A partition is a wall or screen that separates one part of a room or vehicle from another.
例句
...new offices divided only by glass partitions...只用玻璃隔板隔开的新办公室Her taxicab has a thick perspex partition between the passengers' seats and the driver.她的出租车里乘客座位和驾驶员之间装着厚厚的有机玻璃隔板。
VERB
(用隔板、隔扇等)隔开,分隔
If you partition a room, you separate one part of it from another by means of a partition.
例句
Bedrooms have again been created by partitioning a single larger room...通过将一间大屋用隔断断开的方法再隔出了几间卧室。He sat on the two-seater sofa in the partitioned office.他坐在用隔板隔开的办公室里的双人沙发上。
VERB
分割,分裂(国家)
If a country is partitioned, it is divided into two or more independent countries.
例句
...for the first time since Ireland was partitioned...自爱尔兰被分裂后第一次Britain was accused of trying to partition the country 'because of historic enmity'...英国被指“出于历史仇恨”企图分裂该国。