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单词 division
释义
division
noun
uk
/dɪˈvɪʒ.ən/us
/dɪˈvɪʒ.ən/

divisionnoun(PART)

B2[U]
theactofseparatingsomething intopartsorgroups, or the way that it isseparated:
分配；分配方法
theequaldivision oflabourbetweenworkers工人间工作的平均分配
B2[C]
aseparatepartof anarmyorlargeorganization:
部门（如部、处、室、科等）
thesalesdivision销售部
B2[C]
agroupofteamsthatplayagainst each other in aparticularsport:
（体育运动的）级
Theteamplaysin one of thelowerdivisions.低一级队伍的球员
More examples
  • Theelectronicsdivision wassplitoff into afreestandingcompany.
  • He's just beenappointedasdirectorof thepublishingdivision.
  • Inspiteofunification, thecountrywas stillfacedwith thedauntingprospectofovercomingfourdecadesof division.
  • UK Did the Conservativeswincourtesyof the division of theoppositionvotebetweenLabourand the Liberal Democrats?
  • The twelfth divisionmusteredon thehill.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Separating and dividing
  • apheresis
  • atomize
  • bifurcate
  • bifurcation
  • bisect
  • clove
  • cloven
  • dissociate
  • dissociateyourselffromsomething
  • dissociation
  • disunite
  • disunity
  • fracture
  • hive
  • polarize
  • polarized
  • polarizer
  • prophase
  • pull
  • unravel
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You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:

Parts of armies & groups of servicemen
Competitors & participants in sports & games

divisionnoun(CALCULATION)

[U]
thecalculationof how manytimesonenumbergoes into another
除法
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Addition, subtraction, multiplication & division
  • add
  • add (something) up
  • addition sign
  • additive
  • arithmetical
  • coefficient
  • deduction
  • half
  • halve
  • highest common factor
  • long division
  • power
  • recursion
  • roundsomethingdown
  • subtraction sign
  • subtractive
  • table
  • takesomethingaway
  • times
  • treble
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divisionnoun(DISAGREEMENT)

[CorU]
thesituationin whichpeopledisagreeabout something:
分歧；不和
Disagreements aboutdefencecutshaveopenedupdeepdivisionswithinthemilitary.在削减国防开支问题上的看法不一导致军方内部出现了严重的分歧。
Divisionwithinthepartywilllimititschancesin theelection.内讧将会降低该党在选举中获胜的机会。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Arguments & disagreements
  • argument
  • be (on) non-speakersidiom
  • belligerence
  • bickering
  • blow(someone/something)up
  • bust up
  • clash
  • contentiousness
  • contretemps
  • ding-dong
  • dispute
  • dust-up
  • hostility
  • kerfuffle
  • misunderstanding
  • personality clash
  • rhubarb
  • scrap
  • spat
  • squabble
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(Definition ofdivisionfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

division| American Dictionary

division
noun
us
/dɪˈvɪʒ·ən/

divisionnoun(SEPARATION)

[C/U]
theseparationof something intopartsorgroups, or one of thepartsorgroupsthat has beenseparated:
[U]The division ofresponsibilitiesamong theofficersof thecompanywasspelledout indetail.
[C/U]
A division is aunitof anorganization:
[C]Anarmydivision iscommandedby amajorgeneral.
[C]Heworksfor the company’sresearchdivision.
[C]Thegamefor theEasternDivisionchampionshipof theNationalFootballLeagueisscheduledfortomorrow.

divisionnoun(CALCULATION)

[U]mathematics
theprocessoffindingthenumberoftimesonenumberiscontainedwithin another
(Definition ofdivisionfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

division| Business English

division
noun
uk
/dɪˈvɪʒən/us
[C]WORKPLACE
one of themainseparatepartsthat acompany, orgroupofcompanies, isdividedinto:
The year-on-yearprofitfigurefor the divisionfellby 36%.
investment/services/internationaldivision
PrivateBank is adivision ofthe Bank of Boston thatinvestsforwealthyindividuals.
[U]
theprocessofdividingorsharingsomething between differentpeopleorgroups:
Theboardwilloverseethefairdivision oftheassets.
[U]
theprocessofdividingonenumberby another:
Theratioisobtainedby thedivision ofcurrentassetsbycurrentliabilities.
(Definition ofdivisionfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdivision

division
He may see that the picture is a 'complex superstructure' but he has no inkling of the actual divisions within it.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In a broad sense, costs can be assigned to processes, activities, organizational divisions, products, and services.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Class divisions were growing at an alarming rate.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Relations between the ranks are distinctly hostile in the fragment, with tense divisions drawn along the strict lines of the culture of consumption.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The divisions that she effects among and within texts are clearly reflected in her critical methodology.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Consequently, he fails to examine the complexity and differential nature of the new divisions between the private and the public spheres.
From theCambridge English Corpus
I knew no churlish proprieties, nor bounds, nor divisions: but all proprieties and divisions were mine: all treasures and the possessors of them.
From theCambridge English Corpus
No scene divisions are marked and the cues are minimal, three words, two words, sometimes only one.
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The moral divisions, too, remained fairly clear - clearer, at all events, than the ideological ones.
From theCambridge English Corpus
According to the author the success of the most determined actions was clear from the departmental divisions.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The idea that there existed a determinism for territorial divisions was taken for granted.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In this compartment, they undergo two meiotic divisions to form, first two daughter secondary spermatocytes, and eventually four early spermatids.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Finally, what are the consequences of these divisions and the processes that produce them?
From theCambridge English Corpus
There were also increasingly visible divisions within the parliamentary party itself.
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Only three divisions would be worked each year, in rotation, and the fourth was left undisturbed.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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Collocationswithdivision

division

These are words often used in combination withdivision.

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administrative division
Theadministrativedivisionof the colony was designed to rule the population as effectively as possible through the chieftaincies already in place.
From theCambridge English Corpus
airborne division
He made the case for that new force to be built up not as an airborne brigade but as anairbornedivision.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
arbitrary division
The contents of each book reflect this intertwining of argument, and suggest an arbitrary division of the material between the two books.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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