bureau

bu·reau /ˈbjʊərəʊ $ ˈbjʊroʊ/ noun (plural bureaus or bureaux /-rəʊz $ -roʊz/) [countableC]

1 SSOORGANIZATIONan office or organization that collects or provides information 〔收集或提供信息的〕办事处，机构

an employment bureau

职业介绍所

the Citizens Advice Bureau

公民咨询局

2 PGa government department or a part of a government department in the US 〔美国政府部门的〕司，局，处，署

the Federal Bureau of Investigation

联邦调查局

3 an office of a company or organization that has its main office somewhere else 〔公司或机构的〕办事处

the London bureau of the Washington Post

《华盛顿邮报》驻伦敦办事处

4. British EnglishBrEDHF a large desk or writing table 大书桌，大写字台

5. American EnglishAmEDHF a piece of furniture with several drawers, used to keep clothes in 五斗橱，衣柜 SYN British English chest of drawers

Examples from the Corpus

bureau• Your sister said you passed out and hit your head on her bureau.• the visitor's information bureau• At the area course the trainee will have a chance to meet trainees from other local bureaux.• Their whole life began seeming like a missing persons bureau.• Perhaps the most obvious is wilful and corrupt exploitation of debtors by dishonest employees of the credit reference bureau.• Nevertheless, out of necessity, to help the adviser feel less pressured, some bureaux do run partial appointment systems.• The bureau is interested in its sponsor's demands as a basis for the formulation of its budget.• The bureau swooped down on three illicit Hong Kong factories on Sept. 3 alone.• He is now Director of the Maritime Transport Bureau.

From Longman Business Dictionary

bureaubu·reau /ˈbjʊərəʊˈbjʊroʊ/ noun [countableC] (plural bureaux /-rəʊz-roʊz/ British EnglishBrE or bureaus)ORGANIZATIONS

1an office, organization, or department that collects or gives out information

the Citizens Advice Bureau

the tourist information bureau

2American EnglishAmE a government department or part of a government department

the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms

3an office of a company or organization that is not its main office or base

The international environmental organization Greenpeace has established its own Moscow bureau.

Origin bureau

(1600-1700) French “desk, cloth covering for desks”, from Old French burel “woolen cloth”, from Latin burra “wool, rough cloth”

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