de‧part‧ment S2 W1 / dɪpɑtmənt $ -ɑr- / 名词 [可数名词]
1 one 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 department
department of
the Department of the Environment
2 an area in a large shop where a particular type of product is sold :
the toy department
3 be sb’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.
4 spoken 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 / dipɑtmentl◂ $ -ɑr- / 形容词 :
a departmental meeting
COLLOCATIONS
NOUN + department
a 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 University
the 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 + NOUN
a 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 official
department staff (= people working in a department ) All department staff will be affected by the new working hours.
短语
the Department of Health/Trade/Education etc (= in a government ) the U.S. Department of Agriculture
a member of a department (= a person working in a department ) All members of the Biology Department are actively committed to research.