Portion

(n.) That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.

(n.) A part considered by itself, though not actually cut off or separated from the whole.

(n.) A part assigned; allotment; share; fate.

(n.) The part of an estate given to a child or heir, or descending to him by law, and distributed to him in the settlement of the estate; an inheritance.

(n.) A wife's fortune; a dowry.

(v. t.) To separate or divide into portions or shares; to parcel; to distribute.

(v. t.) To endow with a portion or inheritance.

胡安编辑

• The building was of grey, lichen-blotched stone, with a high central portion and two curving wings, like the claws of a crab, thrown out on each side. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Dana, then an officer of the War Department, accompanied me on the Vicksburg campaign and through a portion of the siege. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Small elevated tanks, like those of the windmill, frequently have heavy iron bands around their lower portion as a protection against the extra strain. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• The whole atmosphere could not consist of such groups of three because the watery particles were but a small portion of the total a tmosphere. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• But come, I will lift a portion of the veil, and place you in possession of facts which may be of use to you in the future. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• In the words of Dalton, oxygen may combine with a certain portion of nitrous gas [as he called nitric oxide], or with twice that po rtion, but with no intermediate portion. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• The first volume, as well as a portion of the second, was written before I had reason to suppose I was in a critical condition of health. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• A large part of the remaining portions of the book read like good Scripture, however. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• The object now is subjected to the blast, and as the sand will not penetrate a softened material sufficient to abrade a surface beneath, the exposed portions alone will be cut away. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The rovings at one end were attached to the spindles and their opposite portions held together and drawn out by a clasp held in the hand. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The portions were handed round; those who liked took a draught of the water, the mug being common to all. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• It may be necessary to have dykes on portions of the seashore; they may be superfluous elsewhere. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• All the portions covered with black are, on the contrary, absolutely invisible in the glass, and the spectators cannot see that they exist. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• Accuracy and finish of detail can be insisted upon in such portions of a complex work as are within the pupil's capacity. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Oh, Bessy, God is just, and our lots are well portioned out by Him, although none but He knows the bitterness of our souls. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.

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