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a partition between X and Y
We installed a partition between the kitchen and the dining room.
我们在厨房和餐厅之间安装了一个隔断。
n. 分割, 隔离物, 隔墙, 财产分割; [计] 分区
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n. 分割, 隔离物, 隔墙, 财产分割; [计] 分区
a vertical structure that divides or separates; a division or separation into parts
We installed a partition between the kitchen and the dining room.
我们在厨房和餐厅之间安装了一个隔断。
将事物分成部分或将一个事物与另一个事物分开的行为
An action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another.
分隔或分开的垂直结构(如墙将一个房间与另一个房间分开)
a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another)
被分割的部分
A part of something that has been divided.
(计算机科学)硬盘中专用于特定操作系统或应用程序的部分,作为一个单元访问
(computer science) the part of a hard disk that is dedicated to a particular operating system or application and accessed as a single unit
The office is divided by a glass partition.
办公室被一扇玻璃隔墙分隔开来。
They decided to partition the large room into smaller offices.
他们决定将大房间分隔成更小的办公室。
You need to create a new partition on your hard drive.
你需要在硬盘上创建一个新分区。
We installed a partition between the kitchen and the dining room.
我们在厨房和餐厅之间安装了一个隔断。
The partition of the empire was inevitable.
帝国的分裂是不可避免的。
They partitioned the country into three regions.
他们把国家划分为三个地区。
She partitioned off a corner of the room for her desk.
她隔出房间的一角放她的书桌。
Not this
There is too much partition in this building.
Use this
There are too many partitions in this building.
中文学习者常把'partition'当作不可数名词，但英语中'partition'指具体隔断物时是可数名词，应用复数形式表示多个隔断。
Not this
The partition of their relationship was painful.
Use this
The separation of their relationship was painful.
'partition'通常指物理或逻辑上的分割，不用于人际关系；表示感情或关系上的分开应用'separation'。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
隔墙
They built a partition wall to separate the living room from the dining room.
他们建了一堵隔墙，把客厅和餐厅分开。
磁盘分区
You need to create a new disk partition to install the operating system.
你需要创建一个新的磁盘分区来安装操作系统。
财产分割
The partition of property was a key issue in the divorce settlement.
财产分割是离婚协议中的关键问题。
隔开
They partitioned off a corner of the room for storage.
他们隔开房间的一个角落用于储物。
分割成
The hard drive is partitioned into two sections.
这个硬盘被分割成两个部分。
在…之间分配
The inheritance was partitioned equally among the three children.
遗产在三个孩子之间平均分配。
司机，请把隔板升起来。
In Beyoncé's song 'Partition', she sings about the driver rolling up the partition for privacy.
在碧昂斯的歌曲《Partition》中，她唱到让司机升起隔板以保护隐私。
Use partition naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想‘part’（部分）加‘ition’（谐音‘一扇’），一扇隔墙把空间分成多个部分。
语域：neutral 常见场景：architecture、interior design、office 名词“partition”通常指分隔空间的隔墙或隔断，常见于建筑、办公环境和室内设计等语境，语体中性。在计算机领域亦可指硬盘分区，但用法较为专业。本分析聚焦于物理分隔的意义。
All listed words share the /ɪʃən/ ending with 'partition' and rhyme with it, though their spelling may differ (e.g., 'dition' vs 'tition').
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.