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Picture a cake already cut: the whole is there, and you are pointing at one piece of it. A portion is always a piece measured against a bigger thing — it can be a slice of a budget, the food on one plate, or the share of the blame that lands on you.
可以想成：一個已經切開的蛋糕，整體還在，而你指著其中一塊。portion 這個字永遠是「相對於一個整體的一塊」——可…更多收起
可以想成：一個已經切開的蛋糕，整體還在，而你指著其中一塊。portion 這個字永遠是「相對於一個整體的一塊」——可能是預算裡的一部分、一個盤子裡的份量，也可能是分到你頭上的那份責任。它跟 part 的差別在於，portion 常帶著「被分配、被切出來」的感覺。原始詞典資料7 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。
portionnoun/ˈpoɹʃən/
- 1
An allocated amount.
- 2
That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.
- 3
One's fate; lot.
- The Lord of that ſeruant […] will appoint him his portion with the vnbeleeuers.
- Man's portion is to die and rise again.
- 4
The part of an estate given or falling to a child or heir; an inheritance.
- Father, giue me the portion of goods that falleth to me.
- O! yearning heart! I did inherit Thy withering portion with the fame, The searing glory which hath shone Amid the jewels of my throne, Halo of Hell!
- 5
A wife's fortune; a dowry.
- Commend me to her, and to piece her portion / Tender her this.
- I took part of a small house in the Old Jewry; and being advised to alter my condition, I married Mrs. Mary Burton, second daughter to Mr. Edmund Burton, hosier, in Newgate-street, with whom I received four hundred pounds for a portion.
portionverb/ˈpoɹʃən/
- 1
To divide into amounts, as for allocation to specific purposes.
- 2
To endow with a portion or inheritance.
- Him portioned maids, apprenticed orphans, blest.
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。