【office音标】 英[ˈɒfɪs] 美[ˈɔ:fɪs]
【单词释义】 office是什么意思：
n.办公室；办公楼，办事处；公职；（政府部门的）部；有特定用途的房间[建筑物]
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[单词复数] offices
【关联词/派生词】
official n.官员；高级职员 adj.官方的；正式的；公务的
officious adj. 摆官架子的；爱管闲事的；爱发号施令的
officer n.军官，警官；高级职员 v.指挥；统率；管理
officially adv. 官方地，正式地；据公布；依据法规等
【office形近词/近似词】
sacrifice n.牺牲；献祭，供奉 v.牺牲；奉献；献祭
orifice n.孔，洞；洞口
edifice n.大厦；大建筑物
artifice n.诡计；巧计；巧妙办法
suffice v.足够；足以；满足…的需要；有能力
【单词例句】
◇ When they were shown in her office and saw her once more, she brought them a teapot of tea and some cookies, laughing and saying, “I rubbed some cream and wax on my garment and passed myself off as a shabby woman among thieves and robbers to investigate a plot.
当他们被带进她的办公室再次见到她时，她给他们拿来一壶茶和一些饼干，笑着说：“我把奶油和蜡涂在大衣上假扮成寒酸肮脏的女人混进在小偷和抢劫犯中间，是为了调查一宗阴谋。
◇ I set about working in the current Patent Office after resigning from the court personnel.
从法院人事部辞职后，我开始在现在的专利局工作。
---- Strange Patent Applications
◇ I was a previous typist in a post office. Because I couldn’t tolerate typing any more postage bills or postcodes on a typewriter every day, I resigned.
我以前是一家邮局的打字员，因为忍受够了每天在打字机上打邮资账单或邮政编码，我辞了职。
---- An Air Crash
◇ They gave out that they knew how to weave stuffs of the most beautiful colors and elaborate patterns, the clothes manufactured from which should have the wonderful property of remaining invisible to everyone who was unfit for the office he held, or who was extraordinarily simple in character.
他们说，他们能织出谁也想象不到的最美丽的布。这种布的色彩和图案不仅是非常好看，而且用它缝出来的衣服还有一种奇异的作用，那就是凡是不称职的人或者愚蠢的人，都看不见这衣服。
◇ Four office workers were asked to transcribe two 600-word sets of song lyrics. The first set was transcribed with no music playing, while the other was completed with classical music playing in the background.
四名办公室职员被要求抄写两套600字的歌词，第一套是在没有音乐播放的情况下抄写的，而另一套则是在播放古典音乐的背景下完成的。
---- Listening to classical music at work boosts productivity
◇ "But some people haven't quite realised that if we have three days off, the four at the office have to be very productive, and we need to address that," she adds.
她补充说：“但是有些人还未完全意识到，如果我们放三天假，那么工作的那四天必须效率很高，而我们需要解决这个问题。”
---- New Zealand employees try four-day week
◇ One fine day, an old couple around the age of 70, walks into a lawyer’s office. Apparently, they are there to file a divorce. Lawyer was very puzzled, after having a chat with them, he got their story.
在一个阳光明媚的日子里，一对70多岁的老夫妇走进了律师事务所。显然地，他们准备到那儿办理离婚手续。律师对这对年老的夫妇提出要离婚的事感到非常困惑。后来，跟他们交谈了之后，他得知他们之间的故事。
---- Life Together
◇ After a long struggle, the battle was won. Dr. Kelly requested the business office to pass the final bill to him for approval. He looked at it and then wrote something on the side.
经过艰苦的努力，手术成功了。凯利医生要求把医药费通知单送到他那里，他看了一下，便在通知单的旁边签了字。
---- The warmth of a cup of milk
◇ Male peacock has a beautiful long tail feathers, this is a pride thing. But it has its own Office of the superior long-cherished too excessive, the result is actually incurred the scourge.
雄孔雀有着美丽的长尾羽，这本来是一件值得骄傲的事。但它却对自己的这一优长之处珍爱得太过分了，其结果是反而招致了祸患。
---- The Peacock