We tend to think of the decades immediately following World War II as a time of prosperity and growth, with soldiers returning home by the millions, going off to college on the G. I. Bill and lining up at the marriage bureaus.(Text3. 2011. 英二)

bureau / ˈbjuərəu / n.办事处;机构;局

我们往往将二战结束后的几十年看作一个繁荣与增长的时代，数以百万计的士兵们返回家乡;他们在《退伍军人权利法案》的帮助下去上大学;在婚姻登记处排队登记结婚。