单词 | to run for, seek, take, hold, leave, etc, office |
释义 | > as lemmasto run for, seek, take, hold, leave, etc., office b. As a mass noun without article: official position or employment, spec. that of a minister of state, or of a party forming a government; (also) tenure of such position. Frequently in to run for, seek, take, hold, leave, etc., office. Also in office, out of office. man of office: an officer or official.† of office [compare classical Latin ex officiō ex officio adv., Old French de son office (late 13th cent.; 1338 in Middle French as d'ofisse, 1508 as d'office)] : by virtue of office, officially (obsolete). Jack in (out of) office: see Jack n.2 Phrases 3. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > [noun] wikec1000 officec1300 bishopricc1384 chairc1384 officeship?a1425 whilec1449 roomc1500 place1558 stallership1868 society > authority > office > holder of office > [noun] man of officec1300 officerc1380 officec1440 office manc1459 officiate1500 officiary1505 official1555 gerent1576 officiary1587 office-bearer1593 stallera1627 incumbent1672 designator1683 corrector1690 office-holder1818 city manager1909 postholder1961 c1300 St. Thomas Becket (Laud) 223 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 113 (MED) He cam to court and was in guod offiz [a1325 Corpus Cambr. offis] With þe erchebischop of Kaunterburi. c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 9600 To abbe men in offis Mid him þat of conseil were god & wis. 1389 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 21 (MED) What brother of yis gilde be chosen in to office, and refuse it, he shal payen iij pounde of wax. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 27170 Man of office or dignite..Werlds man or clerc. ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) 6959 (MED) He kepyd þe kirk of office. a1500 (?c1450) Bone Florence (1976) 1235 (MED) He gave londys to knyghtys kydde And newe men in offyce dydd. 1526 W. Bonde Rosary sig. Bvv A stranger and alyande, putte in offyce by the Romayns. 1586 in Juridical Rev. (1892) 4 119 My signet of office thereto affixt. a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) i. ii. 207 Would I were Gently put out of Office, before I were forc'd out. View more context for this quotation 1785 W. Cowper Task iv. 412 The rugged frowns and insolent rebuffs Of knaves in office. 1816 J. Pickering Vocab. U.S. 76 We sometimes see this word [sc. declension] used in our news-papers, in speaking of a person's declining to be a candidate for office. 1845 B. Disraeli Sybil II. iv. xiv. 306 ‘Peel ought to have taken office’, said Lord Marney. 1880 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times IV. lviii. 259 He had come into office at the head of a powerful party. 1912 M. Nicholson Hoosier Chron. 54 I'd go into their counties and spend every cent I've got fighting 'em if they ever ran for office again. 1923 R. Macaulay Told by Idiot iii. xv. 227 The Tories had been in office ten years. 1962 L. Namier Crossroads of Power xx. 227 In normal circumstances the king's authority and support were sufficient to keep the average group of politicians in office, but no government could survive for long if either the king or public opinion turned definitely against them. 1993 Times 25 Sept. 6/3 I do not think the previous leader wanted power; he wanted office. < as lemmas |
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