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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++hand·o·ver /ˈhændəʊvə $ -oʊvər/ noun [singular]  1 RESPONSIBLEthe act of giving someone else control of a place or business 〔控制权的〕移交 The president will remain in office until the official handover in April.4月份正式移交职权之前,总统将继续留任。handover of a smooth handover of power 权力的顺利移交 the handover of the business 移交业务handover to The handover to civilian government has been delayed. 向文官政府移交权力推迟了。2 the act of giving something to someone 〔东西的〕交出,递交handover of They demanded the immediate handover of all relevant documents. 他们要求立即递交所有相关文件。 hand over at hand2
Examples from the Corpus
handoverDoes the shift overlap in the afternoon include time for meal breaks as well as handover?So were many others among the 8,300 journalists on hand for the big handover.Allowing time for handover and meal breaks, what is the optimum time required for the afternoon overlap of shifts?Arrangements for the handover of prisoners have been made.In the handover to Jan Lammers, another new battery was fitted, and then another in an unscheduled stop.The MoD were very pleased on the handover with the quality of work achieved.The handover of the Bedford and Luton institutions was agreed.
hand·o·ver nounChineseSyllable
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handover
handover /ˈhændəʊvə $ -oʊvər/ noun [singular]
1. the act of giving someone else control of a place or business:
    The president will remain in office until the official handover in April.
    handover of
    a smooth handover of power
    the handover of the business
    handover to
    The handover to civilian government has been delayed.
2. the act of giving something to someone
    handover of
    They demanded the immediate handover of all relevant documents.
hand over at hand2


hand·overBrE /ˈhændəʊvə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈhændoʊvər/ 🔊 noun [countable, uncountable] the act of moving power or responsibility from one person or group to another; the period during which this is done (权力、责任等的)移交,移交期the smooth handover of power from a military to a civilian government从军政府到文人政府的权力的顺利移交the act of giving a person or thing to sb in authority (某人或某物的)交出,上交the handover of the hostages人质的交出