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PC1 /ˌpiː ˈsiː◂/ ●●○ noun [countable]  1  TD (personal computer) a computer that is used by one person at a time, either at home or at work 个人计算机 People can use their PCs to do their banking from home. 人们可以在家通过个人电脑办理银行业务。2. British English (police constable) a police officer of the lowest rank 警员〔级别最低的警察〕

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PC• Sales of PCs were down for the second year running.PC2 ●○○ adjective  x-ref (politically correct) used to describe language, behaviour, and attitudes that are carefully chosen so that they do not offend or insult anyone ﹝语言、行为、态度﹞政治上正确的，政治得体的 It’s not PC to describe people as disabled. 说别人残废有歧视之嫌。From Longman Business DictionaryPCPC noun [countable]1COMPUTINGpersonal computer; a small computer that can be used by one person, or connected to a NETWORKIBM compatible PCsAlthough US companies dominate the world PC business, they have less than 10% of the Japanese market.2 (also pc) written abbreviation for PER CENTThe country’s overall industrial production fell by 0.3 pc during the last month.

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PC¹ /ˌpiː ˈsiː◂/ noun [countable]
1. (personal computer) a computer that is used by one person at a time, either at home or at work:
    People can use their PCs to do their banking from home.
2. British English (police constable) a police officer of the lowest rank
     

THESAURUS

■ people in the police
   ▪ police officer (also officer) a member of the police. In British English, police officer is used especially in more formal contexts, for example in news reports. In everyday English, British people still usually say policeman or policewoman: a senior police officer | He was sentenced to life in prison for killing a police officer. | He is the officer in charge of the case. | Officer Fayard (=in the US ‘Officer’ is used in the title of police officers)
   ▪ policeman a man who is a member of the police: an off-duty policeman | He’s a former policeman.
   ▪ policewoman a woman who is a member of the police: The girl, accompanied by a policewoman and two social workers, was seen in private by Sheriff George Crozier.
   ▪ PC/WPC abbreviation used in the job titles of British police offiicers. PC means ‘Police Constable’ and WPC means 'Woman Police Constable': PC Keith Fletcher | WPC Susan Larkin
   ▪ detective a police officer whose job is to discover who is responsible for crimes: Detectives are investigating the death of a baby boy. | Detective Inspector John Hartwell
   ▪ plain-clothes adjective a plain-clothes police officer wears ordinary clothes instead of a uniform: Two plain-clothes police officers, acting as hotel security men, kept watch on him.
   ▪ constable a British police officer of the lowest rank: a police constable | Constable Robin Cameron
   ▪ chief constable a senior police officer who is in charge of the police in a particular area in Britain: the chief constable of North Yorkshire police
   ▪ cop informal a police officer: You’d better call the cops.
   ▪ trooper a US police officer in a state police force: a New Jersey state trooper

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PC² adjective
(politically correct) used to describe language, behaviour, and attitudes that are carefully chosen so that they do not offend or insult anyone:
    It’s not PC to describe people as disabled.