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partial

adjective
 OPAL W
🔊/ˈpɑːʃl/
🔊/ˈpɑːrʃl/
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  1.  
    not complete or whole部分的；不完全的
    • It was only a partial solution to the problem.那只是部分地解决了这个问题。🔊🔊
    • a partial eclipse of the sun日偏食
    Extra Examples
    • His 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.他们获得了5000英镑的部分赔偿。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • remain
    adverb
    • only
    • somewhat
    • necessarily
    • …
    See full entry
  2. [not before noun] partial to somebody/something (old-fashioned) liking somebody/something very much热爱；钟爱
    • I'm not partial to mushrooms.我不太爱吃蘑菇。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • He's very partial to ice cream.他对冰激凌很是偏爱。
    • I'm especially partial to Latin American music.我特别喜欢拉丁美洲音乐。
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • become
    adverb
    • very
    • especially
    • somewhat
    • …
    preposition
    • to
    See full entry
  3. [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。
    synonym biased opposite impartial
    4. 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’.