partition
n
1
(a) [U] action of dividing or state of being divided into parts, esp the division of one country into two or more nations 分割, 劃分, 分裂(尤指國家)
the partition of India in 1947 1947年印度的分裂.
(b) [C] part formed in this way; section (以上述方式形成的)部分.
2 [C] structure that divides a room or space into two parts, esp a thin wall in a house 將房間或空間分成兩部分的結(jié)構(gòu); (尤指房子中的)隔斷, 板壁, 隔扇. partition, v
1 [Tn] divide (sth) into parts 將(某事物)分成部分; 分割
India was partitioned in 1947. 印度於1947年分裂.
2 (phr v) partition sth off separate (one area, part of a room, etc) from another with a partition (用分隔物)分隔, 隔開(某處); 打隔斷
We've partitioned off one end of the kitchen to make a breakfast room. 我們已把廚房的一頭隔開作吃早飯的房間.