a book or electronic resource containing lists of information, usually in alphabetical order, for example people’s phone numbers or the names and addresses of businesses in a particular area 名录；电话号码簿；公司名录 a telephone/trade directory 电话号码簿；商行名录 a directory of European Trade Associations 欧洲同业公会名录
Extra ExamplesTopics Phones, email and the internetc1I found the company's name in a trade directory. 我在行业名录上找到了这家公司的名字。 Names are listed alphabetically in the directory. 名录中的名称按字母顺序排列。 She decided to check the business directory for the address. 她决定在企业名录中查阅地址。 a comprehensive directory of training resources 培训资源的综合名录 a searchable directory of lawyers and law firms 律师和律师事务所的查询名录 an online directory that shows who lives at what address 显示用户住址的网络名录 the 1801 Philadelphia city directory 1801 年费城名录 the association's 2009 membership directory 2009 年协会会员名录 He reached for the thick directory. 他伸手去拿厚厚的目录。 Our website has a link to a detailed directory of names and places. 我们的网站有一个详细的人名和地名目录的链接。 We supply an alphabetical directory of local services to every household. 我们向每个家庭提供按字母顺序排列的本地服务目录。 You can get some useful contacts from a trade directory. 你可以从商行名录中找到一些有用的联系人。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- business
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a file containing a group of other files or programs in a computer （计算机文件或程序的）目录 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- business
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a board in an organization or large store listing the names of departments and where to find them 目录： 组织或大型商店中的董事会，列出部门名称以及在哪里可以找到它们There's a store directory over there. 那边有一个商店目录。
Word Originlate Middle English (in the general sense ‘something that directs’): from late Latin directorium, from director ‘governor’, from dirigere ‘to guide’.