parting

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part·ing1 /ˈpɑːtɪŋ $ ˈpɑːr-/ noun

1 [countableC, uncountableU]LEAVE A PLACE an occasion when two people leave each other 分離，分開，離别

an emotional parting at the airport

令人傷感的機場離别

the moment of parting

離别時分

on parting

He gave her a light kiss on parting.

分别時他輕輕地吻了她一下。

2 [countableC] British EnglishBrEDCB the line on your head made by dividing your hair with a comb 〔頭發的〕分縫 SYN American English part

a centre parting

〔頭發的〕中分

3. parting of the ways SEPARATEthe point at which two people or organizations decide to separate 〔兩個人或機構〕決定分手的時刻，決定分道揚镳的地步

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parting of the ways• It was also easier to get new sales jobs after a parting of the ways.• I fear we are at a parting of the ways.• Much of what I have said tonight points towards a parting of the ways.• They did not say whether Smith was fired, but called it an "amicable parting of the ways."• Was this a more than merely temporary parting of the ways?• Anyway, Riley, this is the parting of the ways; and you know something?• Then it was the parting of the ways.• This parting of the ways is of the most profound importance.

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parting• So many meetings and partings must have taken place beneath his roof, so many dark plots hatched between his hospitable walls.• She will dread the thought of that final parting, which must come in time.• It was grief-stricken Abigail who made the final parting gesture.• I owe it to Victoria to lend some retrospective weight to our parting.• Martina and I performed the uncertain dance of people parting, with its limited steps.• Not surprisingly it was Margaret who felt the parting most.• the parting of clouds

parting2 adjectiveadj

1. a parting kiss/gift/glance etc LEAVE A PLACEa kiss etc that you give someone as you leave 臨别一吻/禮物/一瞥等

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a parting kiss/gift/glance etc• And every couple receives a case of Lygon Arms' dry white wine or claret as a parting gift.• Right: Jeff Lowe receives a parting gift from Chris Bonington.• They would send him home that very day and every man present would give him a parting gift to enrich him.

2 parting shot SAYan unpleasant remark that you make just as you are leaving, especially at the end of an argument 〔尤指爭論結束時說的令人不快的〕臨别狠話

As her parting shot, she told me never to phone her again.

臨别時她丢下一句狠話，叫我再也不要打電話給她了。

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parting shot• It's no coincidence that it originated in Moscow - this was the Communist old guard's parting shot.• He was strong enough now to attribute the man's parting shot about his drawings to sheer malice.• As Eve was leaving, she couldn't resist a parting shot at Brian: "I never loved you anyway!"• He left with a parting shot at Supervisor Mike Boyd.• The ultimate parting shot from an ungrateful aircraft that had enjoyed every care and attention.• As it will be the best remembered part of your presentation, your parting shot needs to be powerful.• Gilliland, however, had a parting shot to fire in his paper in Astrophysical Journal.

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parting• Her parting exchange with Rain had been less than friendly.• Even if he did politely turn down Branson's parting offer of a seat on Virgin's inaugural flight - for obvious reasons.• Escort the interviewee at least to the door, again the behaviour at the parting point can be significant.• It is a paradox upon which a Tory may perhaps be permitted one parting reflexion.• Harriet sensed that the girl's parting remarks had not been unpremeditated.• Giving the still busy Josh a parting wave, the two of them started back.• Azaire's parting words filled his head.

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