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a part of a tree that grows out from the main stem and on which leaves, flowers and fruit grow 樹枝 She climbed the tree and hid in the branches. 她爬上樹,藏在樹枝裏。 the bare branches of a tree in winter 冬天光秃秃的樹枝
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- top
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a local office or shop belonging to a large company or organization 分支;分部;分行;分店 The bank has branches all over the country. 那家銀行在全國各地設有分行。 Our New York branch is dealing with the matter. 我們的紐約分部正在處理這件事。 The store is opening more local branches. 這家商店在當地增開分店。 He has been named assistant branch manager at a new branch of the bank. 他被任命爲銀行新分行的分行副經理。 the Post Office announced plans to close another branch. 郵局宣布計劃關閉另一個分支機構。
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a part of a government or other large organization that deals with one particular aspect of its work synonym department政府部門;分支機構 Scotland Yard's anti-terrorist branch swung into action. 蘇格蘭場的反恐部門立即行動起來。 The idea was so popular, other branches of government copied it. 這個想法非常受歡迎,政府的其他部門也紛紛效仿。 She was national branch secretary of the union. 她是工會的全國支部書記。
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a division of an area of knowledge or a group of languages (學科及語言的)分支 the branch of computer science known as ‘artificial intelligence’ 計算機科學中的所謂 “人工智能” 分科
Extra ExamplesQuantum analysis is a branch of statistics. 量子分析是統計學的一個分支。 The aim is to bring together researchers from different branches of geography. 目的在於將地理學科不同分支的研究人員聚集到一起。
a smaller or less important part of a river, road, railway, etc. that leads away from the main part 支流;支路;支線 a branch of the Rhine 萊茵河的支流 a branch line (= a small line off a main railway line, often in country areas) 鐵路支線
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a group of members of a family who all have the same ancestors Topics Family and relationshipsc1家族分支
of tree樹
of company公司
of government政府
of knowledge知識
of river/road河;路
of family家庭
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French branche, from late Latin branca ‘paw’.