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单词 portion
释义 portion
 —portionable,  adj.   —portionless,  adj.  
 /pawr"sheuhn, pohr"-/,  n.  
  1. a part of any whole, either separated from or integrated with it: I read a portion of the manuscript.
  2. an amount of food served for one person; serving; helping: He took a large portion of spinach.
  3. the part of a whole allotted to or belonging to a person or group; share.
  4. the part of an estate that goes to an heir or a next of kin.
  5.  Literary.   something that is allotted to a person by God or fate.
  6. (esp. formerly) the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband at marriage; dowry.
  v.t.  
  7. to divide into or distribute in portions or shares (often fol. by out).
  8. to furnish with a portion, as with an inheritance or a dowry: All of his children have been amply portioned.
  9. to provide with a lot or fate: She was portioned with sorrow throughout her life.
 [1250-1300; ME porcion < OF < L portion- (s. of portio) share, part, akin to pars PART]
 Syn. 1. section, segment. See part. 2. ration. 3. allotment, quota, lot, dividend. 4. inheritance. 5. fortune, lot, destiny, doom. 7. allot, apportion. 8. endow.
 Ant. 1. whole.
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