branch
- n.树枝;分支;分行;分支机构;（学科及语言的）分支;分部;分店;支流;政府部门;家族分支
- vi.分开;分岔
复数： branches 过去式： branched 现在分词： branching 过去分词： branched 第三人称单数： branches
branchnoun
树 of tree
树枝
a part of a tree that grows out from the main stem and on which leaves, flowers and fruit grow
公司 of company
分支；分部；分行；分店
a local office or shop/store belonging to a large company or organization
The bank has branches all over the country.
那家银行在全国各地设有分行。
Our New York branch is dealing with the matter.
我们的纽约分部正在处理这件事。
政府 of government
政府部门；分支机构
a part of a government or other large organization that deals with one particular aspect of its work
the anti-terrorist branch
反恐部门
知识 of knowledge
（学科及语言的）分支
a division of an area of knowledge or a group of languages
the branch of computer science known as ‘artificial intelligence’
计算机科学中的所谓“人工智能”分科
河；路 of river/road
支流；支路；支线
a smaller or less important part of a river, road, railway/railroad, etc. that leads away from the main part
a branch of the Rhine
莱茵河的支流
a branch line (= a small line off a main railway line, often in country areas)
铁路支线
家庭 of family
家族分支
a group of members of a family who all have the same ancestors
My uncle's branch of the family emigrated to Canada.
我们家族中我叔父的这一支移居到了加拿大。
thoroughly and completely
政府着手完全彻底地摧毁这个组织。
The government set out to destroy the organization root and branch.
root-and-branch reforms
全面彻底的改革
branch
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N-COUNT 树枝
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N-COUNT （企业或组织的）分支机构，分部，分店
A branch of a business or other organization is one of the offices, shops, or groups which belong to it and which are located in different places.The local branch of Bank of America is handling the accounts...
美国银行在当地的分行正在处理这些账目。
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N-COUNT (政府或公安机关等的）部门，机构
A branch of an organization such as the government or the police force is a department that has a particular function.Senate employees could take their employment grievances to another branch of government...
参议院的雇员可以向别的政府部门申诉工作问题。
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N-COUNT （某学科的）分支，分科
A branch of a subject is a part or type of it.Whole branches of science may not receive any grants.
各自然科学学科可能都得不到任何拨款。
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N-COUNT （家族的）分支，支系，旁系
A branch of your family is a group of its members who are descended from one particular person.This is one of the branches of the Roosevelt family.
这是罗斯福家族的一个支系。
noun
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- any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm
- the arm of the record player
- an arm of the sea
- a branch of the sewer
- Synonym: arm limb
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- a division of some larger or more complex organization
- a branch of Congress
- botany is a branch of biology
- the Germanic branch of Indo-European languages
- Synonym: subdivision arm
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- a stream or river connected to a larger one
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- a natural consequence of development
- Synonym: outgrowth offshoot offset
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- a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant
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- a part of a forked or branching shape
- he broke off one of the branches
- Synonym: leg ramification
verb
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- divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
- The road forks
- Synonym: ramify fork furcate separate
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- grow and send out branches or branch-like structures
- these plants ramify early and get to be very large
- Synonym: ramify
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I don 't think that branch will hold your weight .
我觉得那根树枝撑不住你的重量。
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I just hoped the branch would take my weight .
我只是希望树枝经得住我的体重。
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Our New York branch is dealing with the matter .
我们的纽约分部正在处理这件事。
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The government set out to destroy the organization root and branch .
政府着手完全彻底地摧毁这个组织。
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They cut away all the dead branches from the tree .
他们把这棵树上的枯枝全都砍掉了。
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Deposits can be made at any branch .
在任何一家分行都可以存钱。
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The storm split a branch off from the main trunk .
暴风雨把一根树枝从树干上刮了下来。
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The branch she was standing on must have snapped off .
她当时踩的树枝一定是突然折断了。
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Our other branch is just a few doors down the road .
我们的另一家分店沿路过几个门面就到。
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I decided to branch out on my own .
我决定自己开业。
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The company has its base in New York , and branch offices all over the world .
公司总部设在纽约，分支遍及全世界。
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The accident happened where the road branches .
事故发生在岔道处。
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Looking forward , we hope to expand our operations in several of our overseas branches .
展望未来，我们希望拓展其中几家海外分公司的业务。
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Management is holding out an olive branch to the strikers .
资方向罢工者伸出了橄榄枝。
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The company branched out into selling insurance .
该公司开展了保险销售业务。
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A branch whipped across the car window .
一条树枝突然划过车窗。
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My uncle 's branch of the family emigrated to Canada .
我们家族中我叔父的这一支移居到了加拿大。
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She grabbed at the branch , missed and fell .
她抓树枝，可没抓着，就跌倒了。
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The tree fell slowly , its branches caught in those of its neighbours .
这棵树慢慢地倒下，枝杈和旁边的树交错在一起了。
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They constructed a shelter out of fallen branches .
他们用败落下的枯树枝搭了个窝棚。
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He chopped a branch off the tree .
他从那棵树上砍下一根树枝。
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We sawed the dead branches off the tree .
我们锯掉了树上的枯枝。
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The branches were swaying in the wind .
树枝在风中摇曳。
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He felt himself slipping and clutched at a branch .
他感到自己滑了一下，便一把抓住一根树枝。
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A slight breeze was stirring the branches .
微风吹动着树枝。
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Branches were tossing in the wind .
树枝随风摇曳。
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I hacked the dead branches off .
我把枯树枝砍掉了。
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This voucher can be redeemed at any of our branches .
这抵用券在我们的任一分支机构都可以使用。
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I could see the branches of the trees moving back and forth
我能看到树枝来回摇摆。
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The local branch of Bank of America is handling the accounts
美国银行在当地的分行正在处理这些账目。
通常指树的枝条，常用于引申意义，表示组织、学科、河流、道路等的分支。
branches of a river/party/tree
河的支流/党的支部/树的分枝
The bank has branches all over the country.
该银行在全国各地都有分行。
指大的树枝或人、动物的肢体。
four limbs of a person
人的四肢
A limb was sawed off from a tree.
树上的一根大枝条被锯了下来。
尤指叉子等的尖头；也指攻击、论点等的某一方面。
a prong of the garden fork
园艺叉子的一个齿尖
a two-prong attack
两面夹击
the third prong of the strategy
该策略的第三部分
- 短语动词
- 习语