| 释义 |
🔑branchbranch1 /bræntʃ / noun [countable] - one of the main parts of a tree that grows out of the thick central part (the trunk)树枝；枝丫◆I climbed the tree and sat on a branch.我爬上树，坐在树枝上。
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business商业) a local office or store that is part of a larger organization分支；分店；分部◆The company I work for has branches in Paris, Milan, and New York.我任职的公司在巴黎、米兰和纽约设有分公司。◆the bank's downtown branch这家银行的市中心支行
- a part of a government or other large organization that deals with one particular aspect of its work政府部门；分支机构◆the judicial branch司法部门 SYN department
- a division of an area of knowledge or a group of languages（学科或语言的）分支◆Psychiatry is a branch of medicine.精神病学是医学的一个分科。
- a smaller or less important part of a river, road, railroad, etc. that leads away from the main part支流；支路；支线◆a branch of the Ohio River俄亥俄河的支流
branchbranch2 /bræntʃ / verb  ●branch off(used about a road) to leave a larger road and go off in another direction（道路）分岔◆The road branches off to the left ahead.这条路在前面向左分出一条岔道。●branch out (into sth)to start doing something new and different from the things you usually do涉足（新领域）；拓展（新业务）◆He started as a poet but branched out into songwriting.他一开始是个诗人，后来又拓展到创作歌曲。 |
