^{SiM 20 000 2 (especially BrE) on sale at a lower
price than normal for a short
period of time MM ^ ITUr ; ft!] # &
H: Italian wines
are on (special) offer this week, jfeAfiJfiunder 'offer (fir£) if a house or other building is under offer, sb has agreed to buy it
at a particular price ( ) S
offering /'ofarir);
NAmE 'a:f-/ noun 1 something that is
produced for other people to use, watch, enjoy etc. jgUft; &iBitMi*.i&
: the latest
offering from the Canadian-born writer fE jjfl # A {±J £ (ft Wftfrf^p” 2 something that is given
to a god as part of religious worship ^ pp ; t5p — see also
BURNT
OFFERING, PEACE OFFERING
offertory /'Dfatri;
NAmE 'o:farto:ri; 'aif-/ noun {pi. -ies) 1 the offering of bread
and wine to God at a church service 2
an offering or a
collection of money during a
church service
)
off-hand /.Dfhaend;
NAmE ,o:f-; ,a:f-/ adj., adv.
m adj. (disapproving) not showing much
interest in sb/sth an offhand manner 3&j|; 0 He was very offhand with me.
►
off-hand-ed-ly
/,Df haendidli; NAmE ,a:f-; ,a:f-/ adv.; He spoke offhandedly, making it
clear I had no say in the matter.
■
adv. without being able to check sth or think
about it iP0i&: I don’t know offhand how much we made last year, ffc— if iMP
office 0-w /'ofis; NAmE 'a:f-/ noun
►
ROOM/BUILDING AM; 1
[C] a room, set of rooms
or building where people
work, usually sitting at desks A£-ji[; A£rl£: The company is moving to new offices on
the other side of town, —iiWfr
A£
o Are you going to the office today? IfcAA-AA^S =-f% o an office job A'&liCXfE 0 office workers b'&'sL AM — see also back office, head office 2 [C] a room in which a particular person
works, usually at a desk ( ^A^J ) A£r!i[: Some people have to share an
office. Hf
& A R HE& — I a] A&A a 0 Come into my office, if
I'JA^A^Hli^to
3 {NAmE) = SURGERY: a doctor’s/ dentist’s office i# A ;
HE i# Ilf 4 [C] (often in compounds A An-Ml) a room or building
used for a particular purpose, especially to provide information or a service 3^^jib; ( the local
tourist office ^ Oho a ticket office H H A — see also box office, registry office
►
GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT MMm
I 5 Office [C] used in the names of some British
government departments
( ) : the Foreign Office
A3£rP 0 the Home Office pfcjIEfeoP
►
IMPORTANT POSITION 1 f
101 {/ 6 [U, C] an important
position of authority,
especially in government; the work and duties connected with this HIE; Si H IT IE; SHIR#: She held office as a
cabinet minister for ten years. MUHf PA l&I rP A ^ ° 0 How long has he
been in office? #,jf IE^ AT? o The party has been out of
office (= has not formed a
government) for
many years. IP B if ^ A T 0
0 The present government
took office in 2005. 2005 A-t 0 to
seek/runfor office /
#;i£AIE 0 {BrE) to stand for office j&ji&HIE 0 the office of treasurer EJj^&IIE#
ITSTBil through sb’s good
'offices (formal) with sb’s help
iia«
'office block {BrE) (also 'office building NAmE, BrE) noun a large building that
contains offices, usually belonging to more than one company A^AI£ ( ffi#
yijim&nsm)
'office boy, 'office girl noun {old-fashioned) a young person employed to do simple tasks
in an office AAjIl
mm
'office-holder
(also
'office-bearer)
noun a person who is in a
position of authority, especially in the government or a government
organization 'g' M; -&# M; Si
'office hours noun [pi.] the time when
people in offices are normally working A A BTI eO : Our telephone lines
| 1383 officially
are
open during normal office hours, I^f]
of-fi-Cer On /'nfisa(r); NAmE 'o:f-; 'a:f-/ noun 1 a person who is in a
position of authority in the armed forces : army/airforce/naval, etc. officers p® ^ llflf o a commissioned/non-
commissioned
officer A H ; % ± o The matter was passed on to me, as
your commanding officer, fE A#[Ej ieW'g , ji # ^ ft fij T $
& M o — see also flying OFFICER, PETTY
OFFICER, PILOT OFFICER, WARRANT
officer 2 (often in compounds a person
who is in a position of
authority in the government or a large organization () TTM, an environmental health officer iE It JI IT M O a. customs/prison/welfare officer W/e/ II fR / jg f •] IT M O officers of state (= ministers in the
government) ( i^Uff # rP ) rP — see also chief executive officer,
MEDICAL
OFFICER, PRESS OFFICER, PROBATION OFFICER,
returning officer 3 (often used as a
form of address = police officer: the officer in charge of the case i 0 the
investigating officer ji£ff
0
Yes, officer, I saw what happened. H,
4 {NAmE) a title for a
police officer Officer Dibble ifiAAW'R’
'office
worker noun a person who works in
the offices of a business or company ( )
A^AM;
offi cial Oti /0-fiji/ adj., noun
a adj. 1 [only before noun] connected
with the job of sb who is in a position of authority £-#|$;
$J:
official
responsibilities 0 the Prime Minister’s official residence # ^ KP 0 He attended in his official
capacity as mayor. 0
This was
her first official engagement. O
He
made an official visit to
2 [usually before noun] agreed
to, said, done, etc. by sb who is in a position of authority ©; f an official an-
nouncement/decision/statement 'g' A o' / ^
►
according to official statistics/figures IS^'g'A^tif / Wi
7
O An official
inquiry has been launched into the cause of the accident. JFiW0 o The
country’s official language is Spanish. ^W'g'Aifl
0 I intend to lodge an official
complaint (=
to complain to sb in authority). jT ^ IE A ff3 ifc 0 o The news is not yet official. &A %£ Wrft 0 3 [only before noun] that is told to the
public but
may not be true ^'g’A^: I only
knew the official version of events.
A'g'AWIiSAo
o The official story has always been that they are just good friends. 'g'A—iiftfM
]R7ilJi£F Ao 4 [only before
noun] formal and attended by people in authority IEAW; 'g’A^'n^I: unofficial
function/reception f 3®#^ O The official
opening is planned for October. 0
H23 unofficial
mnoun (often in compounds IfrfaJ&'M.'n ia]) a person who is
in a position of authority in a large organization ^ M ; H m ; M R M : a bank/company/court/ government
official o a
senior
official in the State Department [Il^-^Efti^jif'g' M offi cial dom /o'fijldam/ noun [U] (disapproving) people who are in
positions of authority in large organizations when they seem to be more
interested in following rules than in being helpful Hr He; ^ Hr #} A of fi cial ese /a.fija'liiz/ noun [U] {disapproving) language used in
official documents that is thought by many people to be too complicated and
difficult to understand ('s.&mmmm)
of fi cial ly o-w /a'fljali/ adv.
►
publicly and by sb who is in a position of
authority IE
Ai&;
llrAitfe; The library will be officially
opened by the local MP.
IIH
o 0 We haven’t yet been told officially about the closure. A®WlEAiiftlo o The college
is
not an officially recognized English language school. IP 2 according to a