| 单词 | partial |
| 释义 | partial (once / 213 pages) 1adj 2adj 3n 4n If you describe something as partial, you're usually saying it's just part of the whole, or incomplete. Say someone asks how you started your band and you say, "I bought a guitar." That would be a partial answer, at best. Partial has another meaning, too. If you say you are partial to something, you are expressing a fondness for it. Or not. If someone asks you whether you still love your husband after 50 years of marriage, for example, and you say, "I'm partial to him," you're either joking or politely saying "Not really." Being partial to something is to love as a warm stove is to a bonfire. WORD FAMILYpartial: partiality, partially, partialness, partials+/counterpart: counterparts/forepart: foreparts/part: counterpart, forepart, parted, partial, parting, partitive, parts, subpart, underpart/partiality: partialities/parting: partings/partitive: partitively, partitives/subpart: subparts/underpart: underparts USAGE EXAMPLESFlynt said Brewer accomplished many goals during his partial term because of his legislative background. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) But it was another four weeks before McCrory conceded while dozens of ballot protests were considered and a partial recount was held in Durham County. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) To its partial credit, the show resists this easy sentimentality. Los Angeles Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1 adj being or affecting only a part; not total 2a partial description of the suspect partial collapse a partial eclipse a partial monopoly partial immunity Syn incomplete, uncomplete not complete or total; not completed 1adj showing favoritism Syn|Ant unfair, unjust not fair; marked by injustice or partiality or deception biased, colored, coloured, one-sided, slantedfavoring one person or side over another impartial showing lack of favoritism fair, justfree from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules disinterestedunaffected by self-interest cold-eyed, dispassionateunaffected by strong emotion or prejudice indifferent, unbiased, unbiassedcharacterized by a lack of partiality indifferentmarked by no especial liking or dislike or preference for one thing over another 2adj (followed by `of' or `to') having a strong preference or liking for 3partial to horror movies Syn fond inclined (often followed by `to') having a preference, disposition, or tendency n a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency 4Syn|Hyper overtone, partial tone harmonic a tone that is a component of a complex sound n the derivative of a function of two or more variables with respect to a single variable while the other variables are considered to be constant Syn|Hyper partial derivative derivative, derived function, differential, differential coefficient, first derivative the result of mathematical differentiation; the instantaneous change of one quantity relative to another; df(x)/dx |
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