- 1董事會；(政府)局、處
A directorate is a group of directors who run a company or organization together, or a department within a large organization or government that is in charge of a specific area — like "the directorate of education" being the part of a government that manages schools.
From the word’s history
From director + -ate (rank or office).
由 director 加上表示職位、機構的 -ate 組成。
組成director (a person who manages or leads) + -ate (a noun ending meaning a group or body with this role).
同家族的字
- directorthe base word, a single person who leads or manages
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
directoratenoun/dɪˈɹɛktəɹət/
- 1
An agency headed by a director, usually a subdivision of a major government department.
- 2
A body of directors.
- Meronym: managing director
- The critically low level of rainfall in the second half of 2020 – approaching 50% year on year for November – led the religious affairs directorate to instruct imams and their congregations to pray for rain last month.
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