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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