单词 | repartition |
释义 | repartitionn. 1. a. The action of dividing or distributing something among a number of recipients; the way in which something is distributed; distribution. In early use esp.: †the assignment of troops to positions, quarters, or companies (obsolete). Cf. repart v. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > [noun] > assigning or allotting signmentc1425 lotting1449 assignmenta1464 repartition1555 enterpartening1556 allotment?1571 assigning1580 stalment1581 assignation1600 applotment1633 applotting1642 allocation1721 cavelling1805 committal1832 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 240v The reparticion and diuision of the Indies and newe worlde betwene the Spanyardes and Portugales. 1578 T. Nicholas tr. F. Lopez de Gómara Pleasant Hist. Conquest W. India 6 It followed, that in the repartition [Sp. reparticion] of the lands conquered, Iaymes Velasques gaue vnto Cortez the Indians of Manicorao. 1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres iv. 111 Of this repartition he is to giue an order in writing vnto the Captaines of euerie Companie. 1611 G. Blundell in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 97 If it be possible to get my company upon that repartition, my mind would be very much quieted. 1635 R. Dafforne Merchants Mirrour Ep. Ded. sig. a5 The word Repertition is not used in my Booke, as James Peele, and many Merchants doe. 1692 London Gaz. No. 2827/1 They..are not like to obtain any alteration in the Repartition that is made of the Winter quarters for the said Troops. 1732 C. Wogan Let. to Swift 27 Feb. in J. Swift Wks. (1803) XVIII. 176 The Irish were parcelled by brigades among the many armies entertained by the French king... [T]his repartition was very mortifying to them. 1755 N. Magens Ess. Insurances I. 69 This is the Sum, whereon the Repartition ought to be made; all the particular Goods bearing their neat Proportion. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 175 No fair repartition of burthens upon all the orders could possibly restore them. View more context for this quotation 1848 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 15 828 Property and its follies,..its repartition in the hands of classes. 1861 J. S. Mill Utilitarianism v. 87 The standards of justice to which reference is made in discussing the repartition of taxation. 1905 P. Vinogradoff Growth of Manor ii. ii. 141 Considered from the point of view of taxation and of the repartition of duties incumbent upon the land. 1967 Language 43 628 In verbs of the root form *CVws, the expected dialectical repartition fails to hold. 2005 J. S. Miller & M. Drillon Magnetism V. vi. 191 In Figure 6.1 is depicted the repartition of the independent particles among the 100 levels. b. An act or example of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > [noun] > assigning or allotting > instance of repartition1625 1625 S. Purchas tr. A. de Herrera Descr. W. Indies in Pilgrimes III. v. i. 890 The Citie of Saint Sebastian of the Plate, in the confines of this Gouernment is thirtie fiue leagues from Popayan, and thirtie to the South-west from Santa Fe, Diocesse of Popayan, where are many Mynes of siluer, and in her borders twentie foure repartitions. 1657 tr. A. Thevet Prosopographia 45 in T. North tr. Plutarch Lives (new ed.) I shall omit the several manners of repartitions of his Quarters. 1663 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders 23 The good Surveyour doth contrive the repartitions of his ground-plot, so as most of the necessary Servants may be lodged in the first ground story. 1723 tr. F. C. Weber Present State Russia I. 53 Each Governor makes Repartitions according to the Number of Farms in his Government. 1849 J. S. Mill Ess. (1859) II. 394 An adequate amount of the fruits of industry, combined with a just repartition of them. 1882 Pall Mall Gaz. 13 Jan. 2/2 To regulate a just repartition of work and salary. 1931 Eng. Hist. Rev. 46 570 Detailed instructions were issued..as to the method to be employed in making the local repartitions. 1997 G. Ioffe & T. Nefedova Continuity & Change in Rural Russia ii. 57 These repartitions [of land] were attempted under the slogans ‘All are equal’ and ‘To divide equally’. 2. The action or an act of partitioning something again or in a new way; a fresh distribution or allotment; a second or further partition, esp. of land. Cf. repartition v. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > [noun] > assigning or allotting > fresh reapportionment1788 relocating1789 relocation1804 repartition1836 reallotment1847 reallocation1856 1836 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece II. xi. 11 The dismemberment of a capital, and its repartition into a number of rural communities. 1845 Emancipation of Soil & Free Trade in Land 38 Even in France, with all the disadvantages of a law too stringent, ‘the partition and repartition’ of land has not reduced all estates to one minimum size, like an Irish cotter's acre. 1861 G. Smith Irish Hist. 25 There was nothing in Kentish gavelkind analogous to the Irish repartition. 1897 J. R. L. Macdonald Soldiering & Surv. in Brit. E. Afr. xi. 170 Mohammedan parties in Uganda, arrangements which had resulted in a repartition of the country. 1913 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 45 14 It means a general readjustment of conditions and a re-partition of trade as between East and West. 1931 Geogr. Rev. 21 94 This involved a partition and repartition of the land into squares. 1977 Time Dec. 15/1 We do not accept the demand for June 4, 1967, lines.., nor the demands for the establishment of a so-called Palestinian state, nor the repartition of Jerusalem. 1992 Times 22 Jan. 2/5 Acceptable new arrangements..might range from a unitary state..to an attempt at independence or repartition, creating a smaller Protestant ‘statelet’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). repartitionv. transitive. To partition again, esp. in a new way. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > divide [verb (transitive)] > divide a country or empire > again repartition1755 1755 N. Magens Ess. Insurances II. 405 The Concerned in the Ship and Cargo..shall rather chuse to have it repartitioned on the Freight they pay. 1816 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 16 241 Witness Germany partitioned and re-partitioned, plundered, ravaged, and insulted. 1880 Science 23 Oct. 207/1 The women councillors partition the gentile land among the householders... The ground is re-partitioned once in two years. 1927 Hispanic Amer. Hist. Rev. 7 226 The necessity of repartitioning Brazil in order to form a more satisfactory division of area among the various states. 1973 N.Y. Times: Abstr. (Nexis) 15 Mar. 9/1 Israeli Premier G Meir..says [the] city will not be repartitioned and must remain under Israeli rule. 2004 J. Hall & P. G. Sery Red Hat Linux Fedora for Dummies ii. 18 A side benefit of Ghost is that you can use it to repartition your hard drive. Derivatives ˌreparˈtitioning n. ΚΠ 1834 R. M. Martin Hist. Brit. Colonies II. Introd. p. v A restoration and repartitioning of the West India Islands took place. 1992 MacUser Nov. 222/2 With MachTen, repartitioning is not necessary, because it uses the Mac's file system directly. 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