sec·tion1 /ˈsekʃən/ ●●● S1 W1 AWL noun1 place/object 地方/物品 [countableC]PART one of the parts that something such as an object or place is divided into 部分;區域section ofa busy section of road 交通繁忙的路段
the reference section of the library 圖書館的參考書區
The plane’s tail section was found in a cornfield. 飛機的尾部在玉米田裏找到了。
the smoking section (=where you can smoke) 吸煙區
2 part of a whole 整體的一部分 [countableC]PART one of the separate parts of a structure, piece of furniture etc that you fit together to form the whole 〔結構物、家具等整體中的〕部分in sectionsThe boats were built in Scotland, and transported to Egypt in sections. 船只在蘇格蘭建造,各部分分裝運往埃及。
► see thesaurus at part 3 book/newspaper/report 書/報紙/報告 [countableC]TCN a separate part of a book, newspaper, document, report etc 〔書、報等的〕節;欄;版This issue will be discussed further in section two. 這個問題將在第二節作進一步討論。
sports/style/business/travel etc section (=particular part of a newspaper) 體育/時尚/商務/旅遊等版面
4 group of people 人的群體 [countableC]GROUP OF PEOPLE a separate group within a larger group of people 〔大集體中的〕小團體,小集團section ofa large section of the American public 美國公衆的一大部分
6 law 法律 [countableC] one of the parts of a law or a legal document 〔法律或法律文件的〕款,項Article I, Section 8 of the US Constitution 美國憲法第八款第一條
7 side/top view 側視/頂視圖 [countableC, uncountableU]AVD technical a picture that shows what a building, part of the body etc would look like if it were cut from top to bottom or side to side 剖面圖;截面圖 → cross-sectionin sectionHere’s the outside view, and here are the floors in section. 這是外觀圖,這是各樓層的剖面圖。
8 medical/scientific 醫學的/科學的 technical 9. area of land 土地面積 [countableC] American EnglishAmESGTOWN a square area of land in the US that is one mile long on each side 一平方英裏的土地 10. mathematics 數學 [countableC] technicalHM the shape that is made when a solid figure is cut by a flat surface in mathematics 〔數學中的〕截面