跟我背CET4核心词汇:bureau

　　bureau

　　1.N-COUNT/N-IN-NAMES A bureau is an office, organization, or government department that collects and distributes information. 局

　　例：...the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

　　联邦调查局。

　　2.N-COUNT A bureau is an office of a company or organization that has its main office in another city or country. 分公司

　　例：...the Wall Street Journals Washington bureau.

　　《华尔街日报》的华盛顿分社。

　　3.N-COUNT A bureau is a chest of drawers. 五斗橱

　　4.N-COUNT A bureau is a writing desk with shelves and drawers and a lid that opens to form the writing surface. 写字台

　　常见用法

　　用作名词

　　He works in this bureau.

　　他在这个局工作过。

　　The travel bureau is not so far from here.

　　旅游局离这里不远。

　　He worked in a travel bureau.

　　他在一家旅行社工作。

　　He picked up that bureau at a second-hand store.

　　这个柜子是他在一家旧货店买的。

　　She put the envelope beneath her underwear in the bureau, a place Richard would never look.

　　她把信封放在梳妆台抽屉的内衣下面,这里理查德是决不会看的地方。