单词 | oval office |
释义 | > as lemmasOval Office Oval Office n. an oval-shaped room in the White House that is the private office of the U.S. President; (in extended use) the presidency or the executive branch of government of the United States. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > head of government > [noun] > in a republic > in U.S. > office or residence of U.S. president white house1811 white house1855 Oval Office1965 1931 H. Hagedorn Leonard Wood II. xiii. 291 Wilson was in his oval office, standing near the door of the Cabinet room as Wood was announced.] 1965 L. P. Jones First Bk. White House 30 In 1909, seven years after the President's offices had been moved into the West Wing, the President's Oval Office was added. 1973 Times 18 June 1/6 Mr Krogh told him that the order for the break-in came ‘from the Oval Office’. 1977 Time 17 Jan. 16/1 With Carter in the Oval Office, the Democrats chose in Byrd a man well equipped to push the Administration's programs. 1992 Newsweek 4 May 60/3 It's the kind of thinking that seems to elude the Oval Office. < as lemmas |
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