n.

1. 切下的部分，片，塊[C]
   Mother cut the cake into six equal sections.

   母親把蛋糕切成相等的六塊。

2. （事物的）部分[C]
   He occupied the other section of Martin's house.

   他佔用了馬丁房子的另一部分。

3. （文章等的）節；（條文等的）款，項[C]
   This chapter has four sections.

   這一章有四節。

4. 地區，區域，地段[C]
   The mayor inspected the residential section of the city.

   市長視察了該市的住宅區。

5. 階層，界[C]
   The government's new economic policy gained acclaim from various sections of society.

   政府的新經濟政策受到社會各階層的擁護。

6. 部門；處；科；股；組[C]
7. 【軍】分隊，小隊[C]
8. 斷面圖，剖面[C]
9. 切開；切斷[U]
10. 【生】（指分類單位）派；（果子的）瓣[C]

vt.

1. 把……分成段（或組等）
   The teacher sectioned the class for dialogues.

   老師把班級分組進行對話練習。

2. 將……切片

vi.

1. 被切割成片（或段）

n.

1. any of the more or less distinct parts into which something is or may be divided or from which it is made up.
   ▸N. Amer. a measure of land, equal to one square mile.
   ▸chiefly N. Amer. a particular district of a town.
   ▸NZ a building plot.
2. a distinct group within a larger body of people or things.
   ▸a subdivision of an army platoon.
   ▸Biology  a secondary taxonomic category, especially a subgenus.
3. the cutting of a solid by or along a plane.
   ▸the shape resulting from cutting a solid along a plane.
   ▸a representation of the internal structure of something as if it has been cut through.
4. Surgery  a separation by cutting.
5. Biology  a thin slice of plant or animal tissue prepared for microscopic examination.

v.

1. divide into sections.
2. Surgery  divide by cutting.
3. Brit. commit (someone) compulsorily to a psychiatric hospital in accordance with a section of a mental health act.