Portion
['pɔːʃ(ə)n] or ['pɔrʃən]
解釋/意思:
(n.) That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.
(n.) A part considered by itself, though not actually cut off or separated from the whole.
(n.) A part assigned; allotment; share; fate.
(n.) The part of an estate given to a child or heir, or descending to him by law, and distributed to him in the settlement of the estate; an inheritance.
(n.) A wife's fortune; a dowry.
(v. t.) To separate or divide into portions or shares; to parcel; to distribute.
(v. t.) To endow with a portion or inheritance.
胡安編輯
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Part, piece, fragment, bit, scrap, morsel.[2]. Share, allotment, division, parcel, lot, quantity, dividend, quota, contingent.
v. a. [1]. Divide, allot, deal out, distribute, parcel out.[2]. Endow, supply with a portion.
整理:薇尔玛
同義詞及反義詞：
[See PART]
整理:谢尔登
解釋/意思:
n. a part: an allotment: fate: destiny: dividend: the part of an estate descending to an heir: a wife's fortune.—v.t. to divide into portions: to allot a share: to furnish with a portion.—adj. Por′tioned having a portion or endowment.—ns. Por′tioner one who portions or assigns shares: (Scots law) the occupier of a small feu or portion of land: one of two or more incumbents on a benefice at one time; Por′tionist one who has an academical allowance: the incumbent of a benefice which has more than one rector or vicar.—adj. Por′tionless having no portion dowry or property.—Marriage portion a gift given by a parent or guardian to a bride on her marriage.
錄入:山姆
例句/造句/用法:
- The building was of grey, lichen-blotched stone, with a high central portion and two curving wings, like the claws of a crab, thrown out on each side. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- Dana, then an officer of the War Department, accompanied me on the Vicksburg campaign and through a portion of the siege. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Small elevated tanks, like those of the windmill, frequently have heavy iron bands around their lower portion as a protection against the extra strain. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- The whole atmosphere could not consist of such groups of three because the watery particles were but a small portion of the total a tmosphere. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- But come, I will lift a portion of the veil, and place you in possession of facts which may be of use to you in the future. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- In the words of Dalton, oxygen may combine with a certain portion of nitrous gas [as he called nitric oxide], or with twice that po rtion, but with no intermediate portion. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- The first volume, as well as a portion of the second, was written before I had reason to suppose I was in a critical condition of health. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- A large part of the remaining portions of the book read like good Scripture, however. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- The object now is subjected to the blast, and as the sand will not penetrate a softened material sufficient to abrade a surface beneath, the exposed portions alone will be cut away. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- The rovings at one end were attached to the spindles and their opposite portions held together and drawn out by a clasp held in the hand. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- The portions were handed round; those who liked took a draught of the water, the mug being common to all. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- It may be necessary to have dykes on portions of the seashore; they may be superfluous elsewhere. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- All the portions covered with black are, on the contrary, absolutely invisible in the glass, and the spectators cannot see that they exist. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- Accuracy and finish of detail can be insisted upon in such portions of a complex work as are within the pupil's capacity. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- Oh, Bessy, God is just, and our lots are well portioned out by Him, although none but He knows the bitterness of our souls. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
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