department

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n. 部门, 系, 机关 [医] 部, 科

发音

UK /dɪˈpɑːtm(ə)nt/
其它
CA /dɪˈpɑɹtmənt/
US /dɪˈpɑɹtmənt/
AU /dɪˈpɐːtm(ə)nt/
NZ /dəˈpɐːtm(ə)nt/

词形变化

departments 复数 departments

别名

dep dep. dept. Dep't

教材释义与例句

名词

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

英语系

释义与例句

n. A2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    A part, portion, or subdivision.

  2. 2.

    A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like.

    Technical things are not his department; he's a people person.

  3. 3.

    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.

  4. 4.

    A subdivision of an organization.

    One of the principal divisions of executive government

    部门

    the Treasury Department; the Department of Agriculture; police department

  5. 5.

    A subdivision of an organization.

    One of the divisions of instructions

    the physics department; the history department; the math department

  6. 6.

    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.

  7. 7.

    A military subdivision of a country

    历史

    the Department of the Potomac

  8. 8.

    Act of departing; departure.

    废旧

词汇关系

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词源

From Middle English departement (“ceasing, end”), from Middle French département. Later senses borrowed from Modern French département. Doublet of département.

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