par·ti·tionBrE/pɑːˈtɪʃn/NAmE/pɑːrˈtɪʃn/verbpresent simple - I / you / we / theypartitionBrE/pɑːˈtɪʃn/NAmE/pɑːrˈtɪʃn/present simple - he / she / itpartitionsBrE/pɑːˈtɪʃnz/NAmE/pɑːrˈtɪʃnz/past simplepartitionedBrE/pɑːˈtɪʃnd/NAmE/pɑːrˈtɪʃnd/past participlepartitionedBrE/pɑːˈtɪʃnd/NAmE/pɑːrˈtɪʃnd/ -ing formpartitioningBrE/pɑːˈtɪʃnɪŋ/NAmE/pɑːrˈtɪʃnɪŋ/[often passive]todividesthintoparts分割;使分裂◆~sthtopartitionacountry分割一个国家◆~sthintosthTheroomispartitionedintothreesections. 这间屋子被隔为三小间。●parˌtitionsth↔ˈofftoseparateonearea, onepartofaroom, etc. fromanotherwithawallorscreen(把地方、房间等)分隔,隔开