喜樂美語

核心畫面

The word sits on part. Say only part of the thing is covered and you get 'incomplete'. Let the same 'only part' fall on a person's judgement — their weight rests on one side, not spread evenly — and you get the other half of the word: leaning towards one group, or simply having a soft spot for something.

這個字建在 part（部分）上面。說「只涵蓋其中一部分」，就是不完整；把同樣的「只偏一邊」放到一個人的判斷上——重量…更多收起這個字建在 part（部分）上面。說「只涵蓋其中一部分」，就是不完整；把同樣的「只偏一邊」放到一個人的判斷上——重量沒有平均分配，全壓在其中一側——就長出這個字的另外一半：偏袒某一方，或單純就是特別偏愛某樣東西。

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重量偏向其中一邊

同樣是「只在一部分上」，但這次落在人的態度：注意力和好感沒有平均分配，全倒向其中一邊。

biased; unfair · adjective · B2

Unfairly supporting one person or side instead of treating everyone equally.

偏袒的；偏心的

Also in this word

incomplete; partial · adjective · B2

Not complete; only covering or including part of something, not the whole.

部分的；不完全的

原始詞典資料15 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

partialadj/ˈpɑɹʃəl/

  • 1

    Existing as a part or portion; incomplete.

    • So far, I have only pieced together a partial account of the incident.
  • 2

    computercomputingengineeringDescribing a property that holds only when an algorithm terminates.

    • It's easy to prove partial correctness, but it's not obvious that it is also totally correct.
  • 3

    Biased in favor of a person, side, or point of view, especially when dealing with a competition or dispute.

    • The referee is blatantly partial!
    • God is not partial; he does not play favorites.
  • 4

    Having a predilection for something.

    • not partial to an ostentatious display
    • But if a woman is partial to a man, and does not endeavour to conceal it, he must find it out.
  • 5

    mathematicssciencesOf or relating to a partial derivative or partial differential.

  • 6

    biologybotanynatural-sciencesSubordinate.

  • 7

    Having a wordplay element, but no definition.

    • Twelve six- letter lights form a group; these have only partial clues.
    • Fourteen solutions are men of a kind. Each begins with a different letter, and their (partial) clues begin with the same letter as their solutions.

partialnoun/ˈpɑɹʃəl/

  • 1

    mathematicssciencesA partial derivative: a derivative with respect to one independent variable of a function in multiple variables while holding the other variables constant.

  • 2

    entertainmentlifestylemusicAny of the sine waves which make up a complex tone; often an overtone or harmonic of the fundamental.

  • 3

    dentistrymedicinesciencesdentures that replace only some of the natural teeth

  • 4

    An incomplete fingerprint

  • 5

    computingengineeringmathematicsA fragment of a template containing markup.

    • In fact, as seen in Chapters 5 and 6, the resulting document is usually the product of rendering a layout, which yields the rendering of the template at hand, which in turn can invoke the rendering of other templates and/or one or more partials.
  • 6

    bodybuildinghobbieslifestyleA repetition of an exercise during which the range of motion (amplitude) is not maximized.

    • Research tells us that eccentrics, heavy partials, and static exercise may require several days or weeks of recovery time.
  • 7

    slanglifestyleA fursuit that does not fully cover the wearer's body.

partialverb/ˈpɑɹʃəl/

  • 1

    mathematicssciencesstatisticsTo take the partial regression coefficient.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。