[N-COUNT 可数名词](政府的)部，司，局，处；(企业的)部门，科；(大学的)系，所；(大型商店的)货品区 A department is one of the sections in an organization such as a government, business, or university. A department is also one of the sections in a large shop.
[usu with supp]
...the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare...
美国卫生、教育和福利部
He moved to the sales department.
他转到了销售部。
...the geography department of Moscow University.
莫斯科大学地理系
...the jewelry department.
珠宝首饰区
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[PHRASE 短语]不是…的职责（或知识）范围；并非…的专长 If you say that a task or area of knowledge is not your department, you mean that you are not responsible for it or do not know much about it.
[V inflects]
'I'm afraid the name means nothing to me,' he said. 'That's not my department.'
“恐怕这个名字对我来说毫无意义，”他说，“我对此并不熟悉。”
Oxford
de·part·ment★/dɪˈpɑːtmənt; NAmEdɪˈpɑːrtmənt/noun(abbr.Dept )a section of a large organization such as a government, business, university, etc. 部；司；局；处；系；（医院的）科；部门◆the Department of Trade and Industry工业贸易署◆the Treasury Department财政部◆a government/university, etc. department政府部门、大学学系等◆the marketing/sales, etc. department营销、销售等部门◆the children's department (= in a large store)儿童用品部◆the English department英语系☞see also
police department
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the State Department
IDIOMbe sb's department( informal) to be sth that sb is responsible for or knows a lot about 某人的职责范围（或知识范围）◆Don't ask me about it—that's her department.这事别问我，那是她的职责范围。departmentdepartmentsde·part·ment/dɪˈpɑːtmənt; NAmEdɪˈpɑːrtmənt/
1one of the groups of people who work together in a particular part of a large organization such as a hospital, university, company, or government: the personnel department the English departmentdepartment of the Department of the Environment2an area in a large shop where a particular type of product is sold: the toy department3be somebody’s department spoken if something is someone’s department, they are responsible for it or know a lot about it: I’ll see what I can do, but it’s not really my department.4spoken a particular part of someone’s character, or a particular part of a larger activity or subject: Dave was lacking in the trustworthiness department.—departmental /ˌdiːpɑːtˈmentl◂ $ -ɑːr-/ adjective: a departmental meetingCOLLOCATIONSNOUN + departmenta government department· The Home Office is the government department responsible for prisons.a university department· University departments are generally judged by their research quality.the Biology/Maths/History etc department (=in a university or school)· the Chemistry department at Southampton Universitythe finance/marketing/design etc department (=in a company)· He worked in the sales department of a small software company.the outpatient/casualty etc department (=in a hospital)· I had to go to the physiotherapy department for treatment twice a week.department + NOUNa department head· These decisions are made by the department head.a department manager (=in a company)· After two years, he was promoted to the job of department manager.a department official (=in a government department)· a senior justice department officialdepartment staff (=people working in a department)· All department staff will be affected by the new working hours.phrasesthe Department of Health/Trade/Education etc (=in a government)· the U.S. Department of Agriculturea member of a department (=a person working in a department)· All members of the Biology Department are actively committed to research.
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departments[2046]
部门(67%)，系(17%)，科(7%)，处(6%)，局(2%)，知识范围(1%)
n.部；部门；系；科；局
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