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Mostly used two ways today. As an adjective, it describes someone (or a debate) that strongly supports one side, often , and won't really listen to the other side — 'partisan politics' is very common in news about arguing political parties. As a noun, from history, a partisan was a fighter in an armed resistance group, hiding and attacking an occupying enemy army (this is the word used a lot for WWII resistance fighters).
偏袒某一方的/黨派立場強烈的(政治新聞常見用法);遊擊隊員(歷史上的抵抗軍成員)
組成from an old word for 'a side, a part' — the same idea as 'party' (a side/group), just a different branch of the same root
同家族的字
- partyboth trace back to the idea of 'a part' or 'a side' of something that has been divided
原始詞典資料9 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。
partisannoun詞源 1/ˈpɑː.tɪˌzæn/
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An adherent to a party or faction.
- "Strong partisans of neither party, Indiana farmers failed to act as a block […]"
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A fervent, sometimes militant, supporter or proponent of a party, cause, faction, person, or idea.
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A member of a band of detached light, irregular troops acting behind occupying enemy lines in the ways of harassment or sabotage; a guerrilla fighter.
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archaicThe commander of a body of detached light troops engaged in making forays and harassing an enemy.
partisanadj詞源 1/ˈpɑː.tɪˌzæn/
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Serving as commander or member of a body of detached light troops.
- partisan officer, partisan corps
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Adherent to a party or faction; especially, having the character of blind, passionate, or unreasonable adherence to a party.
- They were blinded by partisan zeal.
- Having put partisan interests to one side, Greenwood set about making teamwork a watchword for her chairmanship, while seeking the broadest possible participation in subsequent inquiries.
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Devoted to or biased in support of a party, group, or cause.
- partisan politics
- England will regard it as a measure of justice for Frank Lampard's disallowed goal against Germany in Bloemfontein at the 2010 World Cup - but it was also an illustration of how they rode their luck for long periods in front of a predictably partisan home crowd.
partisannoun詞源 2/ˈpɑː.tɪˌzæn/
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historicalA long-handled spear with a triangular, double-edged blade having lateral projections, in some forms also used in boar hunting.
- I had as lief have a reed that will do me no service as a partisan I could not heave.
- Salisbury and his attendants were also now drawing near, with bills and partisans brandished, and bows already bended.
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obsoleteA soldier armed with such a weapon.
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。