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home office

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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ˌhome ˈoffice noun [countable]  a room in someone’s home where that person works, which usually has equipment such as a computer, fax machine etc 家庭办公室 study
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home officeIf you work in a home office, children may be another source of unsafe noise.Martha discovered that a few simple rules about her home office are helping to maintain this porous and transparent border.Not only must you use your home office exclusively for business, but you must use it regularly, as well.
the Home OfficeˈHome ˌOffice, the  the British government department that deals with keeping order in the country, controlling who enters the country etc 〔英国的〕内政部 Foreign Office
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Home Office, theNo doubt those shiny-elbowed clerks in the Home Office prefer it so.Rather than intervening directly, the Home Office appointed an independent commissioner, whose report vindicated Dyer's accusations.She/he may withhold the central grant to any force deemed inefficient by the Home Office Inspectorate.A Home Office pathologist and forensic science team are at the scene, carrying out a full investigation.The Home Office said all five were on trial on charges connected with the Strangeways riot.Is it not also serious that it is implied that the Home Office knew about that involvement at the time?I pay tribute to the Home Office for the way in which it dealt with immigrants who came to Northern Ireland.
From Longman Business Dictionaryhome officeˌhome ˈoffice [countable] another name for small office/home office office
that room works, in someone’s Business a person home Corpus where


Home Office
ˈHome ˌOffice, the
the British government department that deals with keeping order in the country, controlling who enters the country etc ⇨ Foreign Office


home office
ˌhome ˈoffice noun [countable]
a room in someone’s home where that person works, which usually has equipment such as a computer, fax machine etc ⇨ study


home officeBrE /ˌhəʊm ˈɒfɪs/ 🔊NAmE /ˌhoʊm ˈɔːfɪs/ 🔊, /ˌhoʊm ˈɑːfɪs/ 🔊 nouna room in sb's home that is used for work 家庭办公室