一、詳細釋義：


n.

樹枝 [C]


例句：

The big ape swung itself from branch to branch.

那只大猿猴在樹枝間蕩來蕩去。


例句：

The branch snapped under all the snow.

樹枝在雪的重壓下折斷了。


支流，支脈 [C]


例句：

The small river is a branch of the Huai River.

這條小河是淮河的一條支流。


例句：

During irrigation period, the backflow from the farmland pollutes the branch.

每當農(nóng)業(yè)灌溉之時，支流都因倒流而嚴重污染。


部門，機構(gòu)


例句：

He had a fascination for submarines and joined this branch of the service.

他對潛艇非常著迷，因此加入了潛艇部隊。


例句：

Senate employees could take their employment grievances to another branch of government.

參議院的雇員可以向別的政府部門申訴工作問題。


分部，分店 [C]


例句：

Characters printed in magnetic ink on cheques identify the bank and branch where the account is kept.

從支票上用磁性墨水書字的字符，能辨認出開戶行和分行。


例句：

The head of the branch bank embezzled ten thousand dollars from the bank where he worked.

銀行分行行長在他工作的銀行里貪污了一萬美元。


分支，分科 [C]


例句：

The normative sub-branch of microeconomics is known as welfare economics.

微觀經(jīng)濟學的規(guī)范的分支學科被稱為福利經(jīng)濟學。


例句：

The branch of the Finno-Ugric subfamily of languages that includes Hungarian.

烏戈爾語包括匈牙利語的芬蘭－烏戈爾亞語系的分支。


支系，旁系


例句：

This is one of the branches of the Roosevelt family.

這是羅斯福家族的一個支系。


v.

出枝 [I,T]


例句：

The tree branches forth in spring.

春天樹木抽出新枝。


例句：

Those trees branch at heights of ten feet.

那些樹在10英尺高處分枝。


分支，分叉 [I,T]


例句：

Follow the main road until it branches, and then turn to the right.

沿大路一直走到岔口，然后向右拐。


例句：

The road branches at the bottom of the hill.

那條路在山腳下分叉。


擴張，擴大 [I,T]


例句：

The bank has plan to branch throughout the country.

這家銀行有向全國擴充業(yè)務(wù)的計劃。


例句：

From car retail the company branch out into car leasing.

公司的業(yè)務(wù)從汽車零售擴大到汽車出租。


二、詞義辨析：


branch,limb,bough,shoot

這些名詞均含有“枝”之意。 branch普通用詞，泛指樹木比bough小一些的大枝或小枝，也可用于引申意義。 limb多指主枝或大枝。 bough指主枝或粗大強壯的枝。 shoot指植物或灌木剛長出的新枝、嫩枝或嫩芽。


三、相關(guān)短語：


branch out

v. 1.擴大活動范圍


olive branch

橄欖枝,和平的象征


branch line

斷叉線，分支線，支線


special branch

特別兵種


branch of knowledge

學科


branch water

小溪流的水


executive branch

【法】 行政部門


judicial branch

【法】 司法部門


tree branch

【計】 樹枝, 樹叉


四、參考例句：


An olive branch represents peace.

橄欖枝代表和平。


What does the judicial branch do?

司法部門做什么事？


A branch whipped her across the cheek.

一根樹枝抽打到了她的臉頰。


The acoustics is a branch of physical.

聲學是物理學的一個分支。


Logistics is a branch of military science.

后勤是軍事科學的一個分支。


Ethics is a branch of philosophy.

倫理學是哲學的分科。


Ethics?is a branch of philosophy.

倫理學是哲學的分科。


The olive branch stands for peace.

橄欖枝象征著和平。


The branch bent but did not break.

那樹枝彎曲,但沒有折斷。


The branch went completely dry this summer.

這條支流今年夏天完全干涸了。