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| /ˈpɑːtnə/ |
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| 1 | someone that you live with and have a sexual relationship with 配偶；性伴侣；情人 |
| Are partners invited to the office party? 配偶也被邀参加单位的聚会吗？ |
| Please state your partner’ s name and occupation. 请说明配偶的姓名和职业。 |
| the search for an eligible marriage partner 对合适的婚姻伴侣的寻觅 |
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| 2 | someone that you do a particular activity with 伙伴；搭档 |
| John is my tennis partner. 约翰是我的网球搭档。 |
| | 2a | someone that you dance with 舞伴 | | Take your partners for the last dance. 跟你们的舞伴们跳上最后一曲吧。 | |
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| 3 | one of two or more people who own a company and share its profits and losses. A business owned in this way is called a partnership , and is usually one that provides professional services such as giving legal and financial advice （合伙企业的）合伙人 |
| I’ ll need to discuss this with my business partner. 我需要和我的合伙人商量一下。 |
| +in His ambition was to become a partner in his father’ s law firm. 他雄心勃勃，想成为父亲律师事务所的合伙人之一。 |
| senior/junior partner If the matter cannot be resolved, one of the senior partners should be informed. 如果问题无法解决，就应该通知其中一位资深合伙人。 |
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| 4 | a business , organization , or country that has an agreement or working relationship with another business etc （生意、组织或国家的）伙伴 |
| China is one of our major trading partners. 中国是我们的主要贸易伙伴之一。 |
| The report was jointly prepared by this institution and our partners in the US Geological Survey. 该报告是由本机构和我们在美国地质调查局的合作伙伴共同起草的。 |
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| - | sb’ s partner in crime often humorous
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| someone who you do something with , especially something that other people do not approve of |
| 某人的共犯；某人的同谋 |
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