mass noun
1- (especially with reference to a country with separate areas of government) the action or state of dividing or being divided into parts（尤指一个有几个分治地区的国家）分割, 切分; 分割状态：
the country's partition into separate states.
这个国家划分成几个单独的州。
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- count noun a structure dividing a space into two parts, especially a light interior wall分隔物（尤指内部的隔墙）。
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- Chemistry the distribution of a solute between two immiscible or slightly miscible solvents in contact with one another, in accordance with its differing solubility in each【化】分离层。
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- count noun Computing each of a number of portions into which some operating systems divide memory or storage【计算机】存储分区。
with obj.
1- divide into parts把…分成几部分; 分割, 瓜分：
an agreement was reached to partition the country.
已经达成一个协议来瓜分该国。
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- divide (a room) into smaller rooms or areas by erecting partitions（用隔墙等）分割, 隔开：
the hall was partitioned to contain the noise of the computers.
这个大厅被分隔成小间以遏制计算机的噪音。
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partition something off
separate a part of a room from the rest by erecting a partition（用隔墙把房间的一部分）分开, 隔开：partition off part of a large bedroom to create a small bathroom.
把一个大卧室的一部分隔开, 建个小浴室。
派生词
partitioner
nounpartitionist
noun词源
late Middle English: from Latin partitio（n-）, from partiri 'divide into parts'.