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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

office ['ɔfɪs]
  1. 1. noun [c] (room) 办公室
    He called me into his office.
    他把我叫进他的办公室
  2. 2. noun [c] (department) 部门
  3. 3. noun [of doctor] [ dentist] 诊所[英 = surgery]
  4. 4. noun [u] (job,position) 职务
    Office of Fair Trading
    [BRIT] 公平贸易部
    to be in {or} hold office
    担任要职
    to run for office
    竞选公职
    to take office
    就职
    through his good offices
    [frm] 通过他的斡旋

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

office [ˈɒfɪs]
  1. 1. n.[c] 办公室办公楼
    Intel has set up a recruitment office in Dublin.
    英特尔都柏林设立一个招聘办公室
    He rented an office in the new building.
    他在新楼里租了一间办公室
  2. 2. n.[c] 政府机关政府部门
    Henry worked at the Foreign Office in London.
    亨利伦敦英国外交部工作
  3. 3. n.[c] 职责作用功能
  4. 4. n.[u] 政权职权权力
    President Mugabe took office in the aftermath of a civil war.
    内战结果就是穆加贝总统掌握证券
    Being in office already gives a candidate a great advantage.
    当权已经候选人提供巨大的好处
  5. 5. n.[c] 全体职员全体职工
    It seems the whole office has come down with the flu.
    好像全体职员染上流感
    The whole office was late the morning of the blizzard.
    暴雪使得整个办公室早上迟到了。
  6. 6. n.[c] [Singular] 仪式祭礼祷告
  7. 7. n.[c/u] 职位职务
    He's held the office of the CFO for some time now.
    现在已经担任财务总监一职一阵子了。

Collins English-English Dictionary

office ['ɒfɪs]
  1. 1. n a room or set of rooms in which business, professional duties, clerical work, etc, are carried out
  2. 2. n (as modifier)
    office furniture
    an office boy
  3. 3. n [often plural] the building or buildings in which the work of an organization, such as a business or government department, is carried out
  4. 4. n a commercial or professional business
    the architect's office approved the plans
  5. 5. n the group of persons working in an office
    it was a happy office until she came
  6. 6. n [capital when part of a name] (in Britain) a department of the national government
    the Home Office
  7. 7. n [capital when part of a name] a governmental agency, esp of the Federal government
  8. 8. n a subdivision of such an agency or of a department
    Office of Science and Technology
  9. 9. n a position of trust, responsibility, or duty, esp in a government or organization
    the office of president
    to seek office
  10. 10. n (in combination)
    an office-holder
  11. 11. n duty or function
    the office of an administrator
  12. 12. n [often plural] a minor task or service
    domestic offices
  13. 13. n [often plural] an action performed for another, usually a beneficial action
    through his good offices
  14. 14. n a place where tickets, information, etc, can be obtained
    a ticket office
  15. 15. n [Christianity] [often plural] a ceremony or service, prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities, esp one for the dead
  16. 16. n the order or form of these
  17. 17. n [RC Church] the official daily service
  18. 18. n short for divine office
  19. 19. n [plural] the parts of a house or estate where work is done, goods are stored, etc
  20. 20. n [usually plural] [Brit] [euphemistic] a lavatory (esp in the phrase usual offices)
  21. 21. n [Etymology] C13: via Old French from Latin officium service, duty, from opus work, service + facere to do

Examples

continue in office for another year
留任一年
a declaration at the customs office
报关
an official entrenched in office
确保职位的官员
A rumor went through the office.
谣言传遍办公室。
office hours from 2 to 5
办公时间从两点到五点

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