分局
OTA Office of Technology Assessment 技术评价处
Office Chair 办公椅
Office Furniture 办公家具
Office Partition 办公区隔断装置
address 地址
current address 目前地址
present address 目前地址
permanent address 永久地址
postal code 邮政编码
home phone 住宅电话
office phone 办公电话
business phone 办公电话
Tel.电话
Commercial Counselor's Office 中国使馆的商务处
Office chair central tube accessories 办公椅中管配件
Office chair hardware accessories 办公椅五金配件
Government Accounting Office 政府会计办公室
购票处 ticket office
邮局 post office
editorial office 编辑部
请和我到办公室。 Would you come with me to the office?
Business Hours 营业时间
Office Hours 办公时间
Ticket Office(or ：Booking Office)售票处
Foreign Student Office（外国留学生办公室）：设在各大学的校园内办事处，负责为外国学
生和交流学者提供帮助和咨询服务。有些地方称为"国际服务办公室"（Office of International
Services）、"国际教育事宜办公室"（Office of International Education）、"国际交流项
目办公室"（Office of International Programs ）等。
Office 办公室
All visitors must report to office 来客必须到办公室登记。
Business office 商务办公室
Head office 总部
Office to let 办公室出租
Please keep this office tidy and use the bins provided 请保持办公室整洁，使用所提供的垃圾箱
Post Office and Communications 邮局电信
Booking Office 售票处
Bookable in advance at the box office only with ID
凭身份证可在售票处提前预定。
Ticket office 售票处
office phone 办公电话
招生就业指导办公室 enrolment and vocation guidance office
buying offices 连锁商店的进货中心
manufacturers' sales offices/branches 生产商的销售办事处/分支机构
US Patent Office of the Department of Commerce 美国商务部专利局
欧洲专利局《EPO》 European Patent Office
比荷卢商标局 Trade Mark Office Of Belgium－Holland－Luxemburg
邮汇 postal order; postal note (Am.); post office order; money order
imtermediate control office 中途调度站
abolition of office
取消职位
acting office
署理职位
Administration Wing [Adm Wing] [Chief Secretary for Administrations Office]
行政署〔政务司司长办公室〕
branch office
分区办事处
CCGO [Central Cyber Government Office]
数码政府合署
Central Cyber Government Office [CCGO]
数码政府合署
Chief Executives Office
行政长官办公室
Chief Secretary for Administrations Office [CSs Office]
政务司司长办公室
Civil Servants Finance Advisory Office
公务员财务谘询处
confirmation in office
确任职位
deprivation of office
免职
Director, Office of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in Beijing [DBO]
香港特别行政区政府驻北京办事处主任
directorate office
首长级职位
Efficiency Unit [EU] [Chief Secretary for Administrations Office]
效率促进组〔政务司司长办公室〕
established office
设定职位
acceptance of office as a member 接受议员席位
accountable office rental allowance 实报实销的办事处租金津贴
Assessment Office [1984] 民意审核专员办事处〔一九八四年〕
cessation of office 停任
"Commissioner, Assessment Office [1984]" 民意审核专员〔一九八四年〕
"Commissioner, Survey Office [1987]" 民意汇集专员〔一九八七年〕
current term of office 现届任期
District Office 民政事务处〔前称政务处〕
Handover Ceremony Co-ordination Office 交接仪式统筹处
Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office [China] 国务院港澳办公室〔中国〕
Independent Monitoring Team [Assessment Office] 特派监察团〔民意审核专员办事处〕
judicial office 司法职位
"Monitor, Survey Office" 民意汇集处监察委员
Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 中华人民共和国外交部驻香港特别行政区特派员公署
Office of the Ombudsman 申诉专员公署
office-bearer 干事；执事人员
Provisional Urban Council Ward Office 临时市政局议员会见市民办事处
public office 公职
Public Records Office 历史档案处
Registration and Electoral Office [REO] 选举事务处
staggering terms of office 交错任期
Survey Office [1987] 民意汇集处〔一九八七年〕
tenure of office 任期
term of office 任期
Office Assistant 办公室助理
Office Clerk 职员
办公厅主任 Director, General Office
中央办公厅 General Office, CCCPC
中央政策研究室 Policy Research Office, CCCPC
中央直属机关工作委员会 Work Committee for Offices Directly under the CCCPC
中央台湾工作委员会 Taiwan Affairs Office, CCCPC
中央对外宣传办公室 International Communication Office, CCCPC
中国人民政治协商会 议全国委员会 办公厅 General Offices of the CPPCC National Committee
办公厅 General Office
国务院办事机构 Offices under that State Council
国务院办公厅 General Office of the State Council
侨务办公厅 Office of Overseas Chinese Affairs
港澳办公厅 Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office
台湾办公厅 Taiwan Affairs Office
法制办公厅 Office of Legislative Affairs
经济体制办公厅 Office for Economic Restructuring
国务院研究室 Research Office of the State Council
新闻办公室 Information Office
国家知识产权局 State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO)
国务院参事室 Counsellors’ Office of the State Council
国务院机关事务管理局 Government Offices Administration of the State Council
Head office 总行，总公司
Office 办公室，办事处，事务所
邮政车
mobile post office
Urged on by his work friends, he stood for office.
在同僚们的鼓励下，他参加了竞选。
The company has recently acquired a new office building in central Shanghai.
这家公司最近在上海市中心买了一栋新的办公楼。
An angry crowd demonstrated in front of the mayor's office for more protection of the environment.
一群愤怒的人群在市长办公室前示威，要求加大环境保护的力度。
You have to account to the Head Office for any stamps you use.
你得向总部说明那些邮票的用处。
The man from the foreign affairs office was unable to clarify the situation.
外事办公室来的那个男子无法解释这一情况。
The information office is located in the city center.
问讯处位于市中心。
We need more staff in the office.
我们办公室需要更多的工作人员。
The government is confident of winning the next term of office.
政府相信能够赢得下届选举。
He boasted about his new car almost continuously since he came into the office.
他进办公室后几乎一直在吹嘘他的新车。
Is this your office or your residence?
这是你的办公室呢，还是你的住处？
His employer transferred him to another office.
老板把他调到了另一个办公室。
This official paper is issued by the foreign affairs office.
这份官方文件是外事办公室签发的。
This official paper is issued by the foreign affairs office.
这份正式文件是由外事办签发的。
It took her some time to get accustomed to being the only lady in the office.
过了相当一段时间以后，她才渐渐适应了自己作为办公室里惟一的女性的工作环境。
This office has a very modern interior.
这办公室室内装修很现代化。
We closed our offices at 2:00 p.m. to give employees time to absorb the bad news.
我们下午两点就下班了, 让雇员们有时间去思考这个坏消息。
If there is one thing I won't stand for, it's being treated like an office boy.
如果有什么事我不能忍受的话，那就是被人当作跑腿的使唤。
What she can't stand for is that he smokes in her office.
她不能忍受的是他在她的办公室里抽烟。
You have to account to the Head Office for any stamps you use.
你得向总部说明那些邮票的用途。
The house is too small, and, furthermore, it’s too far from the office.
这座房子太小, 而且离办公地点也太远。
He seems to regard that end of the office as his territory.
他似乎把办公室的那一端视作是他的个人地盘。
There is a growing tendency for people to work at home instead of in their offices.
人们在家里而不是在办公室里工作成了日益增长的趋势。
The central heating system of this office building is down and several workers are repairing it right now.
这幢办公楼的中央供暖系统坏了，几位工人正在修理。
I hurried to my office.
我匆忙赶到办公室。
Excuse me, madam.
Could you tell me where the post office is?
对不起，女士，请问邮局在哪里？
Which one is Mr. Jame's office?
哪间是詹姆司先生的办公室？
I get to my office at 10:30.
十点半到办公室。
I leave the office at 7.
我七点离开办公室。
I drop the letter into the mailbox in front of the Post Office.
我把信塞进邮局前面的邮筒里。
Can you tell me the phone number of the inquiry office?
您能告诉我问讯处的电话号码吗？
He talks as if he were the head of the office.他说话的口气像办公室主任似的。
White collar workers doing routine work in government offices are, however, as likely to have shrinking brains as the farm worker, bus driver and shop assistant.
在政府部门从事简单重复工作的白领也像农场工人、公共汽车司机和商店职员一样大脑细胞容易收缩。
There is a rose bush in front of the office.
办公室前有一丛玫瑰。
We are a happy crew in our office.
我们办公室的一伙人相处得很愉快。
Our office is on the first floor.
我们的办公室在一楼。
Smoking is forbidden in this office.
这间办公室禁止吸烟。
He jumped to his feet and ran out of the office.
他一下子跳了起来，跑出了办公室。
I went to the post office to mail the letters.
我去邮局寄信。
This office will open in November.
这个事务所将在十一月开业。
On the wall of his office was a large map.
在他办公室的墙上是一幅大地图。
我是个普通的公司职员。
I'm an ordinary office worker. *ordinary“平凡，普通”。“男职员”、“女职员”均用an office worker表示。
I do office work. (我是个公司职员。)
I'm a regular office worker. (我是个普通的公司职员。)
请问是吉姆·贝克医生的办公室吗?
Is this Dr. Jim Baker's office?
对不起，他出去了。
I'm sorry, he's not in right now.
Is John there, please? (请问约翰在吗?)
I'm sorry, he's not in right now. (对不起，他出去了。)
He's not in.
He's out now.
He's not here now.(他现在不在这儿。)
He's out of the office right now.
他应该下个星期来上班。
He should be back in the office next week.
我们公司没有叫鲍勃·霍普的。
There's no Bob Hope in this office.
There's nobody named Bob Hope here. (这儿没有叫鲍勃·霍普的。)
您说什么?
Pardon me? *因为声音小而没有听清楚或一时没能理解对方所表达的意思时，与其装作听见或听懂了，不如问一句Pardon me?这样就可以不失礼貌地将对话进行下去。
Is there a post office near here? (这附近有邮局吗?)
Pardon me? (您说什么?)
Pardon?
I beg your pardon?
我不太清楚。
I'm not sure. *没把握说时，或不知道时。
Is he in the office now? (他现在在办公室吗?)
I'm not sure. (我不太清楚。)
I'm not certain.
I can't say for sure.
Where is the ticket office?
售票处在哪儿？
Where is the telephone office?
电话局在什么地方？
I'll connect you with his office.
我会打电话到他的公司和你联络。
Give me a ring at my office.
打电话到我办公室。
The X2500 will change your work in the office.
X2500将会改变你在办公室的工作。
Good. Let's go to the office.
好的，我们去办公室吧。
Why don't we go to the office now?
为何我们现在不去办公室呢？
near 与 near by：
near 是介系词（preposition）通常後面跟受词（object），但是 near by（或 nearby）当形容词（adjective）意思是指「附近」（=close)，只指某一地方（somewhere），没有特定地点（no specific location）。
* The school is near the railway station. （学校在火车站附近。）
* The post office and library are near by. （邮局和图书馆都在附近。）
可见 near by（或 nearby）通常後面不加受词，不然就显得 awkward 了。所以很少人说：
* I ate at a near restaurant. 不过可以说：
* I ate at a nearby restaurant.; 或
* The restaurant where I ate is nearby.（不过也有老外用 near）
昨天晚上好险哪。 老板同一个女职员在办公室动手动脚的，差一点儿让他的妻子给撞上。
The boss had narrow squeak last night in his office，his spooning with a girl clerk was almost found out by his wife.
How nice your office looks.
你的办公室看上去不错。
These days, people who do manual work often receive far more money than people who work in offices.
如今，从事体力劳动的人的收入一般要比坐办公室的人高出许多。
People who work in offices are frequently referred to as "white-collar workers" for the simple reason that they usually wear a collar and tie to go to walk.
坐办公室的人之所以常常被称作"白领工人"，就是因为他们通常是穿着硬领白衬衫，系着领带去上班。
We've got to report back to the head office.
我们还要回去向总部汇报情况呢。
Why don't we go to the office now?
为何我们现在不去办公室呢？
A It’s difficult deciding on a future career.
A 决定将来的事业是一件很难的事情。
B What do you mean?
B 你的意思是？
A Just now, I’m not sure what kind of work I like.
A 目前，我不太确定我喜欢做什么工作。
B I suppose there are lots of different paths you could take.
B 我想你有很多条路可以选择。
A Yes, to some degree. But I’m just not sure which is the best. I don’t want to work in an office all my life.
A 是的，在某种程度上是这样。但是我不太确定哪个是最好的选择。我不想一辈子在办公室里工作。
B The best thing is to try various jobs and see which you like most.
B 最好的办法是尝试各种工作，看看你最喜欢哪一个。
A So when are you back in the office?
A 那么你什么时候回来上班？
B Well, I'm back for meetings on the 28th and 29th.
B 哦，我回来参加28日和29日的会议。
A What about your friends?
A 你的朋友们呢？
B They're leaving in early September around the 5th or 6th.
B 他们将在9月初，大约5日或者6日的时候离开。
A So you're not back full-time till then?
A 这么说直到那时候你才能整天来上班？
B No, but call me any time.
B 是的，但是在任何时候都可以给我打电话。
A Hello, Ping. Did you get the tickets?
A 你好，平！ 你拿到票了吗？
B Yes, I did. I collected them this morning when the ticket-office opened.
B 是的，我拿到了。今天早晨售票处开门的时候我拿到的。
A Good. Can we check dates? I'll just get my diary.
A 好。我们能查看一下日期吗？我就把我的日志拿来。
B Okay? The concert is on the 12th at 8pm.
B 好的。音乐会是12日下午8点开始。
A The 12th. Fine. I'm really looking forward to that concert. And the opera?
A 12日。好。我特别期待这场音乐会。那歌剧是什么时候 ？
B It's on the 23rd at 7pm.
B 23日下午7点。
A And what about you? What do you do?
A 那你呢？你做什么工作？
B I work in a newspaper office.
B 我在一家报社工作。
A Do you like your work?
A 你喜欢你的工作吗？
B Sometimes. It can be really exciting but sometimes it can be a bit boring.
B 有时候是。我的工作很令人兴奋，但是有时候也能让人感觉沉闷。
A I guess that’s like most jobs: sometimes interesting, sometimes boring.
A 我猜想这和大多数的工作是一样的：有时有趣，有时烦闷。
B Yes, but all in all, it’s a good job. And I like the people I work with.
B 是的，但是总的来说是份好工作。而且我喜欢和我一起工作的同事。
A Did you remember to collect the tickets?
A 你记得取票了吗？
B Yes, I did. I got them this morning when the ticket-office opened.
B 是的，我记得。今天早晨售票处开门的时候我把票取到了。
A That’s great. Can I just check the dates again?
A 那太好了。我能再看看票的日期吗？
B The concert is on the 18th at 6.30pm.
B 音乐会是18日下午6点半开始。
A Good. I kept the 18th free. And when is the opera?
A 好。我把18日空出来了。那京剧演出的时间呢？
B It's the week after, on the 24th at 7pm.
B 在音乐会的下一周，24日晚7点。
Recognition of the falsity of material wealth as the standard of success goes hand in hand with
the abandonment of the false belief that public office and high political position are to be
valued only by the standard of pride of place and persona l profit.
Franklin Roosevelt, American president
把物质财富当作成功的标准是错误的。我们应抛弃以名利为唯一标准来衡量公职和高级政治地位的错误观念。
美国总统罗斯福.F.
The office of the scholar is to cheer, to raise, and to guide men by showing them facts amidst appearances.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, American thinker
学者的工作就是通过向大众提示存在于现象中的事实来鼓舞大众、教育大众、引导大众。
美国思想家爱默生.R.W.
Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely; great man are almost always bad man…There is no worse heresy than that the office sactifies the holder of it.
Lord Acton, British historian
权力导致腐败，绝对权力绝对导致腐败。伟人几乎都不是完人……再也没有比神化掌权者更坏的异端邪说了。
英国历史学家阿克顿爵士
I've really got to go, I'll get back to you when I get the office.
@@@ ...之处
check-out counter 结账处
dwelling place 住处
end up 1.结束, 停止
2.到达某处或某种状态, 结果, 到头来
for the good of 为了对...有好处; 为了...的利益
glean sth. from 从...处搜集(消息、资料、情报等)
have (sth.) in common 有共同之处
in the forefront (of sth.) 在...的最前沿; 在...最重要之处
parking lot 停车处
pay off 1.证明是成功的; 做...是有好处的或值得的
2.还清(债款)
put back 把...放回原处
send in 将...寄至某处进行处理
share sth. with sb. 与某人分享某物; 与...共有或合用某物;
在...方面有共同之处
stay behind (别人走后)在某处留下不走(尤指暂不回家)
stick around 逗留/停留在某处或附近, 不走远
the housing office 房管处
@@@ 担任
act as 充当; 担任...角色
competent for 能胜任...的
hold office 担任职务, 供职
qualified for 有...资格的, 胜任的
I'm an office worker.
我是上班族。
Where is your office?
你们的办公室在哪？
Is it okay to smoke in the office?
在办公室里抽烟可以吗？
go up in smoke成为泡影
Peter's vacation plans went up in smoke when a crisis arose in the office.
办公室出了问题，peter的假期泡汤了。
screw someone over欺负某人
After working in the office for ten years, Alice was fired for no apparent reason. How can they screw her over like that?
爱丽斯工作了十年之后，无缘无故被炒鱿鱼。他们怎么可以这样欺负她呢？
How are things at the office?
今天在公司怎么样？
How are things at the office?
今天在公司怎么样？
Step into my office!
到我办公室来！
Can I see you in my office?
到我办公室来一下好吗？
“I warned Sally not to believe that man’s stories about how rich he was, but she swallowed them hook, line and sinker. After she married him, she found out he owed money to everbody in his office.”
“我告诉沙利不要相信那个男人说的他多么有钱之类的话。可是沙利却一点都没有怀疑他。等到结婚才发现这个人几乎向每个同事都借了钱。”
"Everybody else in the office thought my idea was great, but the boss threw cold water on it."
“办公室里所有的人都认为我的主意很好，就是我们的老板给我泼冷水。”
"Honey, keep your shirt on, please! I'm sorry, but the boss made me work late at the office."
“亲爱的，请你千万别发火。我很抱歉。可是，我的老板给了我好多活，我不得不在办公室加班嘛。”
"Half the people in my office are home sick, so I'm up to my ears!"
“我办公室里有一半的人有病请假，所以我简直忙得不得了。”
"Gee, honey, you know I'd like to help you paint the kitchen tonight, but I'm up to my ears in paper work I had to bring home from the office. "
“亲爱的，你知道我很愿意今晚帮你把厨房上油漆。可是我从办公室带回来好些要做的事。”
"They've built so many new office buildings here that they have trouble renting out all the space. So some landlords sweeten the pot; they offer a company six months free rent if it signs a three-year lease.“
“他们在这儿盖了那末多的办公楼,现在都租不出去。所以，有的房产主就设法增加一些吸引人的条件。他们对一个公司说，要是这个公司和他们签订一个三年的租房合同，他们就可以免交半年房租。”
- be in a jam 陷入困境
get in a jam
You've got to help me. I'm in a jam. May car refused to work on my way to office.
- be in a rut 千篇一律，一筹莫展
His life is in a rut. Office, library, and home are the three places he goes everyday. It is time he had a holiday for a change.
in reimbursement, we shall authorize your Beijing Bank of China Head Office to debit our Head Office RMB Yuan account with them, upon receipt of relative documents
偿付办法，我行收到有关单据后，将授权你北京总行借记我总行在该行开立的人民币帐户
in reimbursement draw your own sight drafts in sterling on…Bank and forward them to our London Office, accompanied by your certificate that all terms of this letter of credit have been complied with
偿付办法，由你行开出英镑即期汇票向……银行支取。在寄送汇票给我伦敦办事处时，应随附你行的证明，声明本证的全部条款已经履行
in reimbursement, please claim from our RMB￥ account held with your banking department Bank of China Head Office Beijing with the amount of your negotiation
偿付办法，请在北京总行我人民币帐户中索回你行议付之款项
upon presentation of the documents to us, we shall authorize your head office backing department by airmail to debit the proceeds to our foreign business department account
一俟向我行提交单证，我行将用航邮授权你总行借记我行国外营业部帐户
I'll write to our home office to waive our claim immediately.
我立即写信给我们的总公司提出放弃索赔。
Mr. Zhang met Mr. William in the office of the People' Insurance Company of China.
张先生在中国人民保险公司的办公室接待了威廉先生。
This information office provides clients with information on cargo insurance.
这个问讯处为顾客提供大量关于货物投保方面的信息。
I’m afraid I’m not in a position to give you an immediate answer. I’ll have to consult my head office.
我恐怕不能立即给你答复，我要先和总公司联系一下。
We have placed the management of our new branch in the hands of ……(NAME), ……(NAME) has been holding a responsible position of ……in our head office for the past……years.
我公司把新设的分公司交由……(人名）经营。……(人名）在过去……年里一直担任我总公司……职务。
This is to inform you that by mutual consent, the agency contract with …… will cease to exist at the end of ……. Therefore, from the beginning of ……, we welcome your direct inquiries to our office.
与……公司所签代理合约，经双方同意，将于自……(日期)起失效。因此从自……(日期)起，欢迎向我公司直接询购，特此通知。
办公室 office
办事处 office
部 office; part; ministry
A: Hello, Mr Clark. I’m Mr Lin. Pleased to meet you.
A: 你好， 克拉克先生！ 我是林。很高兴认识你。
B: Thank you.
B: 谢谢你。
A: We will have our meeting in the office on the fourth floor.
A: 我们在四楼的办公室开会。
Remember, to describe which floor something is on, you say: . . on the second floor / . . on the second floor; . . on the fourth floor / . . on the fourth floor. We will have our meeting in an office on the fourth floor. / We have our meeting in an office on the fourth floor.
记住，要问某物在几楼，说：. . on the second floor / . . 在二楼; . . on the fourth floor / . . 在四楼. We will have our meeting in an office on the fourth floor. /我们在四楼办公室开会。
Again, if you want to know whether something (e.g. a shop, a restaurant, an office) is open or closed, you can say: Is it open? / Is it open?
如果你想知道某个场所（如商店，餐馆，办公室）是开着还是关着， 可以说：Is it open? /它开着吗？
A: Yan, I’d like to buy some presents for my kids.
A: 燕，我想给我的孩子们买些礼物。
B: How many kids do you have, Sue?
B: 你有几个孩子，苏？
A: Two. A son and a daughter. My daughter is at university, and my son works in an office in London.
A: 两个。一个儿子和一个女儿。我女儿在上大学，我儿子在伦敦工作。
B: Do you know what kind of presents they would like?
B: 你知道他们喜欢什么样的礼物吗？
A: No, I’m not sure. Let’s go to the shops and try and find something good.
A: 不，我不太确定。咱们去商店看看能不能找到好东西。
B: Ok, I’m sure you’ll be lucky.
B: 好的，我相信你会很幸运的。
罢黜 [bà chù] /dismiss from office/ban/reject/
罢官 [bà guān] /dismiss from office/
办公 [bàn gōng] /handle official business/work (usually in an office)/
办公室 [bàn gōng shì] /office/
办公自动化 [bàn gōng zì dòng huà] /office automation/
办事处 [bàn shì chù] /office/agency/
报馆 [bào guǎn] /newspaper office/
报社 [bào shè] /general office of a newspaper/newspaper office/
编辑室 [biān jí shì] /editorial office/
处 [chù] /a place/location/spot/point/office/department/bureau/respect/
担任 [dān rèn] /hold a governmental office or post/
电信局 [diàn xìn jú] /central office/telecommunications office/
队部 [duì bù] /office/headquarters/
供职 [gòng zhí] /hold an office or post/
解职 [jiě zhí] /dismiss someone from an office/discharge/
竞选 [jìng xuǎn] /run for (electoral) office/
就任 [jiù rèn] /take office/assume a post/
就职 [jiù zhí] /take office/assume a post/
局 [jú] /(a measure word used for games) set or round office/situation/office/
离任 [lí rèn] /to leave office/to leave one's post/
连任 [lián rèn] /continue in (a political) office/serve for another term of office/
人事部门 [rén shì bù mén] /personnel office/
任 [rèn] /to assign/to appoint/office/responsibility/
任期 [rèn qī] /term of office/
任职 [rèn zhí] /hold an office or post/
上班 [shàng bān] /to go to work/to be on duty/to start work/to go to the office/
上任 [shàng rèn] /take office/
售票处 [shòu piào chù] /ticket office/
售票大厅 [shòu piào dà tīng] /ticket office/
署 [shǔ] /office/bureau/
厅 [tīng] /(reception) hall/office/
外交部 [wài jiāo bù] /Foreign Affairs ministry/foreign office/Dept. of State/
衔 [xián] /hold in mouth/nominal office/
现任 [xiàn rèn] /at the present/hold an office/occupy a post/
廨 [xiè] /office/
卸任 [xiè rèn] /to leave office/
新任 [xīn rèn] /newly-appointed/newly elected/new (in a political office)/
宣誓 [xuān shì] /swear an oath (of office)/make a vow/
衙 [yá] /(surname)/office/yamen/
衙门 [yá men ] /government office in feudal China/yamen/
邮 [yóu] /post (office)/mail/
邮局 [yóu jú] /post office/
在野 [zài yě] /be out of (political) office/out of power/
职 [zhí] /office/duty/
职位 [zhí wèi] /post/office/position/
职员 [zhí yuán] /office worker/staff member/
执政 [zhí zhèng] /be in power/be in office/
总统任期 [zǒng tǒng rèn qī] /presidency/term of office/
坐班 [zuò bān] /keep office hours/
Wild Bill Donovan would have loved the Internet.
比尔·多诺汶肯定会喜欢网络。
The American spymaster who built the Office of Strategic Services in the World War II and later laid the roots for the CIA was fascinated with information.
这位美国间谍大王对情报着迷，他曾经在第二次世界大战时建立了战略事务办公室，后来又为中央情报局的成立打下了基础。
With other audiences you mustn't attempt to cut in with humor as they will resent an outsider making disparaging remarks about their canteen or their chairman.
而对于其他听众，你就不能试图贸然地讲这种幽默，因为他们也许不喜欢外人对他们的餐厅或总裁有如此微词。
You will be on safer ground if you stick to scapegoats like the Post Office or the telephone system.
如果你选择去评论邮局或电话局这样的替罪羊，那你就会很安全。
I have discovered, as perhaps Kelsey will after her much-publicized resignation from the editorship of She after a build-up of stress, that abandoning the doctrine of "juggling your life", and making the alternative move into “downshifting” brings with it far greater rewards than financial success and social status.
我已经发现（由于压力过大，凯茜已多次公开宣称要辞去《她》杂志编辑的职务，在这之后她也许会有同样发现），放弃“忙忙碌碌”的生活哲学，转而过一种“放慢生活节奏”的生活所带来的回报，比经济成功和社会地位更有价值。
Nothing could persuade me to return to the kind of life Kelsey used to advocate and I once enjoyed: 12-hour working days, pressured deadlines, the fearful strain of office politics and the limitations of being a parent on "quality time".
什么也说服不了我回到过去那种凯茜所宣扬的、我也曾自得其乐的生活中去：每天12小时的工作日，压得人喘不过气来的最后期限，可怕而紧张的办公室的争权夺利，以及因为时间有限连做母亲也得“高效率”所造成的种种限制。
I've attended research conferences where a scientist has been asked what he thinks about the advisability of continuing a certain experiment.
我出席过一些科研会议，会上有人问一位科学家继续某项实验是否是明智之举。
The scientist has frowned, looked at the graphs, and said "the data are still inconclusive."
那位科学家皱了皱眉，又看了看图表，然后说：“数据还是不够充分。”
"We know that," the men from the budget office have said, "but what do you think? Is it worthwhile going on? What do you think we might expect?"
预算部门的人说：“这点我们知道，但你的意见如何？你觉得值得做下去吗？你觉得我们可以期待什么呢？”
The scientist has been shocked at having even been asked to speculate.
这位科学家感到很震惊，他没有料到人们会让他做出预测。
{adj: Gibraltarian} of or relating to Gibraltar or its inhabitants
"Gibraltarian customs office"
{adj: accumulated, amassed, assembled, collected, congregate, massed} brought together into a group or crowd
"the accumulated letters in my office"
{adj: archidiaconal} of or relating to an archdeacon or his office
{adj: available, usable, useable} convenient for use or disposal
"the house is available after July 1"
"2000 square feet of usable office space"
{adj: boffo} resoundingly successful and popular
"for years he was a boffo box office certainty"
{adj: cathedral} relating to or containing or issuing from a bishop's office or throne
"a cathedral church"
{adj: clerical} appropriate for or engaged in office work
"clerical skills"
"a clerical job"
"the clerical staff"
{adj: consular} having to do with a consul or his office or duties
{adj: demonstrative of} serving to prove or demonstrate
"the oath of office is...demonstrative of the legislative opinion on this subject"- John Marshall
{adj: deposed} removed from office or power
"the deposed boatswain became Hudson's sworn enemy"
{adj: designate} appointed but not yet installed in office
{adj: desirous, wishful} having or expressing desire for something
"desirous of high office"
"desirous of finding a quick solution to the problem"
<-> undesirous
{adj: desk-bound, deskbound} restricted to working in an office rather than in an active physical capacity
{adj: divers, diverse} many and different
"tourist offices of divers nationalities"
"a person of diverse talents"
{adj: double, dual, twofold, two-fold, treble, threefold, three-fold} having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities
"a double (or dual) role for an actor"
"the office of a clergyman is twofold; public preaching and private influence"- R.W.Emerson
"every episode has its double and treble meaning"-Frederick Harrison
{adj: elect} elected but not yet installed in office
"the president elect"
{adj: eligible} qualified for or allowed or worthy of being chosen
"eligible to run for office"
"eligible for retirement benefits"
"an eligible bachelor"
<-> ineligible
{adj: ex officio} by virtue of an office or position
"the head of the department serves as an ex officio member of the board"
{adj: exaugural} occurring at or marking the close of a term of office
"an exaugural message"
<-> inaugural
{adj: finished, ruined} brought to ruin
"after the revolution the aristocracy was finished"
"the unsuccessful run for office left him ruined politically and economically"
{adj: foreign} of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own)
"foreign trade"
"a foreign office"
<-> domestic
{adj: girlish, schoolgirlish} befitting or characteristic of a young girl
"girlish charm"
"a dress too schoolgirlish for office wear"
{adj: good} having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
"good news from the hospital"
"a good report card"
"when she was good she was very very good"
"a good knife is one good for cutting"
"this stump will make a good picnic table"
"a good check"
"a good joke"
"a good exterior paint"
"a good secretary"
"a good dress for the office"
<-> bad
{adj: home, interior, internal, national} inside the country
"the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior"
"the nation's internal politics"
{adj: important} having or suggesting a consciousness of high position
"recited the decree with an important air"
"took long important strides in the direction of his office"
{adj: incumbent} currently holding an office
"the incumbent governor"
{adj: indifferent, so-so} being neither good nor bad
"an indifferent performance"
"a gifted painter but an indifferent actor"
"her work at the office is passable"
"a so-so golfer"
"feeling only so-so"
"prepared a tolerable dinner"
"a tolerable working knowledge of French"
{adj: in} holding office
"the in party"
{adj: judicial} belonging or appropriate to the office of a judge
"judicial robes"
{adj: mayoral} of or relating to a mayor or the office of mayor
"mayoral elections"
{adj: ministerial} of or relating to a minister of religion or the minister's office
"ministerial duties"
{adj: mod, modern, modernistic} relating to a recently developed fashion or style
"their offices are in a modern skyscraper"
"tables in modernistic designs";
{adj: nerve-racking, nerve-wracking, stressful, trying} extremely irritating to the nerves
"nerve-racking noise"
"the stressful days before a war"
"a trying day at the office"
{adj: nonelective, non-elective, nonelected} filled by appointment rather than by election
"a nonelective office"
{adj: off-line} not on a regular route of a transportation system
"an off-line ticket office"
<-> on-line
{adj: official} of or relating to an office
"official privileges"
{adj: past, preceding, retiring} of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office
"a retiring member of the board"
{adj: political} involving or characteristic of politics or parties or politicians
"calling a meeting is a political act in itself"- Daniel Goleman
"political pressure"
"a political machine"
"political office"
"political policy"
<-> nonpolitical
{adj: proconsular} of or relating to or typical of a proconsul
"proconsular offices"
{adj: professional} of or relating to a profession
"we need professional advice"
"professional training"
"professional equipment for his new office"
{adj: qualified} meeting the proper standards and requirements and training for an office or position or task
"many qualified applicants for the job"
<-> unqualified
{adj: sacred} (often followed by `to') devoted exclusively to a single use or purpose or person
"a fund sacred to charity"
"a morning hour sacred to study"
"a private office sacred to the President"
{adj: smoke-free} free of smoke
"smoke-free offices and restaurants"
{adj: terminated} (of e.g. a contract or term of office) having come to an end
{adj: unceremonious} without due formalities
"unceremonious dismissal from office"
{adj: undesirous, undesiring} having or feeling no desire
"a very private man, totally undesirous of public office"
<-> desirous
{adj: unostentatious, unpretentious, unpretending} not ostentatious
"his unostentatious office"
"unostentatious elegance"
<-> ostentatious
{adj: unsuitable, improper, wrong} not appropriate for a purpose or occasion
"unsuitable attire for the office"
"said all the wrong things"
{adj: western} lying toward or situated in the west
"our company's western office"
{adv: big} in a major way
"the play failed big at the box office"
{adv: directly, straight, direct} without deviation
"the path leads directly to the lake"
"went direct to the office"
{adv: disgustedly} in a disgusted manner
"`Get out of my office,' the professor said disgustedly to the lazy student"
{adv: down} away from a more central or a more northerly place
"was sent down to work at the regional office"
"worked down on the farm"
"came down for the wedding"
"flew down to Florida"
<-> up
{adv: ex cathedra} with the full authority of the office
"the pope must speak ex cathedra for an encyclical to be infallible"
{adv: ex officio, by right of office} by virtue of position
"the president sat on the committee ex officio"
{adv: habitually} according to habit or custom
"her habitually severe expression"
"he habitually keeps his office door closed"
{adv: oppressively} in a heavy and oppressive way
"it was oppressively hot in the office"
{adv: philatelically} in a philatelic manner
"the Post Office honors great Americans philatelically"
{adv: standoffishly} in a standoffish manner
"standoffishly, he declined the invitation to the office party"
{adv: temperately} with restraint
"he used the privileges of his office temperately"
{adv: unromantically} in an unromantic manner
"we got married, rather unromantically, in a dingy office in the town hall"
<-> romantically
{n: Department of Commerce, Commerce Department, Commerce, DoC} the United States federal department that promotes and administers domestic and foreign trade (including management of the census and the patent office); created in 1913
{n: Divine Office} canonical prayers recited daily by priests (e.g. the breviary of the Roman Catholic Church)
{n: Fillmore, Millard Fillmore, President Fillmore} elected vice president and became the 13th President of the United States when Zachary Taylor died in office (1800-1874)
{n: Fleet Street} a street in central London where newspaper offices are situated
{n: Foreign Office} the government department in charge of foreign relations
{n: French Foreign Office, Quai d'Orsay} the French department in charge of foreign affairs; referred to familiarly by its address in Paris
{n: Garfield, James Garfield, James A. Garfield, James Abraham Garfield, President Garfield} 20th President of the United States; assassinated by a frustrated office-seeker (1831-1881)
{n: Government Accounting Office, GAO, United States Government Accounting Office} an independent nonpartisan federal agency that acts as the investigative arm of Congress making the executive branch accountable to Congress and the government accountable to citizens of the United States
{n: Holy Order, Order} (usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy
"theologians still disagree over whether `bishop' should or should not be a separate Order"
{n: Home Office} the government department in charge of domestic affairs
{n: Home Secretary, Secretary of State for the Home Department} the British cabinet minister who is head of the Home Office
{n: Homeland Security, Office of Homeland Security} an independent agency established by and accountable to the President in 2001; develops and implements a national strategy to make the United States safe from terrorist threats or attacks
{n: Kremlin} citadel of Moscow, housing the offices of the Russian government
{n: Little Office} a Roman Catholic office honoring the Virgin Mary; similar to but shorter than the Divine Office
{n: National Reconnaissance Office, NRO} an intelligence agency in the United States Department of Defense that designs and builds and operates space reconnaissance systems to detect trouble spots worldwide and to monitor arms control agreements and environmental issues and to help plan military operations
{n: Office of Inspector General, OIG} the investigative arm of the Federal Trade Commission
{n: Office of Intelligence Support, OIS} agency that oversees the intelligence relationships of the Treasury's offices and bureaus and provides a link between the Intelligence Community and officials responsible for international economic policy
{n: Office of Management and Budget, OMB} the executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget
{n: Office of Naval Intelligence, ONI} the military intelligence agency that provides for the intelligence and counterintelligence and investigative and security requirements of the United States Navy
{n: Office of the Dead} an office read or sung before a burial mass in the Roman Catholic Church
{n: Opposition} the major political party opposed to the party in office and prepared to replace it if elected
"Her Majesty's loyal opposition"
{n: Oval Office} the office of the President of the United States in the White House
{n: Patent and Trademark Office Database, Patent Office} the government bureau in the Department of Commerce that keeps a record of patents and trademarks and grants new ones
{n: Post-Office box, PO Box, POB, call box, letter box} a numbered compartment in a post office where mail is put to be called for
{n: President of the United States, President, Chief Executive} the office of the United States head of state
"a President is elected every four years"
{n: President of the United States, United States President, President, Chief Executive} the person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government
"the President likes to jog every morning"
{n: Pretender} a claimant to the throne or to the office of ruler (usually without just title)
{n: Taylor, Zachary Taylor, President Taylor} 12th President of the United States; died in office (1784-1850)
{n: United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, Centre for International Crime Prevention} the United Nations office responsible for crime prevention and criminal justice and law reform
{n: United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention, DCCP} an agency of the United Nations that promotes drug control and crime prevention
{n: United States Government Printing Office, US Government Printing Office, Government Printing Office, GPO} an agency of the legislative branch that provides printing and binding services for Congress and the departments and establishments of the federal government
{n: United States Post Office, US Post Office, Post Office, PO} an independent agency of the federal government responsible for mail delivery (and sometimes telecommunications) between individuals and businesses in the United States
{n: United States Public Health Service, PHS} an agency that serves as the office of Surgeon General; includes agencies whose mission is to improve the public health
{n: White House} the government building that serves as the residence and office of the President of the United States
{n: Whitehall} a wide street in London stretching from Trafalgar Square to the Houses of Parliament; site of many government offices
{n: abbacy} the jurisdiction or office of an abbot
{n: abdicator} one who formally relinquishes and office or responsibility
{n: accession, rise to power} the act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne)
"Elizabeth's accession in 1558"
{n: admiralty} the office of admiral
{n: agency, federal agency, government agency, bureau, office, authority} an administrative unit of government
"the Central Intelligence Agency"
"the Census Bureau"
"Office of Management and Budget"
"Tennessee Valley Authority"
{n: appliance} durable goods for home or office use
{n: archidiaconate} office or position of an archdeacon
{n: associateship} the position of associate (as in an office or academy)
{n: assumption, laying claim} the act of taking possession of or power over something
"his assumption of office coincided with the trouble in Cuba"
"the Nazi assumption of power in 1934"
"he acquired all the company's assets for ten million dollars and the assumption of the company's debts"
{n: bailiffship} the office of bailiff
{n: bank manager} manager of a branch office of a bank
{n: baton} a short staff carried by some officials to symbolize an office or an authority
{n: benefice, ecclesiastical benefice} an endowed church office giving income to its holder
{n: bishopry, episcopate} the office and dignity of a bishop
{n: box office, ticket office, ticket booth} the office where tickets of admission are sold
{n: box office} total admission receipts for an entertainment
{n: bully pulpit} a public office of sufficiently high rank that it provides the holder with an opportunity to speak out and be listened to on any matter
"the American presidency is a bully pulpit"
{n: caliphate} the office of a caliph
{n: campaigner, candidate, nominee} a politician who is running for public office
{n: candidate, prospect} someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.)
{n: capaciousness, roominess, spaciousness, commodiousness} spatial largeness and extensiveness (especially inside a building)
"the capaciousness of Santa's bag astounded the child"
"roominess in this size car is always a compromise"
"his new office lacked the spaciousness that he had become accustomed to"
{n: cardinalship} the office of cardinal
{n: caretaker} an official who performs the duties of an office temporarily
"he acted as a caretaker until a new president could be elected"
{n: chancellery} a government building housing the office of a chancellor
{n: chancellorship} the office of chancellor
{n: chancery} an office of archives for public or ecclesiastic records; a court of public records
{n: checkroom, left-luggage office} a room where baggage or parcels are checked
{n: city hall} a building that houses administrative offices of a municipal government
{n: commandership, commandery} the position or office of commander
{n: confirmation hearing} a hearing held by the US Senate to gather information on whether to approve or reject candidates for high federal office who are nominated by the president
{n: construction worker, hard hat} a worker skilled in building offices or dwellings etc.
{n: countinghouse} office used by the accountants of a business
{n: courthouse} a government building that houses the offices of a county government
{n: crosier, crozier} a staff surmounted by a crook or cross carried by bishops as a symbol of pastoral office
{n: deanship, deanery} the position or office of a dean
{n: debarment} the act of prevention by legal means
"they achieved his debarment from holding public office"
{n: deposition, dethronement} the act of deposing someone; removing a powerful person from a position or office
{n: deposition} (law) a pretrial interrogation of a witness; usually conducted in a lawyer's office
{n: dignity} high office or rank or station
"he respected the dignity of the emissaries"
{n: diplomatic pouch} a mail pouch that is sealed shut and that is used to carry communications between a legation and its home office
{n: direct primary} a primary where voters directly select the candidates who will run for office
{n: displacement} act of removing from office or employment
{n: doctor} children take the roles of physician or patient or nurse and pretend they are at the physician's office
"the children explored each other's bodies by playing the game of doctor"
{n: door} a room that is entered via a door
"his office is the third door down the hall on the left"
{n: door} a structure where people live or work (usually ordered along a street or road)
"the office next door"
"they live two doors up the street from us"
{n: eldership} the office of elder
{n: elected official} official who won the office in a free election
{n: election} a vote to select the winner of a position or political office
"the results of the election will be announced tonight"
{n: eligibility} the quality or state of being eligible
"eligibility of a candidate for office"
"eligibility for a loan"
<-> ineligibility
{n: emirate} the office of an emir
{n: emolument} compensation received by virtue of holding an office or having employment (usually in the form of wages or fees)
"a clause in the U.S. constitution prevents sitting legislators from receiving emoluments from their own votes"
{n: employment agency, employment office} an agency that finds people to fill particular jobs or finds jobs for unemployed people
{n: episcopate} the term of office of a bishop
{n: executive branch, Executive Office of the President} the branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws
{n: federal department, federal office, department of the federal government} a department of the federal government of the United States
{n: field} somewhere (away from a studio or office or library or laboratory) where practical work is done or data is collected
"anthropologists do much of their work in the field"
{n: file, file cabinet, filing cabinet} office furniture consisting of a container for keeping papers in order
{n: floor, level, storey, story} a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale
"what level is the office on?"
{n: function, office, part, role} 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"
{n: general delivery, poste restante} a part of the post office that handles mail for persons who call for it
{n: generalship, generalcy} the office and authority of a general
{n: giro account} an account at a post office that can be used in similar ways to an account at a bank
{n: giro, giro cheque} a check given by the British government to someone who is unemployed; it can be cashed either at a bank or at the post office
{n: giro} a British financial system in which a bank or a post office transfers money from one account to another when they receive authorization to do so
{n: glebe} plot of land belonging to an English parish church or an ecclesiastical office
{n: gloom, gloominess, glumness} an atmosphere of depression and melancholy
"gloom pervaded the office"
{n: government office} an office where government employees work
{n: governorship} the office of governor
{n: headquarters, central office, main office, home office, home base} (usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise
"many companies have their headquarters in New York"
{n: head} a user of (usually soft) drugs
"the office was full of secret heads"
{n: high-rise, tower block} tower consisting of a multistoried building of offices or apartments
"`tower block' is the British term for `high-rise'"
{n: hiring hall} a union-operated placement office where jobs are allotted to applicants according to seniority or rotation
{n: holdover, hangover} an official who remains in office after his term
{n: hole-in-the-wall} a small unpretentious out-of-the-way place
"his office was a hole-in-the-wall"
{n: hybrid} a composite of mixed origin
"the vice-presidency is a hybrid of administrative and legislative offices"
{n: impeachment} a formal document charging a public official with misconduct in office
{n: incumbency} the office of an incumbent
{n: incumbent, officeholder} the official who holds an office
{n: inheritance, heritage} hereditary succession to a title or an office or property
{n: initiation, induction, installation} a formal entry into an organization or position or office
"his initiation into the club"
"he was ordered to report for induction into the army"
"he gave a speech as part of his installation into the hall of fame"
{n: inspectorship} the office of inspector
{n: investment, investiture} the ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank
{n: iron fist} rigorous or ruthless control
"she rules the office with an iron fist"
"it takes an iron fist to contain the dissenting factions"
{n: jobcentre} a government office in a town where information about available jobs is displayed and where unemployment benefits are administered
{n: lame duck} an elected official still in office but not slated to continue
{n: land office} a government office where business relating to public lands is transacted
{n: land-office business} very large and profitable volume of commercial activity
{n: legation, legateship} the post or office of legate
{n: legislatorship} the office of legislator
{n: life office} life assurance office
{n: loan office} an office where loans are negotiated and repaid
{n: local area network, LAN} a local computer network for communication between computers; especially a network connecting computers and word processors and other electronic office equipment to create a communication system between offices
{n: macebearer, mace, macer} an official who carries a mace of office
{n: mace} a ceremonial staff carried as a symbol of office or authority
{n: mail, mail service, postal service, post} the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office
"the mail handles billions of items every day"
"he works for the United States mail service"
"in England they call mail `the post'"
{n: malversation} misconduct in public office
{n: midterm} middle of an academic term or a political term in office
{n: minister, government minister} a person appointed to a high office in the government
"Minister of Finance"
{n: money order, postal order} a written order for the payment of a sum to a named individual; obtainable and payable at a post office
{n: moving van} a van used for moving home or office furniture
{n: newsroom} an office in which news is processed by a newspaper or news agency or television or radio station
{n: noncandidate} someone who has announced they are not a candidate; especially a politician who has announced that he or she is not a candidate for some political office
{n: office boy} a young man who is employed to do odd jobs in a business office
{n: office building, office block} a building containing offices where work is done
{n: office furniture} furniture intended for use in an office
{n: office, business office} place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed
"he rented an office in the new building"
{n: office, office staff} professional or clerical workers in an office
"the whole office was late the morning of the blizzard"
{n: office, power} (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"
{n: office-bearer} the person who holds an office
{n: officeholder, officer} someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust
"he is an officer of the court"
"the club elected its officers for the coming year"
{n: office} a religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities
"the offices of the mass"
{n: official, functionary} a worker who holds or is invested with an office
{n: ordination} the status of being ordained to a sacred office
{n: paper} medium for written communication
"the notion of an office running without paper is absurd"
{n: patronage} (politics) granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support
{n: pawnbroker's shop, pawnshop, loan office} a shop where loans are made with personal property as security
{n: personnel department, personnel office, personnel, staff office} the department responsible for hiring and training and placing employees and for seting policies for personnel management
{n: placebo} (Roman Catholic Church) vespers of the office for the dead
{n: placement office, placement center} an office that finds suitable employment for applicants
{n: police station, police headquarters, station house, police office} a station that serves as headquarters for police in a particular district; serves as a place from which policemen are dispatched and to which arrested persons are brought
"in England they call a police station a police office"
{n: political campaign, campaign, run} a race between candidates for elective office
"I managed his campaign for governor"
"he is raising money for a Senate run"
{n: position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation} a job in an organization
"he occupied a post in the treasury"
{n: post office, local post office} a local branch of the United States Post Office
{n: post office} a children's game in which kisses are exchanged for pretended letters
{n: post-office box number, PO box number, PO Box No, box number} the number of a letter box at the post office where mail is collected
{n: postal clerk, mail clerk} a clerk in a post office
{n: poste restante} a notation written on mail that is to be held at the post office until called for (not in the United States or Canada)
{n: postmark} a cancellation mark stamped on mail by postal officials; indicates the post office and date of mailing
{n: postmaster} the person in charge of a post office
{n: praetorship} the office of praetor
{n: predecessor} one who precedes you in time (as in holding a position or office)
{n: prefecture} the office of prefect
{n: prelacy, prelature} the office or station of a prelate
{n: premiership} the office of premier
{n: presidency, presidentship} the office and function of president
"Andrew Jackson expanded the power of the presidency beyond what was customary before his time"
{n: primateship} the office of primate
{n: priorship} the office of prior
{n: public office} a position concerning the people as a whole
{n: quo warranto} a hearing to determine by what authority someone has an office or franchise or liberty
{n: rabbinate} the office or function of a rabbi
{n: receivership} the office of a receiver
{n: rectorship, rectorate} the office or station of a rector
{n: regalia} paraphernalia indicative of royalty (or other high office)
{n: regency} the office of a regent
{n: registered mail, registered post} mail that is registered by the post office when sent in order to assure safe delivery
{n: reinstatement} the condition of being reinstated
"her reinstatement to her former office followed quickly"
{n: removal} dismissal from office
{n: resignation} the act of giving up (a claim or office or possession etc.)
{n: rosette} an ornament or pattern resembling a rose that is worn as a badge of office or as recognition of having won an honor
{n: running mate} a nominee for the lesser of two closely related political offices
{n: sale, sales agreement} an agreement (or contract) in which property is transferred from the seller (vendor) to the buyer (vendee) for a fixed price in money (paid or agreed to be paid by the buyer)
"the salesman faxed the sales agreement to his home office"
{n: senatorship} the office of senator
{n: series} a group of postage stamps having a common theme or a group of coins or currency selected as a group for study or collection
"the Post Office issued a series commemorating famous American entertainers"
"his coin collection included the complete series of Indian-head pennies"
{n: shingle} a small signboard outside the office of a lawyer or doctor, e.g.
{n: shipping office} the office of a shipping agent; an office where seamen are hired
{n: simony, barratry} traffic in ecclesiastical offices or preferments
{n: sinecure} an office that involves minimal duties
{n: slate, ticket} a list of candidates nominated by a political party to run for election to public offices
{n: sorter} a clerk who sorts things (as letters at the post office)
{n: spring, springtime} the season of growth
"the emerging buds were a sure sign of spring"
"he will hold office until the spring of next year"
{n: stationer, stationery seller} a merchant who sells writing materials and office supplies
{n: successor, heir} a person who inherits some title or office
{n: temp, temporary, temporary worker} a worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis
{n: tenure, term of office, incumbency} the term during which some position is held
{n: tipstaff} staff with a metal tip carried as a sign of office by e.g. a bailiff or constable
{n: town hall} a government building that houses administrative offices of a town government
{n: usurpation} wrongfully seizing and holding (an office or powers) by force (especially the seizure of a throne or supreme authority)
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