section

noun

1. the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation)

Synonym: incisionsurgical incision

2. one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object

e.g. a section of a fishing rod
metal sections were used below ground
finished the final segment of the road

Synonym: segment

3. one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole

e.g. the written part of the exam
the finance section of the company
the BBC's engineering division

Synonym: partdivision

4. a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical)

e.g. he always turns first to the business section
the history of this work is discussed in the next section

Synonym: subdivision

5. a segment of a citrus fruit

e.g. he ate a section of the orange

6. a specialized division of a large organization

e.g. you'll find it in the hardware department
she got a job in the historical section of the Treasury

Synonym: department

7. a small team of policemen working as part of a police platoon

8. a small army unit usually having a special function

9. a division of an orchestra containing all instruments of the same class

10. a small class of students who are part of a larger course but are taught separately

e.g. a graduate student taught sections for the professor's lecture course

Synonym: discussion section

11. (geometry) the area created by a plane cutting through a solid

Synonym: plane section

12. a distinct region or subdivision of a territorial or political area or community or group of people

e.g. no section of the nation is more ardent than the South
there are three synagogues in the Jewish section

13. a very thin slice (of tissue or mineral or other substance) for examination under a microscope

e.g. sections from the left ventricle showed diseased tissue

14. a land unit equal to 1 square mile

verb

1. divide into segments

e.g. segment an orange
segment a compound word

Synonym: segment

1. 部分
A section of something is one of the parts into which it is divided or from which it is formed.

e.g. He said it was wrong to single out any section of society for Aids testing...
他说把社会中的任何一部分人抽选出来做艾滋病检查都是不对的。
e.g. They moulded a complete new bow section for the boat.
他们为这艘船铸造了一个完整的新船头。

2. 把…切成片;把…分成段(或组等)
If something is sectioned, it is divided into sections.

e.g. It holds vegetables in place while they are being peeled or sectioned.
将蔬菜削皮或切片时用它来固定。

3. (文件的)节,章;(法律的)条，款，项
A section of an official document such as a report, law, or constitution is one of the parts into which it is divided.

e.g. ...section 14 of the Trade Descriptions Act 1968.
1968 年《商品说明法》第 14 条
e.g. ...the all-important section on the powers of the federal government.
规定联邦政府权力的至关重要的条款

4. 断面图;剖面图;截面图
A section is a diagram of something such as a building or a part of the body. It shows how the object would appear to you if it were cut from top to bottom and looked at from the side.

e.g. For some buildings a vertical section is more informative than a plan.
有些建筑的立面图能比平面图提供更多的信息。

5. Caesarean section -> see Caesarean

相关词组：section off

1. 节/项：问题是:在设计报表细节项(section)中,RptTextBox控件中,它所指向的数据源字段都是固定的,如何在程序中编写代码,使它能够动态改变它所指向的字段名?

2. 部分：多数情况下直接使用它们都可以达到我们预期的效果. Template Option的子类是通过调用所在容器/部分(section)的validateOptions方法来实现校验的,当我们有特殊的校验需求时,可以覆盖这个方法.

3. section的翻译

3. 剖面：提出一种基于钻孔数据的section-gtp-block模型,通过在矿体表面,以剖面(section)为约束条件构建不规则三角网(tin),根据穿过矿体的钻孔具有对称性,将tin中的三角形逐个沿钻孔向下扩展生成gtp.

4. section：sect; 断面