- [uncountable, countable]
the act or occasion of leaving a person or place 离别；分手；分别 She was already dreading the moment of parting. 她已经在害怕离别时刻的到来。 We had a tearful parting at the airport. 我们在机场洒泪而别。
Extra ExamplesIt was an amicable parting and we greatly value the years we spent together. 这是一次友好的分手，我们十分珍惜共同度过的几年时光。 The divorce was a bitter parting that cost him financially as well as emotionally. 离婚是苦涩的离别，他不但花费了金钱，也耗费了情感。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- final
- amicable
- bitter
- …
- the moment of parting
- a/the parting of the ways
- (British English) (North American English part)[countable]
a line on a person’s head where the hair is divided with a comb （头发的）分缝，发缝， 分线 
a side/centre parting 偏分；中分
- [uncountable, countable]
the act or result of dividing something into parts 分开；分离；散开 the parting of the clouds 云破天开 The boat made a parting through the duckweed. 船在浮萍中分开了。
Idioms
a/the parting of the ways
a point at which two people or groups of people decide to separate 岔路口；分道扬镳处；分手处 These events led to a final parting of the ways. 这些事件导致了最后的分道扬镳。