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department

/dih-pahrt-muhnt/US // dɪˈpɑrt mənt //UK // (dɪˈpɑːtmənt) //

部门,系,系部,科室

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a distinct part of anything arranged in divisions; a division of a complex whole or organized system.
    • : one of the principal branches of a governmental organization: the sanitation department.
    • : one of the principal divisions of the U.S. federal government, headed by a secretary who is a member of the president's cabinet.
    • : a division of a business enterprise dealing with a particular area of activity: the personnel department.
    • : a section of a retail store selling a particular class or kind of goods: the sportswear department.
    • : one of the sections of a school or college dealing with a particular field of knowledge: the English department.
    • : one of the large districts into which certain countries, as France, are divided for administrative purposes.
    • : a division of official business, duties, or functions: judicial departments.
    • : a sphere or province of activity, knowledge, or responsibility: Paying the bills is not my department.
    • : U.S. Army. a large geographical division of the U.S. or its possessions as divided for military and defense purposes: the Hawaiian Department.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounarea of interest, expertise
Forms: departments

Examples

  • The top four assist leaders are too, prompting a look into why Canadian teams are surging in the scoring department.

  • Regardless of what kind of tool they’re selling, AI hiring vendors generally promise that these technologies will find better-qualified and more diverse candidates at lower cost and in less time than traditional HR departments.

  • Hospitals have conducted the most vaccinations, followed by local health departments and long-term care facilities.

  • A department spokesman said he could not be more specific about when the CPUC received the payments, so it’s not clear if that happened before or after Stebbins raised her concerns.

  • In an email to department employees the following morning, he said he was “honored and delighted to be officially on board.”

  • Their friendship began when Krauss, who was chairman of the physics department at Case Western in Cleveland, sought out Epstein.

  • The “doctorate” Duke claims is from an anti-Semitic Ukranian “diploma mill” as described by the State Department.

  • Seventy-two adults between the ages of 18 and 50 are participating in the trial, led by the pediatrics department at Oxford.

  • The State Department found that with high oil prices, the tar sands would be mined for oil, pipeline or no.

  • The EPA felt that the State Department had not looked carefully enough at the impact of the pipeline if oil prices fell.

  • At the latter date all artists were obliged to vacate the Sorbonne ateliers to make room for some new department of instruction.

  • There is one other department of children's art which clearly does deserve to be studied with some care—their drawing.

  • The percentage of reserves to deposits, which marks the safety line for England, refers to the items in the banking department.

  • There are many articles in the American department of which I would gladly speak, that have attracted no public notice.

  • That's the crushing kind of repertoire he gives his pupils—so exhaustive and complete in every department.