not complete or whole 部分的；不完全的 Extra ExamplesHis efforts met with only partial success. 他的努力只获得了部份成功。 Our success was only partial. 我们只取得了部分成功。 They received partial compensation of £5 000. 他们得到了5 000英镑的部分补偿。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- remain
- only
- somewhat
- necessarily
- …
- [not before noun] partial to somebody/something (old-fashioned)
liking somebody/something very much 热爱；钟爱 Extra ExamplesTopics Preferences and decisionsc2He's very partial to ice cream. 他对冰激凌很是偏爱。 I'm especially partial to Latin American music. 我特别偏爱拉丁美洲音乐。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- become
- very
- especially
- somewhat
- …
- to
- [not usually before noun] partial (towards somebody/something) (disapproving)
showing or feeling too much support for one person, team, idea, etc., in a way that is unfair 偏颇；偏袒 The resulting assessment is necessarily partial and subjective. 评估结果难免会有偏颇和带有主观性。
Word Originlate Middle English (in sense (3)): from Old French parcial (sense (3)), French partiel (sense (1)), from late Latin partialis, from pars, part- ‘part’.