depository
/dɪˈpɒzɪtri/ (bre, ipa) · /dɪˈpɑːzɪtɔːri/ (ame, ipa) · /di-ˈpä-zə-ˌtȯr-ē/ (ame, mw)
depository — 名詞
- depositorysingular
- depositoriesplural
1. a building, room, or institution officially used to keep valuable things, record
保管處
正式保管文件或貴重物的地方
a building, room, or institution officially used to keep valuable things, records, or other items safe until they are needed again
The museum moved the ancient coins to a secure depository before the storm arrived.
博物館在暴風雨來臨前，把古幣移到安全的保管處。
secure depository for valuable objects
The bank became the depository for the will after Beatriz signed the papers.
銀行在成為那份遺囑的保管處後，Beatriz 簽了那些文件。
pattern: depository for + legal document
After the flood, city workers used the school gym as a temporary depository.
洪水過後，市府人員把學校體育館當成臨時保管處。
The seized jewelry stayed in a guarded depository while the owners argued in court.
在屋主們上法院爭執時，被扣押的珠寶一直放在有人看守的保管處。
Minho delivered the sealed boxes to a government depository outside the capital.
Minho 把封好的箱子送到首都外的一處政府保管處。
- repository
broader and often less tied to formal safekeeping; it can also refer to digital systems or sources of information
- vault
stresses strong physical security, especially for money, jewelry, or confidential files
- archive
more specific to records, papers, and historical materials kept for reference
- storehouse
more concrete and everyday, often for goods or supplies rather than legal or financial property
文法句型
a depository for + valuable items or documents
serve as a depository for + records or property
place something in a depository
用法筆記
Usually appears in formal legal, financial, museum, or government contexts where an institution is trusted to hold money, records, art, or other valuable property. Common patterns are depository for + item and in a depository.