headquarter

headquarter — 動詞

1. to establish the central office or command hub of a company, organization, or in

1.動詞及物 / 不及物B2
釋義

總部設於

將主要辦公室設置在某個地方

to establish the central office or command hub of a company, organization, or institution in a specific place, so that senior leaders and major decisions are based there — almost always used in the passive voice as be headquartered.

例句

The Andrés-Sirin Foundation is headquartered in Nairobi, with staff in twelve other countries.

Andrés-Sirin 基金會總部設於奈洛比，員工遍布其他十二個國家。

passive: be headquartered + in + city

Aoi's small publishing company is headquartered in an old house with a bright red door.

Aoi 的小型出版社總部設在一棟有著鮮紅色大門的老房子裡。

同義詞
  • base

    broader than headquarter — a company can base a single team or operation somewhere, not only its main office

  • station

    usually for military or official personnel, not for a whole organization

  • locate

    more general and neutral; does not carry the idea of central command

文法句型

be headquartered + in/at + [place]

用法筆記

Almost always found in the passive form be headquartered + in/at. The active form (e.g., The company headquarters its operations in Paris) is rare and sounds unnatural to most native speakers. Use the noun headquarters when referring to the building itself.

常見錯誤

❌Our company headquarters in Tokyo.
✅Our company is headquartered in Tokyo.
💡headquarter is a verb and needs the passive form be + past participle; headquarters (with -s) is the noun meaning 'the main office building.'