boardroom

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈbɔːdˌɹuːm/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The room where a group of people (especially the board of a company or organization) conducts its meetings
    — A President of the Royal Society, in the Board-room of the British Museum, is quite as likely as another person to sacrifice his public duty to the influence of power, or to private friendship.
  2. Corporations or corporate management considered as a section of society figuratively
    — Though the new law is popular among the general public, it is hated in the boardroom.

词形变化

boardrooms plural board-room alternative board room alternative

词源

Etymology tree
English board
Proto-Indo-European *Hrew-?
Proto-Indo-European *(H)rewH-der.
Proto-Germanic *rūmą
Proto-West Germanic *rūm
Old English rūm
Middle English roum
English room
English boardroom
From board + room.
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