| 单词 | intelligence office |
| 释义 | > as lemmasintelligence office intelligence office n. chiefly U.S. (a) a place where information may be obtained, esp. (in earlier use) regarding the appointment of domestic servants (now historical); (b) in later use = intelligence department n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > government department or agency > [noun] > with specific responsibility intelligence office1659 custom house1661 secret service1737 home department1782 home office1790 War Department1797 port authority1851 W.D.1855 welfare department1904 welfare1928 social services1968 1659 Particular Advice from Office of Intelligence No. 41. 474 Enquire at Mr. Coniers a Shoe-maker in the Old-Bayly, or at the Intelligence Office. 1692 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. iii. 28 Berosus set up his Intelligence-Office at Coos. 1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure I. 16 I proposed to myself to proceed..to an intelligence-office... There I counted on getting information of any place that such a country-girl as I might be fit for. 1856 F. L. Olmsted Journey Slave States 31 Much like Intelligence Offices, being large rooms partly occupied by ranges of forms. 1936 E. Phillips Oppenheim Ask Miss Mott iv. 107 Do I run an Intelligence Office for nothing? I simply said that you were my uncle. 2004 9/11 Comm. Rep. (National Comm. Terrorist Attacks U.S.) xi. 345 In early August 1999, the FAA's Civil Aviation Security intelligence office summarized the Bin Ladin hijacking threat. < as lemmas |
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