英语词汇“office of works”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. (Now with capital initial.) With modifying adjective or attributive noun, as Colonial, Foreign, Home, War, etc.: the building, set of rooms, etc., in which the business of the specified department of government administration is carried on; (also) the staff of such a department, esp. the responsible head and the senior officials; the department itself. Also occasionally with defining phrase, as Office of Fair Trading, Office of Works, etc.The number and names of these departments, agencies, etc., change from time to time and place to place. Many of those represented in the quotation paragraph are now historical.

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society > occupation and work > workplace > office > [noun] > of a department of works

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1435 Petition (P.R.O.) 130. 6460A John Duc of Bedford..Admirall of England in the office of þe admiralte in the Countees of Kent, Sussex, [etc.].

1469 in W. P. Ellis & H. E. Salter Liber Albus Civitatis Oxoniensis (1909) 79 (MED) The seale of the office of the Mayralte of the towne of Oxford.

1617 J. Minsheu Ἡγεμὼν είς τὰς γλῶσσας: Ductor in Linguas at Admiraltie The place where the Admirals office is kept.

1642 C. Vernon Considerations Excheqver 18 (margin) The long Writ called the Prerogative Writ, out of the Treasurers Remembrancers Office, under the Teste of the chiefe Baron.

1698 Mem. E. Ludlow II. 503 An Order given to the Excise-Office for satisfying an old Debt.

1705 Boston News-let. 9 Apr. 2/2 And any person in Town or Country who have said Wil or Papers, are desire to bring them unto the Office of Probates in Boston.

1707 J. Chamberlayne Angliæ Notitia (ed. 22) 599 A List of the Officers of the Admiralty-Office.

1776 J. Bentham Fragm. on Govt. iii. §5. 99 By dispensatorial power I mean as well that which is exercised by the Board of Treasury, as those others which are executed in the several offices styled with us the War Office [etc.].

1839 Penny Cycl. XIV. 116 (London—Public Buildings) Excise Office 1769 State-Paper Offices, St. James's Park.

1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. iii. viii. 713 Officers of the Commissariat..render directly to the Audit Office..accounts of the whole of their cash and store transactions.

1880 E. W. Hamilton Diary 11 Sept. (1972) I. 49 His [sc. W. P. Adam's] place will have to be filled up at the Office of Works.

1936 Discovery July 199/1 A change in the Office of Works which archaeologists cannot but view with regret.

1948 Assessment of Men (U.S. Office of Strategic Services) 3 A number of psychologists and psychiatrists attempted to assess the merits of men and women recruited for the Office of Strategic Services.

1986 M. Berlins Law & You (1988) 353/1 In deciding whether to grant you a licence, the Office of Fair Trading will have to consider whether you are fit to have one.

2002 Guardian 16 Jan. i. 9/2 The Home Office classified him as an IDOM, a prisoner in denial of murder.

单词	office of works
释义	> as lemmas Office of Works b. (Now with capital initial.) With modifying adjective or attributive noun, as Colonial, Foreign, Home, War, etc.: the building, set of rooms, etc., in which the business of the specified department of government administration is carried on; (also) the staff of such a department, esp. the responsible head and the senior officials; the department itself. Also occasionally with defining phrase, as Office of Fair Trading, Office of Works, etc.The number and names of these departments, agencies, etc., change from time to time and place to place. Many of those represented in the quotation paragraph are now historical. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > office > [noun] > of a department of works Office of Works1880 1435 Petition (P.R.O.) 130. 6460A John Duc of Bedford..Admirall of England in the office of þe admiralte in the Countees of Kent, Sussex, [etc.]. 1469 in W. P. Ellis & H. E. Salter Liber Albus Civitatis Oxoniensis (1909) 79 (MED) The seale of the office of the Mayralte of the towne of Oxford. 1617 J. Minsheu Ἡγεμὼν είς τὰς γλῶσσας: Ductor in Linguas at Admiraltie The place where the Admirals office is kept. 1642 C. Vernon Considerations Excheqver 18 (margin) The long Writ called the Prerogative Writ, out of the Treasurers Remembrancers Office, under the Teste of the chiefe Baron. 1698 Mem. E. Ludlow II. 503 An Order given to the Excise-Office for satisfying an old Debt. 1705 Boston News-let. 9 Apr. 2/2 And any person in Town or Country who have said Wil or Papers, are desire to bring them unto the Office of Probates in Boston. 1707 J. Chamberlayne Angliæ Notitia (ed. 22) 599 A List of the Officers of the Admiralty-Office. 1776 J. Bentham Fragm. on Govt. iii. §5. 99 By dispensatorial power I mean as well that which is exercised by the Board of Treasury, as those others which are executed in the several offices styled with us the War Office [etc.]. 1839 Penny Cycl. XIV. 116 (London—Public Buildings) Excise Office 1769 State-Paper Offices, St. James's Park. 1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. iii. viii. 713 Officers of the Commissariat..render directly to the Audit Office..accounts of the whole of their cash and store transactions. 1880 E. W. Hamilton Diary 11 Sept. (1972) I. 49 His [sc. W. P. Adam's] place will have to be filled up at the Office of Works. 1936 Discovery July 199/1 A change in the Office of Works which archaeologists cannot but view with regret. 1948 Assessment of Men (U.S. Office of Strategic Services) 3 A number of psychologists and psychiatrists attempted to assess the merits of men and women recruited for the Office of Strategic Services. 1986 M. Berlins Law & You (1988) 353/1 In deciding whether to grant you a licence, the Office of Fair Trading will have to consider whether you are fit to have one. 2002 Guardian 16 Jan. i. 9/2 The Home Office classified him as an IDOM, a prisoner in denial of murder. extracted from officen. < as lemmas
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