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单词 part
释义 part
I. \ˈpär]t, ˈpȧ], usu ]d.+V\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Old French & Old English, both from Latin part-, pars; akin to Old Irish rann part, Sanskrit pūrta reward, Latin parare to prepare — more at pare
1.
 a.
  (1) : one of the equal or unequal portions into which something is or is regarded as divided : something less than a whole : a unit (as a number, quantity, or mass) held to constitute with one or more other units something larger : constituent, fraction, fragment, member, piece
   < the greater part of the highway … is full of sharp curves — American Guide Series: New Hampshire >
   < the vast part of Englishmen who were conscious of a political change — Francis Hackett >
   < in the early part of the summer >
   < the road was passable only part of the year — Samuel Johnson >
  (2) : an essential portion or integral element of something
   < a Boer's wagon was as much a part of him as his bed — Stuart Cloete >
   < racial prejudice is very much a part of the country — B.M.Beck >
   < as if light and shadow were part of her being — Edith Sitwell >
 b. : an equal constituent portion : one of several or many like units into which something is divided or of which it is composed : a proportional division or ingredient
  < mix the powder with three parts of water >
  < the compound contained two parts oxygen >
 c. : a constituent portion of something in mathematics: as
  (1) : aliquot, submultiple
  (2) : a mathematical aggregate all of whose elements are also elements of another aggregate
  (3) : a line or other element of a geometrical figure
 d. : a portion of a plant or animal body: as
  (1) : essential element : organ, member
   < the chief parts of the digestive system are the esophagus, stomach, intestine, and associated glands >
  (2) : an indefinite area or one lacking or not considered in respect to a natural boundary : spot, place
   < bathe the affected part with warm water >
  (3) : the external genital and excretory organs — usually used in plural; called also private parts, privy parts
 e.
  (1) : a formal distinctive division of a literary work
   < a story in four parts >
  (2) : one of a series of sections of a literary work sold separately and at intervals and designed eventually to be bound into one or more permanent volumes
   < two volumes sold in parts by subscription >
 f.
  (1) : a vocal or instrumental line or melody in concerted music or in harmony
  (2) : a particular voice or instrument in concerted music; also : the individual score for it
   < the alto part >
   < the viola part >
 g. : a portion of a line in a ship's rigging
  < standing parts >
  < hauling parts >
 h.
  (1) : a constituent member of a machine or other apparatus
   < the … mechanics had the names for the parts of the planes — Charlton Laird >
  (2) : such a member existing separately apart from a machine
   < a dealer in automobile parts and accessories >
2. : something belonging to, assumed by, or falling to one (as in a division or apportionment) : share
 < wanted no part of the proposal >
 < bad men … claim as much part in God as his best servants — John Milton >
3. : one's share or allotted task in an action : duty, function, office
 < do its part in helping persons … interested in the field of research — Bulletin of Meharry Medical College >
 < it is the part of a poet to humor the imagination — Joseph Addison >
4. : one of the opposing sides in a relationship involving conflict or rivalry (as a contest, question, dispute, contract, or transaction)
 < he that is not against us is on our part — Mk 9:40 (Authorized Version) >
 < make whole kingdoms take her brother's part — Edmund Waller >
5.
 a. archaic : a side or direction in space
  < on every part walled in — Thomas Hutchinson >
 b. archaic : hand 3b
  < on the other part, I judged that I might lose nearly as much — R.L.Stevenson >
6.
 a. : a portion of an unspecified territorial area (as of a country or the world) : district, quarter, region
  < go into … camp with the other fellows from our part — Alice F. Webb >
  — usually used in plural
  < taking off for parts unknown — Meridel Le Sueur >
  < Australian soldiers in foreign parts — William Power >
  < the oddest marker in these parts — S.H.Holbrook >
 b.
  (1) : a portion of a specified territorial area
   < lawyers came from all parts of the state — American Guide Series: Louisiana >
   < no new state shall … be formed by the junction of two or more states or parts of states — U.S. Constitution >
   < the central part of the eastern section of the state — American Guide Series: Oregon >
  (2) parts plural, usually capitalized : a territorial area forming one of the three major divisions of the county of Lincoln, England, and now constituting an administrative county
   < the Parts of Holland >
   < the Parts of Kesteven >
   < the Parts of Lindsey >
7.
 a. : a role or function assumed by a person in real life
  < he will perform unto thee the part of a kinsman — Ruth 3:13 (Authorized Version) >
 b. : a function or course of action performed : a position undertaken
  < objected to the government's part in the strike >
8.
 a.
  (1) : the words and stage directions assigned to a particular actor in a dramatic production
   < the actress learned her part well >
  (2) : such words and directions set down in written form
   < the director handed him the part >
 b. : a particular character created by an actor in a dramatic production
  < the part of Ophelia in Hamlet >
 c. : the role taken by an actor who creates such a character
  < a speaking part >
9.
 a. : a constituent of character or capacity : a personal quality : a natural or acquired attribute (as an ability or talent) — usually used in plural
  < a steady lad, of good brilliant parts — Walter Besant >
  < a man of varied parts, learning, and culture — Jossleyn Hennessy >
  < his natural parts were respectable — V.L.Parrington >
 b. parts plural : such personal qualities of a superior kind (as high intellectual ability, cleverness, talent)
  < he had parts and his sisters … expected him to do great things — W.S.Maugham >
  < a man of parts and of great culture — Geoffrey Boumphrey >
10. archaic : a particle of matter
11. : the line where the hair is parted
 < the part in your hair is a bit crooked >
12. : a course of conduct
 < I thought silence the better part — H.J.Laski >
specifically : one required or suggested by a specified quality
 < it would be the part of prudence … to moderate his behavior — G.F.Kennan >
 < it is the part of wisdom to compare different cases — John Dewey >
Synonyms:
 part, portion, piece, detail, member, division, section, segment, sector, fraction, fragment, and parcel agree in meaning something less than a whole that is considered apart or actually separated from it. part is the most general and comprehensive, being interchangeable with any of the other terms
  < a part of a machine >
  < the greater part of a square >
  < a part of a year >
  < a part of a statue >
  portion, although it signifies a part, does not necessarily imply an integral or assembled part; it can also suggest an assigned or allotted part (see the synonymy at fate)
  < a portion of a diary >
  < the greater portion of a life >
  < a considerable portion of the town was burned — American Guide Series: Minnesota >
  < a portion of the voting population >
  piece usually applies to a separate or detached part of a whole, often so stressing the idea of independence that the sense of a whole is extremely weak or lacking
  < a piece of pie >
  < a piece of hot pig iron >
  < a piece of furniture >
  detail applies to a part of a plan or design, especially in a painting or other art work, often signifying a part or feature that is small but important
  < the details of domestic life on a farm — Havelock Ellis >
  < the details of the landscape dissolved in shadows — American Guide Series: New York City >
  < the most interesting detail of the house plan was its ornamentation >
  member applies to one of the units of which a body (as a human body, legislative body, club, or construction such as a chair) is composed, implying both association with and separability from the whole
  < a member of a committee >
  < a loss of an arm or other member in an accident >
  < the design of compression members of bridge trusses — U.S. National Bureau of Standards Annual Report >
  < a mere shell covering the structural membersAmerican Guide Series: New York City >
  division and section apply to a distinct often detached part formed by or as if by cutting, division often suggesting a larger part than section
  < the bureaus are subdivided into divisions — J.E.Pate >
  < the division of activities arranged by museum — Ralph Linton >
  < the New York City Police Department is split into parts, the detective division and the uniformed division — Walter Arm >
  < in my division of the class were four friends >
  < a section of the country >
  < a section of a circle >
  < a section of a cake >
  segment, often interchangeable with section, is often preferred to section in distinguishing a part separated by natural lines of cleavage or determined by the construction of the whole
  < Berkeley's career in Virginia was divided into two segments by the English civil war — G.W.Johnson >
  < essential raw materials for a broad segment of American industry — Crops in Peace & War >
  < the segments of an orange >
  In mathematical use sector signifies any part of a circle bounded by an arc and two radii, and sector in general use can be any section roughly corresponding to this or any section of a whole conceived of as divided like a statistical circle into statistical portions; or, by extension, it can mean any portion cut off or out
  < we must consider the German problem as a whole and not in sectors — A.H.Vandenberg >
  < the expansion of military production will cut into the civilian sector of the economy — L.J.Walinsky >
  < each society divides its total membership into a series of categories and assigns different sectors of the total culture to each category — Ralph Linton >
  < the tiny sector of the puzzle which he has chosen for his own province, finding some new pieces that fit neatly into place and properly rearranging some old ones — R.D.Altick >
  fraction usually suggests a very small or negligible part of the whole
  < only a fraction of the cost — Dun's Review >
  < told him the merest fraction of our experiences — Kenneth Roberts >
  < a reduction of immigration to a mere fraction of what it used to be — P.A.Sorokin >
  fragment applies to a small part disconnected from the whole especially by breaking, and often applies to a small piece of a whole remaining after the whole has been almost totally eaten, used, or worn away
  < the fragments of a broken glass >
  < the artist takes up some fragment of that existence, transfigures it, shows it — Havelock Ellis >
  < they represent only a fragment of the dramatic literature that once existed — R.D.Altick >
  < a fragment of an ancient Greek vase >
  parcel in this connection is now used chiefly in law to mean a piece of land or in such a fixed phrase as part and parcel; its general sense implies an undetached and undetachable connection with the whole of which it is a part
  < a number of real estate parcels in the downtown area — Current Biography >
  < Irian has always been part and parcel of Indonesia — Cecil Hobbs >
  < demanded increasing parcels of Indian territory — H.M.Hyman >
  < held a small parcel of stock — American Guide Series: Michigan >

- for one's part
- for the most part
- in good part
- in part
- of the part of
- on the part of
II. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English parten, from Old French partir to divide, go away, from Latin partire, partiri to divide, from part- pars part — more at part I
intransitive verb
1.
 a. : to separate from or take leave of someone — used with from
  < this ring I gave him when he parted from me — Shakespeare >
  or sometimes with with
  < just after I had parted with him at his lodgings — Matthew Arnold >
 b. : to relinquish possession or control of something — used with with
  < sell securities or … part with some liquid cash — R.B.Westerfield >
  < willing to part with his right to vote — E.H.Collis >
  or sometimes with from
  < his precious bag which he would by no means part from — George Eliot >
2. obsolete : to have a part or share : partake
 < they shall part alike — 1 Sam 30:24 (Authorized Version) >
3.
 a. : to become separated into distinct parts : come apart
  < saw the curtains part … on the next act — Winifred Bambrick >
 b. : to quit each other's company : take leave of one another
  < they parted at the door — Irving Bacheller >
4.
 a. : to go away : set out : take one's leave : depart
  < parted hence to embark for Milan — Shakespeare >
 b. : die
  < parted ev'n just between twelve and one — Shakespeare >
5. : to become separated, freed, or detached from something
 < strips of three-ply that had … parted from the glue — Sydney (Australia) Bulletin >
6. : to become divided or broken (as into segments or pieces)
 < the port cable suddenly parted — R.B.O'Brien >
7. : to cause separation, division, or distinction
 < the lot causeth contentions to cease and parteth between the mighty — Prov 18:18 (Authorized Version) >
transitive verb
1.
 a.
  (1) : to divide or separate into distinct parts (as by breaking, cutting, cleaving)
   < thou shalt part it in pieces and pour oil thereon — Lev 2:6 (Authorized Version) >
  (2) : to divide by assigning or making physical boundaries
 b. : to separate (hair) into two portions on each side of a line of demarcation
  < parted her hair just right of the middle >
 c. : to break or suffer the breaking of (as a rope or anchor chain)
  < the ship parted her hawser in the gale >
2.
 a. : to divide into shares and distribute (as among a number of recipients) : allot, apportion
  < parted my garments among them — Jn 19:24 (Revised Standard Version) >
 b. archaic : to share with one or more other persons
  < parted his breakfast … with the child and her grandfather — Charles Dickens >
3.
 a. : to remove from contact or contiguity : cause to go apart : disunite, separate, sunder
  < if aught but death part thee and me — Ruth 1:17 (Authorized Version) >
  — often used with from
  < had been parted from each other years before >
  < part animals from a herd >
 b. : to keep separate : form a boundary or interval between : divide
  < the narrow seas that part the French and English — Shakespeare >
 c. : to hold apart (as combatants) : stand between : intervene between
  < part them! They are incens'd — Shakespeare >
 d. : to separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion
  < part gold from silver >
4. : to bring (as an association) to an end by separating the parties involved
 < you are … come to part almost a fray — Shakespeare >
5.
 a. archaic : to take leave of : depart from : leave, quit
  < since presently your souls must part your bodies — Shakespeare >
  < loth to part his country — Maria Edgeworth >
 b. dialect Britain : to give up : relinquish
6. obsolete : to take sides with : espouse the cause of
 < who parted our disaffected people and stopped all prosecution of them — Robert Wodrow >
Synonyms: see separate

- part company
III. adverb
Etymology: part (I)
: in a measure : partly
 < was at least part right >
 < the rains came down …, part spoiling the cochineal crop — Oliver La Farge >
IV. adjective
Etymology: part (I)
: partial
 < this woman has lived only a part life — H.A.Overstreet >
 < a part truth >
 < part payments >
V. abbreviation
1. participating
2. participle; participial
3. particular
4. partner
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