英 [ˈsekʃənl] 美 [ˈsekʃənl]
adj. 部分的；小团体的；剖面的；可拆卸组装的；某群体的，某阶层的
n. （可分开用作椅子的）组合式沙发
sectional /ˈsɛkʃənəl/
形容词 Sectional interests are those of a particular group within a community or country. (社会或国家中)某群体的
Voters elected him to represent them, rather than narrow sectional interests.
选民们选举他来代表大众的利益，而不是狭隘的群体利益。
a piece of furniture made up of sections that can be arranged individually or together
relating to or based upon a section (i.e. as if cut through by an intersecting plane)
a sectional view ; sectional drawings
related or limited to a distinct region or subdivision of of a territory or community or group of people
sectional tensions arose over slavery
分区的
... circumjacent 周边的 sectional 各部分组成的... local 地方性的 ...
... sect n. 派系 sectional adj. 部门的，部分的 secular adj. 世俗的，尘世的 ...
section 被切割成片；被分成部分
section 把…分段；将…切片；对…进行划分
sectionalize 使具有地方性；划分
部分的，节的；可组合的
part / fractional / segmental
Voters elected him to represent them, rather than narrow sectional interests.
选民们选举他来代表大众的利益，而不是狭隘的群体利益。
Perhaps the opposed parties will lay aside their sectional interests and rise to this challenge.
反对党或许会放弃他们的局部利益，站起来面对这一挑战。
Sectional conflict—which also existed between North and South—deserves further investigation.
研究存在于南北之间的地区冲突值得进一步研究。
The piston has a cross-sectional area, a, and the force pressure is force per volume area.
我们以活塞系统为例，来说明膨胀功。
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It's a more powerful method than something called a cross-sectional study, and I'll come back in a later lecture and talk about these in more detail, but a cross-sectional study means you're taking a snapshot of a population of people at one time.
这种方法比所谓的横断面研究更加有效,我将在以后的课中,再仔细讨论这个问题,但横断面研究是指,你一次记录下一群人的状况
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Well, a cross-sectional study would mean that you'd get a random group of the population and measure them in 1970 and then take another random group five years later and measure them, but it wouldn't be the same people necessarily, it would be different groups of people.
那么,横断面研究就是,1970年你在人群中随意选择一组人,并记录下相关数据,然后,五年后再随意选择一组人记录数据,但这不需要是同一组人,通常是不同的人
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So movers brought in the Copelands' sectional sofa, armchair and library table through an oversize window.
Now, the model has white leather sectional sofas, sandstone tile floors and other contemporary furnishings.
For the first time since 2009, the Indians have a good shot at winning the sectional.
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