department
noun OPAL S
/dɪˈpɑːtmənt/
/dɪˈpɑːrtmənt/
(abbreviation Dept)
Idioms - a section of a large organization such as a government, business, university, etc.
部；司；局；处；系；（医院的）科；部门 - department of something the Department of Health
卫生署 - He is a lecturer in the department of psychology at Trinity College, Dublin.
他是都柏林三一学院心理学系的讲师。 - the Treasury Department
财政部 - a government/university, etc. department
政府部门、大学学系等 - the marketing/sales, etc. department
营销、销售等部门 - The children's department (= in a large store) sells a wide range of good quality clothes.
儿童用品部售卖各式各样的优质服装。 - the English department
英语系 - in a department She used to work in the IT department.
她以前在信息技术部门工作。 - He later served as head of the art history department.
他后来担任艺术史系的系主任。
Topics Educationa2, Businessa2, Working lifea2, Politicsa2, Shoppinga2- A new member of staff has joined the department.
一名新成员加入了这个部门。 - Complaints are dealt with in a different department.
投诉由另一个部门处理。 - Contact our sales department for more information.
若需要了解更多信息，可与我们的销售部联系。 - Staff criticized the way the history department was run.
员工对历史系的管理提出了批评。 - The Tokyo police department is clamping down on organized crime.
东京的警察部门正严厉打击有组织犯罪。 - the Department for Transport
交通部 - to gain promotion within the department
在部门内得到提升 - I work in the sales department.
我在销售部工作。 - Several professors from the history department will also speak at the event.
历史系有几位教授也将在这次活动上发言。 - The Department of Trade and Industry refused to comment on the allegations.
工业贸易署拒绝对这些指控发表评论。
词源late Middle English: from Old French departement, from departir, based on Latin dispertire ‘to divide’. The original sense was ‘division or distribution’, later ‘separation’, hence ‘a separate part’ (core sense, mid 18th cent.). - department of something the Department of Health
Idioms
be somebody’s department
- (informal) to be something that somebody is responsible for or knows a lot about
某人的职责范围（或知识范围） - Don't ask me about it—that's her department.
这事别问我，那是她的职责范围。
- Don't ask me about it—that's her department.
in the… department
- (informal) in a particular aspect or quality
部；司；局；处；系；（医院的）科；部门 - He doesn't have much going for him in the brains department, to be honest.
老实说，他在脑科没什么优势。 - Movies lacking in the story department can still succeed.
故事部缺少的电影还是可以成功的。
- He doesn't have much going for him in the brains department, to be honest.