来自part,分开，部分，-ition,名词后缀。引申词义隔断，隔墙。

1. He moved carefully over what remained of partition walls.

他小心翼翼地跨过残余的隔墙。

2. the partition of Germany after the war

战后对德国的分割

3. There is a plywood partition between the two rooms.

两个房子中间有一个夹板墙.

4. She tapped on the glass partition and the car stopped.

她轻轻敲击玻璃隔板,汽车便停了下来.

5. Britain was accused of trying to partition the country "because of historic enmity"

英国被指“出于历史仇恨”企图分裂该国。