department

英 [dɪˈpɑːtmənt]

美 [dɪˈpɑːrtmənt]

n.  部; 司; 局; 处; 系; (医院的)科; 部门

复数：departments　

高考CET4CET6考研IELTSTEM4医学

Oxford 3000 / Collins.5 / BNC.447 / COCA.1198

习惯用语

n.

be sb's department
• 某人的职责范围（或知识范围）
  to be sth that sb is responsible for or knows a lot about
• Don't ask me about it─that's her department.
  这事别问我——那是她的职责范围。

牛津词典

noun

• 部；司；局；处；系；（医院的）科；部门
  a section of a large organization such as a government, business, university, etc.
  1. the Department of Trade and Industry
     工业贸易署
  2. the Treasury Department
     财政部
  3. a government/university, etc. department
     政府部门、大学学系等
  4. the marketing/sales, etc. department
     营销、销售等部门
  5. the children's department (= in a large store)
     儿童用品部
  6. the English department
     英语系

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (政府的)部，司，局，处;(企业的)部门，科;(大学的)系，所;(大型商店的)货品区
  Adepartmentis one of the sections in an organization such as a government, business, or university. A department is also one of the sections in a large shop.
  1. ...the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare...
     美国卫生、教育和福利部
  2. He moved to the sales department.
     他转到了销售部。
  3. ...the geography department of Moscow University.
     莫斯科大学地理系
  4. ...the jewelry department.
     珠宝首饰区
• PHRASE 不是…的职责（或知识）范围;并非…的专长
  If you say that a task or area of knowledgeis notyourdepartment, you mean that you are not responsible for it or do not know much about it.
  1. 'I'm afraid the name means nothing to me,' he said. 'That's not my department.'
     “恐怕这个名字对我来说毫无意义，”他说，“我对此并不熟悉。”

英英释义

noun

• a specialized sphere of knowledge
  1. baking is not my department
  2. his work established a new department of literature
• a specialized division of a large organization
  1. you'll find it in the hardware department
  2. she got a job in the historical section of the Treasury
  Synonym:section
• the territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France)

双语例句

• The firm has an excellent customer service department.
  该公司有一个非常出色的客户服务部。
• Industrial research is the province of the Department of Trade and Industry.
  工业研究属贸易和工业部的职责范围。
• In the USA you can ring Social Security or the Department of Welfare and ask what help is available.
  在美国，你可以致电社会保障部或福利部询问能得到何种帮助。
• The information was passed on to another government department.
  该信息被传达给另一政府部门。
• Due to his wife's illness, he returned to the State Department as special adviser to the President
  由于妻子生病，他回到了国务院，出任总统的特别顾问。
• The school has received various grants from the education department.
  学校得到了教育部门的多项资助。
• We trimmed the marketing department.
  我们缩小了市场营销部的规模。
• Officials at the State Department say the issue is urgent.
  国务院官员说该问题很急迫。
• I was transferred to the book department
  我被调到图书部。
• My department had a healthy interest in keeping expenses down
  我部门对维持低水平开支有浓厚兴趣。