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partial adj.部分的,局部的,偏袒的,偏爱的 n.泛音 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. ★★☆☆☆ 2012.2

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['pa:ʃ(ə)l] 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. A string of accidents, including the partial collapse of a cooling tower in 207 and the discovery of an underground pipe system leakage, raised serious questions about both Vermont Yankee’s safety and Entergy’s management. 1[ADJ 形容词]部分的；不完全的 You use partial to refer to something that is not complete or whole.   [usu ADJ n]He managed to reach a partial agreement with both republics.他设法与两个共和国都达成了部分协议。...a partial ban on the use of cars in the city.市内部分地段轿车禁行令...partial blindness.部分失明2[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]喜欢的；偏爱的 If you are partial to something, you like it.   [v-link ADJ to n/-ing]He's partial to sporty women with blue eyes...他喜欢爱运动的蓝眼睛女子。Mollie confesses she is rather partial to pink...莫莉承认她偏爱粉红色。I am partial to baking cookies.我喜欢烤制小点心。partialityHe has a great partiality for chocolate biscuits.他非常喜欢吃巧克力饼干。3[ADJ 形容词]偏袒的；偏心的 Someone who is partial supports a particular person or thing, for example in a competition or dispute, instead of being completely fair.   [v-link ADJ]I might be accused of being partial...可能会有人骂我偏心。A newspaper criticized the president's proposal, saying that it was partial to Israel.一家报纸批评总统的提议，称该提议偏袒以色列。partialityShe is criticized by some others for her one-sidedness and partiality.还有一些人批评她片面、偏心。

英语单词	partial
英美音标	['pa:ʃ(ə)l]
中文释义	adj.部分的,局部的,偏袒的,偏爱的 n.泛音
vocab简明	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.
vocab扩展	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.
真题原句	A string of accidents, including the partial collapse of a cooling tower in 207 and the discovery of an underground pipe system leakage, raised serious questions about both Vermont Yankee’s safety and Entergy’s management.
柯林斯星级	★★☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ 形容词]部分的；不完全的 You use partial to refer to something that is not complete or whole. [usu ADJ n] He managed to reach a partial agreement with both republics. 他设法与两个共和国都达成了部分协议。 ...a partial ban on the use of cars in the city. 市内部分地段轿车禁行令 ...partial blindness. 部分失明 2 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]喜欢的；偏爱的 If you are partial to something, you like it. [v-link ADJ to n/-ing] He's partial to sporty women with blue eyes... 他喜欢爱运动的蓝眼睛女子。 Mollie confesses she is rather partial to pink... 莫莉承认她偏爱粉红色。 I am partial to baking cookies. 我喜欢烤制小点心。 partiality He has a great partiality for chocolate biscuits. 他非常喜欢吃巧克力饼干。 3 [ADJ 形容词]偏袒的；偏心的 Someone who is partial supports a particular person or thing, for example in a competition or dispute, instead of being completely fair. [v-link ADJ] I might be accused of being partial... 可能会有人骂我偏心。 A newspaper criticized the president's proposal, saying that it was partial to Israel. 一家报纸批评总统的提议，称该提议偏袒以色列。 partiality She is criticized by some others for her one-sidedness and partiality. 还有一些人批评她片面、偏心。
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Partial Asks Love Adj 形容词 [V Link I Partiality