departments

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departments — 名詞

  • departmentssingular
  • departmentsesplural

1. one of the separate sections within a large organization, company, school, or go

1.名詞B1
釋義

部門；系

組織或機構內的分部

one of the separate sections within a large organization, company, school, or government body, each responsible for a particular type of work or area of study.

例句

Zuri works in the marketing department of a large electronics company.

Zuri 在一家大型電子公司的行銷部門工作。

the marketing department — area-name + department

Evelyn's father is the head of the history department at a university in Texas.

Evelyn 的父親是德州某大學歷史系的系主任。

head of the history department

常見搭配
  • department head
  • head of department
  • department of
  • within the department
  • across departments
同義詞
  • division

    often larger or more formal than a department

  • section

    can be smaller than a department

  • unit

    focuses on a specific function within an organization

  • branch

    often a separate physical location of an organization

文法句型

the [area] department

Department of [subject]

用法筆記

Often used with a specific area or field name: finance department, history department, sales department. Capitalized when part of an official name: Department of Education.

常見錯誤

I work in department of marketing.
I work in the marketing department.
You need an article (the) or a determiner before 'department' when describing it.
She is a department of the company's legal team.
She works in the legal department of the company.
A department is a section, not a person's role.

2. one of the named areas into which some countries, especially France, are divided

2.名詞B2
釋義

省；行政區

法國等國家的地方行政區劃

one of the named areas into which some countries, especially France, are divided for local government and administration.

例句

France is divided into 101 departments, each with its own local government office.

法國分成 101 個省，每個省都有自己的地方政府。

France is divided into 101 departments

Lakan lives in the Ardèche department in southern France.

Lakan 住在法國南部的 Ardèche 省。

the Ardèche department — proper name + department

常見搭配
  • French department
  • department of [region name]
  • the Gironde department
  • divided into departments
同義詞
  • region

    broader than a department; may not have the same administrative structure

  • province

    used for administrative divisions in many countries

  • prefecture

    used in Japan and some other countries

  • district

    usually smaller than a department

文法句型

the [name] department

department of [region]

用法筆記

Used mainly for France and a small number of other countries that adopted the French system. Other countries use different terms such as province, state, prefecture, or county.

常見錯誤

California is divided into 58 departments.
California is divided into 58 counties.
'Department' as an administrative region is used mainly in France, not in the United States.

3. a particular area of activity, knowledge, or responsibility that a person deals

3.名詞B2
釋義

職責範圍

某人負責或擅長的領域

a particular area of activity, knowledge, or responsibility that a person deals with or specializes in.

例句

Making travel arrangements is not really my department — you should ask Ingrid instead.

安排行程真的不是我的職責範圍——你應該問 Ingrid。

not really my department — informal possessive use

Technical support is Bilal's department, so he handles all the computer problems.

技術支援是 Bilal 負責的項目，所以所有電腦問題都由他處理。

somebody's department

常見搭配
  • my department
  • your department
  • somebody's department
  • not my department
同義詞
  • area

    less specific; can refer to any field

  • field

    focuses on knowledge or expertise rather than responsibility

  • domain

    more formal; implies ownership or control

  • province

    formal or literary; 'That's not my province.'

文法句型

[possessive] department

somebody's department

用法筆記

Very common in informal speech with possessive determiners: 'That's not my department.' Can sound light-hearted or polite when declining tasks. Avoid in formal writing.

常見錯誤

That is not my department of work.
That is not my department.
Adding 'of work' is redundant; 'department' already means the area of responsibility.
Cooking is the department of Sara.
Cooking is Sara's department.
Use the possessive form ('s), not 'the department of [person]'.

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常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • department head
  • department store
  • department chair
  • government department
  • police department
  • fire department

常用片語

  • head of department
  • Department of...
  • somebody's department

介系詞搭配

  • within a department
  • across departments
  • in a department
  • between departments