每日一词“portion”
portion
英 [ˈpɔːʃn]
美 [ˈpɔːrʃn]
n.
一部分；一定数量；一节；一片；一份；一（人）份；一份财产；命运；天数；嫁妆
v.
分配；分份；给（新娘）嫁妆
复数： portions
第三人称单数： portions
现在分词： portioning
过去式： portioned
过去分词： portioned
英文释义：
1. one part of something larger
更大事物的一部分
2. an amount of food that is large enough for one person
足够一个人吃的食物量
3.[usually singular] a part of something that is shared with other people
【通常是单数】与其他人共享的事物的一部分
举个例子：
1.Peter served them generous portions of soup.
彼得给他们端上了分量很足的汤。
2.They portioned the food out to the poor.
他们将食物分发给穷人。
3.The embezzler was severely punished and enjoined to kick back a portion of the stolen money each month.
贪污犯受到了严厉惩罚,并被责令每月退还部分赃款。
4.In a country like this they are no more allowed to represent their apprehensions of a future danger than to impute their miscarriage to the capriciousness of fortune. Man's portion here, like that of beasts, is instinct, compliance, and punishment.
在那里，人们不能对未来的厄运表示出更多的恐惧，也不得将遭遇归咎于无常的命运。在那里，人的命运与牲畜别无二致，只有本能、服从与惩罚。
常用短语：
capital portion: 资本部分
transfer a portion: 抽调
test portion: 试分；试料；被检部分；试份
working portion: 工作部分
relevant portion: 相关部分
diffused portion: 扩散区
marriage portion: 嫁妆
Secretory portion: 分泌部；分泌位点
shaded portion: 有阴影部分
词汇拓展：
近义词
n. relation, object, physical object, allotment, apportionment, apportioning, allocation
v. distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense
联想词
chunk大块;part部分;
remainder剩余物;
segment分割;
amount总计，合计;
sliver裂片;
section章节;
entire全部的，整个的;
component零部件;
swath细长的列;
