| 单词 | segment | 
| 释义 | segment       Word forms:  segments,  segmenting  ,  segmented  pronunciation note:   The noun is pronounced (segmənt  ). The verb is pronounced (segment  ). 1. countable noun  A segment of something is one part of it, considered separately from the rest.   ...the poorer segments of society. [+ of]     ...the third segment of his journey. [+ of]    Synonyms:  section, part, piece, division     2. countable noun  A segment of fruit such as an orange or grapefruit is one of the sections into which it is easily divided.  3. countable noun  A segment of a circle is one of the two parts into which it is divided when you draw a straight line through it.  4. countable noun  A segment of a market is one part of it, considered separately from the rest.   Three-to-five day cruises are the fastest-growing segment of the market. [+ of]     Women's tennis is the market leader in a growing market segment–women's sports.   5. verb  If a company segments a market, it divides it into separate parts, usually in order to improve marketing opportunities.  [business]  The big multinational companies can segment the world markets into national ones. [VERB noun + into]    Synonyms:  divide, split, break up, split up     Collocations:  brief segment We also see a brief segment of one of the young men during his presentation.  Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0   This method provides a very brief segment length (often 10 seconds), and thus gives precise analyses of interactions within a conversation.  Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0   There are also brief segments where a player can take control of artillery or a cannon.  Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0   There are brief segments of light and more hopeful melodies towards the middle of the piece.  Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0   Prose are only used in brief segments of the story where character and setting descriptions are necessary.  Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0   Zeroing in on a certain segment of society sounds logical.  Christianity Today  When a segment of society feels despised and feared, its behaviour will reflect societal expectations.  Times, Sunday Times  A report this year revealed that the top 8 per cent wealthiest, besteducated, least ethnically diverse segment of society made up 44 per cent of music audiences.  Times, Sunday Times  Megachurches have discovered and, in some ways, created a spiritual thirst in a segment of society that can only be fulfilled by the full-service, high-quality product that they offer.  Christianity Today  Marketers, too, find urban youth a tricky segment of society to get a handle on.  Times, Sunday Times  The underlying shift heralds the prospect of another messy election result and a prime minister who has won the votes of a relatively small segment of the electorate.  Times, Sunday Times  A voltage applied between the two electrodes one on each plate causes a small segment of gas at the two electrodes to glow.  Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0   It entailed letting the stylus read a small segment of a record.  Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0   Each filmmaker writes and directs his or her own small segment of a film in his or her own country.  Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0   By 1985, this small segment was connected with the rest of the freeway.  Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0   Translations: Chinese: 部分 Japanese: 部分  | 
	
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