department
n. 部门, 系, 机关 [医] 部, 科
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教材释义与例句
部;部门;系;科;局
one of the groups of people who work together in a particular part of a large organization such as a hospital, university, company, or government
the personnel department
人事部
the English department
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释义与例句
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A part, portion, or subdivision.
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A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like.
Technical things are not his department; he's a people person.
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A specified aspect or quality.
The 2012 Boston Marathon was outstanding in the temperature department; runners endured temperatures of no less than 88 degrees Fahrenheit.
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A subdivision of an organization.
One of the principal divisions of executive government
部门
部
系
the Treasury Department; the Department of Agriculture; police department
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A subdivision of an organization.
One of the divisions of instructions
the physics department; the history department; the math department
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A territorial division; a district; especially, in France, one of the districts into which the country is divided for governmental purposes, similar to a county in the UK and in the USA. France is composed of 101 départements organized in 18 régions, each department is divided into arrondissements, in turn divided into cantons.
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A military subdivision of a country
历史the Department of the Potomac
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Act of departing; departure.
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From Middle English departement (“ceasing, end”), from Middle French département. Later senses borrowed from Modern French département. Doublet of département.
来源:wiktionary