一、详细释义:


n.

(行政,企业等的)部,司,局,科,部门 [C]


例句:

To find the causes of the problem, we need look no further afield than our own department.

要找出问题所在,不必超出我们本部门的范围。


例句:

She's the head of the firm's personnel department.

她是公司人事部门的负责人。


(大学的)系 [C]


例句:

Her mate should be a rather high-ranking department chairman.

她的对象该是地位较高的系主任。


例句:

Please let me introduce myself: David Emory, director of the English Department.

请让我自我介绍:大卫·埃默里,英语系主任。


(常大写)(美国政府的)部,(英国政府的)司,课 [C]


例句:

This brochure on farming was issued by the Department of Agriculture.

这本农业小册子是农业部发行的。


【口】知识范围,活动领域


例句:

In every department of human affairs, practice long precedes science.

在人类活动的每一个领域,实践都长期领先于科学。


二、词义辨析:


department,store,shop

这3个名词都含有“商店”之意。 department作商店解时,是美国英语,通常写为department store。 store在美国指出售同一类商品的小型商店。在英国用复数形式表示百货商店。 shop指规模较小,出售同一类商品的店铺。


三、相关短语:


department store

n. 百货公司,百货商店


fire department

n.消防队,<英>火灾保险公司


state department

n.(美国)国务院


treasury department

n. 财政部


editorial department

编辑部


payroll department

薪工管理部门


sales department

n.贩卖部,营业部


business department

营业部


department head

n. 系主任


education department

(州)教育厅 教育系 教育部


personnel department

phr. 人事部,人事科


purchasing department

(物资)供应科


四、参考例句:


personnel department

人事部门


What's your department?

你的部门是什么?


Anticipate your department's needs.

预判你所在部门的需要。


The department has become bureaucratic.

该部门的官僚作风非常严重。


The department has become a bureaucratic nightmare.

该部门的官僚作风非常严重。


She manages a department of 20 people.

她管理一个20人的部门。


I work in the Sales Department.

我在销售部门工作。


He works in the department of justice.

他在律政司上班。


The department store delivers free of charge.

这家百货商店免费送货。


I browsed through the department store.

我在百货商店里随意看看。