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单词 parting
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Definition of parting in English:

parting

noun ˈpɑːtɪŋˈpɑrdɪŋ
mass noun
  • 1The action of leaving or being separated from someone.

    离别,分别

    they exchanged a few words on parting

    他们在分别时互相说了几句话。

    count noun an emotional parting from her two young children
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In the film Oliver's attempt to get Fagin to pray is overwhelmed by the emotional intensity of Fagin's sense of parting from the young orphan he took in.
    • Walking through the garden afterwards, she felt the usual feeling on their parting, fear and longing.
    • Edna dear, there is no parting from those we love, no distance can divide, for today in memory's garden, we will walk side-by-side.
    • In the story of this passion, too, the development varies: sometimes it is the glorious marriage, sometimes frustration and final parting.
    • We are very attached to our tatty old dory, however; parting will be quite hard when the time comes.
    • For a couple embarking on a serious relationship, discussion of the terms to apply at parting is almost a contradiction of the shared hopes that have brought them together.
    • This story of parting manages to be poignant and pretty yet not cloying and the rhythm will move you as much as the words.
    • So when feeling dies, love dies, and relationships disintegrate and divorce or parting is the next step.
    Synonyms
    farewell, leave-taking, goodbye, adieu, departure, leaving, going (away)
    valediction
  • 2The action of dividing something into parts.

    分割,划分

    the parting of the Red Sea

    红海的划分。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • She wondered if she would be less devastated if she hadn't witnessed the parting of her father's soul, but couldn't find a definite answer.
    • Remember the parting of the Red Sea, along with so many other interventions which led to the Exodus from Egypt.
    • From there came the years in Egypt, ending when Moses brought forth the plagues to convince Pharaoh to let his people go, and the parting of the Red Sea.
    • Only grand events of martyrhood, bloody deaths, crusades, sea partings, and other jejune items could evoke faith, could tease belief from the listless and fickle populace.
    • Like the parting of the Red Sea, the crowd parted for the Boom-Boom Kitty vehicles, allowing them access to the alien vehicle.
    • It was one o'clock, and I felt as if I had been up since the parting of the heavens and the earth.
    • I suddenly believed all those Biblical stories that I had learned as a child, such as the Flood and the parting of the Red Sea, were true.
    • I tried it, sort of expecting a parting of the Red Sea.
    • With the parting of the heated wire, both ends of the cutoff are identical and slightly rounded.
    • Much similar to the parting of the Red Sea, the white cloud split into two as the mad scientist confidently strolled out of it.
    • Science can comment usefully on such issues as the age of the Shroud of Turin, the parting of the Red Sea, or genetic studies of alleged lost tribes of Israel.
    • In Part Three, Cusick pointedly refers to Exodus when he compares the crossing of the Mississippi on a vine that breaks to the parting of the Red Sea.
    • The centerpiece is the parting of the Red Sea and its subsequent disposal of Rameses's guards and chariots.
    • It was the parting of the seas, with Jocelyn in the middle of the forming path.
    • Londoners tend to scurry outside at the slightest hint of sunshine, so feel free to look for a parting of the clouds and mention how lovely it is.
    • For the climax of Exodus is not found in the story of the departure from Egypt, nor in the death of the firstborn, nor in the parting of the Red Sea, nor in the giving of the law on Sinai.
    • The chief appeared with a dramatic parting of tent-flaps.
    Synonyms
    division, dividing, separation, separating, splitting, breaking up/apart, severance, disjoining, detachment, partition, partitioning
  • 3British count noun A line of scalp revealed in a person's hair by combing the hair away in opposite directions on either side.

    〈英〉(头发的)分缝,头路

    his hair was dark, with a side parting

    他头发黑黑的,梳着偏分头。

    North American term part (sense 6 of the noun)
    Example sentencesExamples
    • ‘For those lucky enough to have an oval face, like Cat Deeley, pretty much anything goes but especially flattering for slightly longer faces are off centre partings with a flick to one side,’ he adds.
    • They soon discover that not all Londoners have side partings and that litter and graffiti and distressed denim does exist in the capital.
    • She had short, dark brown hair that reached her neck, and her parting was at the left side, so more hair curved over the right.
    • Make a triangular diagonal parting from the top of the head to just the middle of the ear.
    • I am amused by the attack on the book's statement about the use of vermilion in the hair partings of female terracottas in very early contexts in Baluchistan.
    • His blond hair with its strange, upwards-aiming parting, accents his extremely pale skin, which has the appearance of being even paler than usual.
    • At a recent public appearance, he directed all the waiters to get new haircuts with neat side partings, the women were instructed to wear black dresses and the only thing he would eat was caviar.
    • Owner of the nicest hair cut and the sharpest parting in the Premiership, the Russian is nothing special and has struggled to hold down a regular place.
    • Her grey hair fell in a combed central parting to her earlobes, from which pearl ear rings hung.
    • Sadly there is no guidance on the giveaway features or dress codes pollsters should look for, but side partings and cravats are reliable evidence of Tory sympathies, and Liberal Democrats have fleshy ear lobes.
    • The decade that followed also marked the start of the ‘middle parting, pasted hair on both sides of the face’ sported by the saucy Sharmila Tagore.
    • Think strong centre partings and a high-shine finish.
    • Spice-filled kitchens compete with arranged marriages and vermillion filled partings, all adding up to create an atmosphere of these foreigners and their quaint colourful little ways.
    • But those fiddly, pretty styles involving clips and partings everywhere are beyond me.
    • Sebastian Coe has been especially reanimated for the occasion and his side parting has been measured and angled precisely to meet IOC hairstyle guidelines.

Phrases

  • parting of the ways

    • A point at which two people must separate or at which a decision must be taken.

      分别时刻;关键时刻,需要作出重大抉择的时刻

      the best course is to seek an amicable parting of the ways

      最好的办法是寻找一个友好分手的时刻。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • That parting of the ways will mean the end of Caledonian Capital, the joint venture between the Bank of Scotland and the Royal, which was intended to fund major acquisitions and mergers using the combined firepower of the two banks.
      • The Japanese occupation and the period directly after the Proklamasi were followed by an extremely painful, violent parting of the ways between our countries and communities.
      • The Section 28 debacle, which first marked the parting of the ways between Holyrood and Scotland, was an initiative of Wendy Alexander, who was also effectively the author of the Scotland Act.
      • Five years ago when it became apparent academia and I would come to a parting of the ways, I began to work on building a consulting clientele.
      • A commercial parting of the ways between Scotland's professional and community clubs - which to all extents and purposes has already happened in footballing terms - is now inevitable.
      • ‘You can portray it as a parting of the ways in some senses,’ conceded one senior New Labour figure who was in at the start of the modernisers' takeover of the party.
      • I think there'll be a natural parting of the ways [with Britain], and I don't see that as a rejection of the monarchy or anything like that.
      • I don't go out and hire hit men or start saying things like ‘bada bing,’ but we do come to a parting of the ways.
      • Although the insurance company refused to total the vehicle, a cascade of collision related problems over the next eighteen months led to our parting of the ways.
      • That is hardly surprising because such an acrimonious parting of the ways with the management team almost inevitably means that some tough times clearly lie ahead.
      Synonyms
      separation, break-up, splitting up, split, split-up, breaking up, divorce, rift, breach, parting of the ways, estrangement, rupture

Definition of parting in US English:

parting

nounˈpärdiNGˈpɑrdɪŋ
  • 1The action of leaving or being separated from someone.

    离别,分别

    they exchanged a few words on parting

    他们在分别时互相说了几句话。

    an emotional parting from her two young children
    Example sentencesExamples
    • This story of parting manages to be poignant and pretty yet not cloying and the rhythm will move you as much as the words.
    • In the story of this passion, too, the development varies: sometimes it is the glorious marriage, sometimes frustration and final parting.
    • So when feeling dies, love dies, and relationships disintegrate and divorce or parting is the next step.
    • For a couple embarking on a serious relationship, discussion of the terms to apply at parting is almost a contradiction of the shared hopes that have brought them together.
    • We are very attached to our tatty old dory, however; parting will be quite hard when the time comes.
    • In the film Oliver's attempt to get Fagin to pray is overwhelmed by the emotional intensity of Fagin's sense of parting from the young orphan he took in.
    • Walking through the garden afterwards, she felt the usual feeling on their parting, fear and longing.
    • Edna dear, there is no parting from those we love, no distance can divide, for today in memory's garden, we will walk side-by-side.
    Synonyms
    farewell, leave-taking, goodbye, adieu, departure, leaving, going, going away
    separation, break-up, splitting up, split, split-up, breaking up, divorce, rift, breach, parting of the ways, estrangement, rupture
  • 2The action of dividing something into parts.

    分割,划分

    the parting of the Red Sea

    红海的划分。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Much similar to the parting of the Red Sea, the white cloud split into two as the mad scientist confidently strolled out of it.
    • Remember the parting of the Red Sea, along with so many other interventions which led to the Exodus from Egypt.
    • For the climax of Exodus is not found in the story of the departure from Egypt, nor in the death of the firstborn, nor in the parting of the Red Sea, nor in the giving of the law on Sinai.
    • Science can comment usefully on such issues as the age of the Shroud of Turin, the parting of the Red Sea, or genetic studies of alleged lost tribes of Israel.
    • The centerpiece is the parting of the Red Sea and its subsequent disposal of Rameses's guards and chariots.
    • With the parting of the heated wire, both ends of the cutoff are identical and slightly rounded.
    • From there came the years in Egypt, ending when Moses brought forth the plagues to convince Pharaoh to let his people go, and the parting of the Red Sea.
    • Londoners tend to scurry outside at the slightest hint of sunshine, so feel free to look for a parting of the clouds and mention how lovely it is.
    • I tried it, sort of expecting a parting of the Red Sea.
    • She wondered if she would be less devastated if she hadn't witnessed the parting of her father's soul, but couldn't find a definite answer.
    • I suddenly believed all those Biblical stories that I had learned as a child, such as the Flood and the parting of the Red Sea, were true.
    • It was the parting of the seas, with Jocelyn in the middle of the forming path.
    • Like the parting of the Red Sea, the crowd parted for the Boom-Boom Kitty vehicles, allowing them access to the alien vehicle.
    • In Part Three, Cusick pointedly refers to Exodus when he compares the crossing of the Mississippi on a vine that breaks to the parting of the Red Sea.
    • It was one o'clock, and I felt as if I had been up since the parting of the heavens and the earth.
    • Only grand events of martyrhood, bloody deaths, crusades, sea partings, and other jejune items could evoke faith, could tease belief from the listless and fickle populace.
    • The chief appeared with a dramatic parting of tent-flaps.
    Synonyms
    division, dividing, separation, separating, splitting, breaking apart, breaking up, severance, disjoining, detachment, partition, partitioning
  • 3British A line of scalp revealed in a person's hair by combing the hair away in opposite directions on either side; a part.

    〈英〉(头发的)分缝,头路

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Make a triangular diagonal parting from the top of the head to just the middle of the ear.
    • She had short, dark brown hair that reached her neck, and her parting was at the left side, so more hair curved over the right.
    • Spice-filled kitchens compete with arranged marriages and vermillion filled partings, all adding up to create an atmosphere of these foreigners and their quaint colourful little ways.
    • The decade that followed also marked the start of the ‘middle parting, pasted hair on both sides of the face’ sported by the saucy Sharmila Tagore.
    • They soon discover that not all Londoners have side partings and that litter and graffiti and distressed denim does exist in the capital.
    • At a recent public appearance, he directed all the waiters to get new haircuts with neat side partings, the women were instructed to wear black dresses and the only thing he would eat was caviar.
    • His blond hair with its strange, upwards-aiming parting, accents his extremely pale skin, which has the appearance of being even paler than usual.
    • Her grey hair fell in a combed central parting to her earlobes, from which pearl ear rings hung.
    • Think strong centre partings and a high-shine finish.
    • Sebastian Coe has been especially reanimated for the occasion and his side parting has been measured and angled precisely to meet IOC hairstyle guidelines.
    • I am amused by the attack on the book's statement about the use of vermilion in the hair partings of female terracottas in very early contexts in Baluchistan.
    • Sadly there is no guidance on the giveaway features or dress codes pollsters should look for, but side partings and cravats are reliable evidence of Tory sympathies, and Liberal Democrats have fleshy ear lobes.
    • Owner of the nicest hair cut and the sharpest parting in the Premiership, the Russian is nothing special and has struggled to hold down a regular place.
    • But those fiddly, pretty styles involving clips and partings everywhere are beyond me.
    • ‘For those lucky enough to have an oval face, like Cat Deeley, pretty much anything goes but especially flattering for slightly longer faces are off centre partings with a flick to one side,’ he adds.

Phrases

  • a (or the) parting of the ways

    • A point at which two people must separate or at which a decision must be taken.

      分别时刻;关键时刻,需要作出重大抉择的时刻

      the best course is to seek an amicable parting of the ways

      最好的办法是寻找一个友好分手的时刻。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The Japanese occupation and the period directly after the Proklamasi were followed by an extremely painful, violent parting of the ways between our countries and communities.
      • That is hardly surprising because such an acrimonious parting of the ways with the management team almost inevitably means that some tough times clearly lie ahead.
      • The Section 28 debacle, which first marked the parting of the ways between Holyrood and Scotland, was an initiative of Wendy Alexander, who was also effectively the author of the Scotland Act.
      • Five years ago when it became apparent academia and I would come to a parting of the ways, I began to work on building a consulting clientele.
      • I think there'll be a natural parting of the ways [with Britain], and I don't see that as a rejection of the monarchy or anything like that.
      • A commercial parting of the ways between Scotland's professional and community clubs - which to all extents and purposes has already happened in footballing terms - is now inevitable.
      • I don't go out and hire hit men or start saying things like ‘bada bing,’ but we do come to a parting of the ways.
      • ‘You can portray it as a parting of the ways in some senses,’ conceded one senior New Labour figure who was in at the start of the modernisers' takeover of the party.
      • Although the insurance company refused to total the vehicle, a cascade of collision related problems over the next eighteen months led to our parting of the ways.
      • That parting of the ways will mean the end of Caledonian Capital, the joint venture between the Bank of Scotland and the Royal, which was intended to fund major acquisitions and mergers using the combined firepower of the two banks.
      Synonyms
      separation, break-up, splitting up, split, split-up, breaking up, divorce, rift, breach, parting of the ways, estrangement, rupture
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