新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

branch

英 [brɑːntʃ]

[NOUN]

词汇频率：

NOUN. 名词

branches
1. [C 可数名词] 树枝
The branches of a tree are the parts that grow out from its trunk and have leaves, flowers, or fruit growing on them.
双语例句
例：
the upper branches of a row of pines.
一排松树的上部枝条。
2. [C 可数名词] （企业或机构的）分支
A branch of a business or other organization is one of the offices, shops, or groups which belong to it and which are located in different places.
双语例句
例：
The local branch of Bank of America is handling the accounts.
美国银行的本地分行正在处理这些账目。
3. [C 可数名词] 分支部门
A branch of an organization such as the government or the police force is a department that has a particular function.
双语例句
例：
Senate employees could take their employment grievances to another branch of government.
参议院的雇员可以将他们对工作的不满向另一政府分支部门申诉。
例：
He had a fascination for submarines and joined this branch of the service.
他迷恋潜艇并加入了海军的这个分支。
4. [C 可数名词] （学科的）分科
A branch of a subject is a part or type of it.
双语例句
例：
Whole branches of science may not receive any grants.
很多整个科学分科可能都得不到拨款。
5. [C 可数名词] （家族的）支系
A branch of your family is a group of its members who are descended from one particular person.
双语例句
例：
This is one of the branches of the Roosevelt family.
这是罗斯福家族的一个支系。

PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词

branches , branching , branched
branch off
1. [PHRASAL 短语] 岔开
A road or path that branches off from another one starts from it and goes in a slightly different direction. If you branch off somewhere, you change the direction in which you are going.
双语例句
例：
After a few miles, a small road branched off to the right.
过了几英里后,一条小路向右岔开了。
branch out
1. [PHRASAL 短语] 朝新的方向拓展
If a person or an organization branches out, they do something that is different from their normal activities or work.
双语例句
例：
I continued studying moths, and branched out to other insects.
我继续研究飞蛾,同时也开始研究其它昆虫。