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noun: buy/own a sectional
作名词时指组合式沙发等组合家具，是可数名词，复数形式为 sectionals。
We bought a sectional for the living room.
我们为客厅买了一套组合式沙发。
组合式家具
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组合式家具
a piece of furniture made up of sections that can be arranged individually or together
We bought a sectional for the living room.
我们为客厅买了一套组合式沙发。
由模块化部分组成的家具,尤指组合沙发。
An item of furniture composed of modular sections; usually specifically a sectional sofa.
一种用于空中导航的航图。
A sectional chart, a type of map used for navigation in the air.
在赛区级别举行的比赛,通常在地区赛和决赛之间。
A tournament or match held at the section level, typically between the regionals and the championships.
乐队的分部排练,即某一声部单独练习。
A band sectional, in which one section of a band or orchestra practices separately.
We bought a large grey sectional for the new living room.
我们为新的客厅买了一个大号灰色组合沙发。
The sectional we ordered was too big for our apartment, so we exchanged it for a smaller one.
我们订购的组合沙发对我们公寓来说太大了，所以我们换了一个小一点的。
The sectional comes apart into five pieces, making it easy to move.
这套组合沙发可以拆成五块，所以很容易搬运。
作名词时指组合式沙发等组合家具，是可数名词，复数形式为 sectionals。
We bought a sectional for the living room.
我们为客厅买了一套组合式沙发。
作形容词时修饰名词，表示“组合式的、分节的”。
She ordered a sectional sofa online.
她在网上订购了一套组合式沙发。
sectional view 常用于图纸或说明中，指剖面图/截面图。
The manual includes a sectional view of the pump.
手册中包含一张水泵的剖面图。
Not this
I want to buy a sofa sectional.
Use this
I want to buy a sectional sofa.
英语中形容词修饰名词时通常放在名词前，'sectional sofa'（组合沙发）才是正确语序；'sofa sectional' 是受中文‘沙发组合’语序影响产生的错误。
Not this
Please read the first sectional of the contract.
Use this
Please read the first section of the contract.
表示文件或文章中的‘部分、章节’时用名词 section；sectional 作名词时特指组合式家具（如组合沙发），不能用来指文本的‘部分’。
Not this
The company made a sectional payment.
Use this
The company made a partial payment.
表示‘部分的、不完全的’应用 partial；sectional 作形容词时指‘与部门、截面或节有关的’，并不表示‘不完整、部分地’。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
组合沙发
We bought a large sectional sofa for the living room.
我们为客厅买了一张大组合沙发。
剖面图；断面图
The engineer showed us a sectional view of the engine.
工程师给我们看了发动机的剖面图。
局部利益；地方利益
The reform failed because sectional interests outweighed the common good.
这项改革之所以失败，是因为局部利益压倒了共同利益。
分段式车库门
They installed a new sectional garage door that opens upward.
他们安装了一扇向上开启的新式分段车库门。
分区航图
The pilot checked the sectional chart before the flight.
飞行员在飞行前查看了分区航图。
谁得到这套组合沙发？
In the movie The Break-Up, the couple's fight over the sectional becomes a symbol of their broken relationship.
在电影《分手男女》中，这对情侣为组合沙发的争吵象征着他们破裂的关系。
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把section（部分）拼成整体，组合式家具就是由多个section组成的沙发。
语域：neutral 常见场景：furniture shopping、interior design、everyday conversation 作为名词时指由多个部分拼成的组合式沙发。这个词比较中性，日常交流和家居装饰场景都很常用；更正式的书面表达中，通常说 sectional sofa。
作名词时通常指组合沙发，复数形式为 sectionals。
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