1
- existing only in part; incomplete部分的; 不完全的：
a question to which we have only partial answers.
一个我们只知道部分答案的问题。
2
- favouring one side in a dispute above the other; biased偏袒的, 不公平的：
the paper gave a distorted and very partial view of the situation.
这份报纸对局势的看法不仅歪曲而且非常片面。
2.1
- predic.
partial to
having a liking for癖好的, 偏爱的： you know I'm very partial to bacon and eggs.
你知道我对熏肉和鸡蛋情有独钟。
- Music a component of a musical sound; an overtone or harmonic【乐】分音; 泛音。
派生词
partially
adverb开了一点的门
partialness
noun词源
late Middle English （in the sense 'inclined to favour one party in a cause'）： from Old French parcial (sense 2), French partiel (sense 1), from late Latin partialis, from pars, part- 'part'.