chapter
n. 章, 篇, 重要章节 [计] 章; 段
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教材释义与例句
章，回；（俱乐部、协会等的）分会；人生或历史上的重要时期
one of the parts into which a book is divided
把…分成章节
释义与例句
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One of the main sections into which a published work is divided, especially a book.
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章节
Detective novel writers try to keep up the suspense until the last chapter.
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One of the main sections into which a published work is divided, especially a book.
A section of a work, a collection of works, or fragments of works, often manuscripts or transcriptions, created by scholars or advocates, not the original authors, to aid in finding portions of the texts.
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Certain ecclesiastical bodies (under canon law)
An assembly of monks, prebendaries and/or other clergymen connected with a cathedral, conventual or collegiate church, or of a diocese, usually presided over by the dean.
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Certain ecclesiastical bodies (under canon law)
A community of canons or canonesses.
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Certain ecclesiastical bodies (under canon law)
A bishop's council.
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A section of a social body.
An administrative division of an organization, usually local to a specific area.
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A section of a social body.
An organized branch of some society or fraternity, such as the Freemasons.
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A meeting of a chapter of certain organized societies or orders.
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A chapter house
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A sequence (of events), especially when presumed related and likely to continue.
1866, Wilkie Collins, Armadale, Book the Last, Chapter I, "You know that Mr. Armadale is alive," pursued the doctor, "and you know that he is coming back to England. Why do you continue to wear your widow's dress?" ¶ She answered him without an instant's hesitation, steadily going on with her work. ¶ "Because I am of a sanguine disposition, like you. I mean to trust to the chapter of accidents to the very last. Mr. Armadale may die yet, on his way home."
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A location or compartment.
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A prescribed reading at one of the canonical hours.
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To divide into chapters.
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To put into a chapter.
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To use administrative procedure to remove someone.
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To take to task.
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From Middle English chapitre, from Old French chapitre, from Latin capitulum (“a chapter of a book, in Medieval Latin also a synod or council”), diminutive of caput (“a head”); see capital, capitulum, and chapiter, which are doublets of chapter.
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