department

n

• ① 部门;(公司、企业等的)…课,…部
  • the sales department销货部门
  • the export department出口部
  • the accounting department会计课
  • the personnel department人事课
  • the foreign exchange department of a merchant bank【英】商业银行的外汇部
  • the children's clothing department(百货公司等的)童装部

• ②[通常作Department](行政组织的)部,院
  • the Department of Commerce [Defense, the Interior, the Treasury]【美】商务[国防、内政、财政]部
  • the Department of State【美】国务院
  • the Department of Education教育部(★在美国,凡称Department 的部、院,其首长称为Secretary)

• ③ (大学等的)系,科
  • the English department=the department of English英语系

• ④[用单数形;通常作one's department]【口】(工作等)(专明)领域,(负责)范围
  • Paying the bills is your department.支付帐单是你的工作。