section
section
noun
[with obj.]
sectioned
adjective
noun
- any of the more or less distinct parts into which something is or may be divided or from which it is made up
部分
■a relatively distinct part of a book, newspaper, statute, or other document
（书或报纸的）段落，章节；（法律等文件的）款，项
■(N. Amer.)a measure of land, equal to one square mile
(北美)平方英里
■(chiefly US)a particular district of a town
(主美)（城镇的）区域，地段
■(NZ)a building plot
(新西兰)建房用地 - a distinct group within a larger body of people or things
派别；部门，科，股
the non-parliamentary section of the party.
该党的非议会派。
■a group of players of a family of instruments within an orchestra
（管弦乐队中的）乐器组
the brass section.
铜管组。
■[in names]a specified military unit
（军队的）特定单位
a GHQ Signals Section.
统帅部信号科。
■a subdivision of an army platoon
分排，小队
■(Biology)a secondary taxonomic category, especially a subgenus
(生)组（尤指亚属） - [mass noun]the cutting of a solid by or along a plane
横切
■the shape resulting from cutting a solid along a plane
截面，断面
■[count noun]a representation of the internal structure of something as if it has been cut through vertically or horizontally
横切面，剖面
■[count noun](Surgery)a separation by cutting
(外科)切开
■[count noun](Biology)a thin slice of plant or animal tissue prepared for microscopic examination
(生)（用于显微观察的植物或动物组织）切片
[with obj.]
- divide into sections
将…分成几部分，给…分区
she began to section the grapefruit.
她开始掰开葡萄柚。
■(section something off)separate an area from a larger one
将…隔开
parts of the curved balcony had been sectioned off with wrought-iron grilles.
部分弧形阳台已经用熟铁条隔开了。
■(Biology)cut (animal or plant tissue) into thin slices for microscopic examination
(生)将（动植物组织）切成切片
■(Surgery)divide by cutting
(外科)切开
it is common veterinary practice to section the nerves to the hoof of a limping horse.
把跛马的马蹄神经切开是兽医的通常做法。 - (Brit.)(常作 be sectioned)commit (someone) compulsorily to a psychiatric hospital in accordance with a section of a mental health act
(英)（根据精神病法） 将…强制关进精神病院
should she be sectioned and forced back into hospital?.
是否应将她强行送回精神病院？。
sectioned
adjective
- [often in combination]a square-sectioned iron peg.
截面为方形的铁钉。
- late Middle English (as a noun): from French section or Latin sectio(n-), from secare 'to cut'. The verb dates from the early 19th cent
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