portion的读音

1. something determined in relation to something that includes it;

   "he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself"
   "I read a portion of the manuscript"
   "the smaller component is hard to reach"
   "the animal constituent of plankton"
   

2. something less than the whole of a human artifact;

   "the rear part of the house"
   "glue the two parts together"
   

3. the allotment of some amount by dividing something;

   "death gets more than its share of attention from theologians"
   

4. assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group;

   "he wanted his share in cash"
   

5. your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you);

   "whatever my fortune may be"
   "deserved a better fate"
   "has a happy lot"
   "the luck of the Irish"
   "a victim of circumstances"
   "success that was her portion"
   

6. money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage
7. an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal;

   "the helpings were all small"
   "his portion was larger than hers"
   "there's enough for two servings each"
   

1. give out;

   "We were assigned new uniforms"
   

1.部分
Aportion of something is a part of it.

e.g. Damage was confined to a smallportion of the castle...
城堡仅有一小部分受损。
e.g. I have spent a fairly considerableportion of my life here...
我生命中相当长的一段时光是在这里度过的。

2.（饭菜的）一份，一客
Aportion is the amount of food that is given to one person at a meal.

e.g. Desserts can be substituted by aportion of fresh fruit...
餐后甜点可以用一份新鲜水果代替。
e.g. The portions were generous.
每份饭菜分量都很足。

1. Three thousand dollars is no more than a portion.3000
   美元只不过是一部分。
2. You are paid your portion not later than a week.
   不会晚于一周你就可以得到你那一部分报酬。

• A portion of chips will increase the fat and calorie content.

  出自：Which?

• I peel and portion A tangerine.

  出自：L. MacNeice

• Laura's mother portioned out the amounts.

  出自：S. Orbach

portion, part, section

这三个词的共同意思是“部分”, part可替换portion和section。其区别是：

1.part指任何整体中的一部分,是最常用的词; portion指各人分得的一部分; section指对整体分割、区分或归类后而形成的部分。

2.portion强调一份的量; section常暗指各部分之间有明显的界限。

3.portion多用于抽象事物; section多用于具体事物; part则既可用于抽象事物,也可用于具体事物。例如:

He only gave away a small part of his fortune.他只捐赠了小部分家产。

He was hungry and ordered two portions of fish.他很饿,叫了两份鱼。

The town has three sections.这个城市有三个区域。

All the machine parts are replaceable.所有的机器部件都可以更换。

part，piece，section，division，portion，fraction，fragment，segment，share

这些名词均可表示“整体的一部分”之意。

part含义广，最普通用词，常指整体中可大可小的一部分，也可指整体中可分开的部分。

piece指整体中的一些个体，尤指从某个整体上分出来的一部分。

section指整体中的分区，部分与部分之间有显著界限。

division通常指按类划分或分割成的部分，常含抽象意义。

portion侧重从整体中所分配到的那一部分，含一定的意义。

fraction指包含在全体中的一部分，暗示微不足道的一部分。

fragment指因破裂、分割等产生的支离破碎、不规则的一部分。

segment指某物的特定部分或自然形成的部分，也指线形物品的一段。

share指共有的东西中应占有的一部分。