Word · CEFR A1 · Frequency #303
office
办公室
a room, set of rooms, or building where people work, especially sitting at desks
- 1.
A ceremonial duty or service, particularly
礼仪性职责或服务,尤其是
- 2.
place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed
进行专业或文书工作的地方
- 3.
A ceremonial duty or service
礼仪性职责或服务
- 4.
an administrative unit of government
政府的行政单位
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A position of responsibility.
责任职位
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the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
分配给个人或团体的行动和活动
- 7.
Official position, particularly high employment within government; tenure in such a position.
官方职位,尤其是政府中的高职;在此职位上的任期
- 8.
A duty, particularly owing to one's position or station; a charge, trust, or role; (obsolete, rare) moral duty.
职责,尤其是由于职位或地位而产生的;责任、信托或角色;(过时,罕见)道德责任
- 9.
A room, set of rooms, or building used for non-manual work, particularly
用于非体力工作的房间、一套房间或建筑物,尤其是
- 10.
A room, set of rooms, or building used for non-manual work
用于非体力工作的房间、一套房间或建筑物
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The staff of such places.
这些地方的工作人员
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The administrative departments housed in such places, particularly
这些地方的行政部门,尤其是
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The administrative departments housed in such places
这些地方的行政部门
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A collection of business software typically including a word processor and spreadsheet and slideshow programs.
一套商业软件,通常包括文字处理器、电子表格和幻灯片程序
部;公职;礼仪性职责或服务,尤其是;进行专业或文书工作的地方;礼仪性职责或服务
In use
I usually go to the office at 8 a.m.
Her office is on the fifth floor of the building.
The company has opened new offices in Europe.
he rented an office in the new building
Office of Management and Budget
in an office
表示在办公室这个场所。
She works in an office.
她在办公室工作。
office + noun
office 作定语修饰名词。
The office building is tall.
那栋办公楼很高。
Common mistakes
Connections
Collocations
- home office
- 家庭办公室
- Many people now work from a home office.很多人现在在家庭办公室工作。
- post office
- 邮局
- I need to go to the post office to send a package.我需要去邮局寄包裹。
- office hours
- 办公时间
- The doctor's office hours are from 9 am to 5 pm.医生的办公时间是上午9点到下午5点。
- office building
- 办公楼
- The company moved to a new office building downtown.公司搬到了市中心的一栋新办公楼。
- in office
- 在职;执政
- The president has been in office for two terms.总统已经执政两届。
- take office
Learner notes
Memory Tip
office 音似“奥菲斯”,想象音乐家奥菲斯在办公室里演奏。
Context & Register
中性,通常指工作场所或办公地点,多用于商业或政府环境中。
Pronunciation & Spelling
No common words rhyme exactly with 'office' (/ˈɒfɪs/). The first three words (price, nice, slice) share the '-ice' spelling but are pronounced with /aɪs/, not /ɪs/. The last three words (miss, kiss, this) share the final unstressed /ɪs/ sound but are spelled with '-iss' or '-is'. Note that 'this' has a voiced initial /ð/.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇,值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 5,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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