partner

英 ['pɑ?tn?] 美['pɑrtn?]

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復數:?partners;第三人稱單數:?partners;過去式:?partnered;過去分詞:?partnered;現在分詞:?partnering;

partner?[?pɑ:tn?]?拍檔——拍檔

partner 伙伴，伴侶

來自part,部分，-er,人。即成為其中的一部分，引申詞義伙伴，伴侶。

partner: partner: [14] Partner is related to part – but not quite so directly as might appear. When it first entered the language it was in the form parcener [13], which remains in existence as a legal term meaning ‘joint heir’. This came via Anglo- Norman parcener ‘partner’ from Vulgar Latin *partiōnārius, a derivative of Latin partītiō ‘partition’ (source of English partition [15]). This in turn was based on the verb partīrī ‘divide up’, a derivative of pars ‘part’. The change from parcener to partner began in the 14th century, prompted by the similarity to part.
=> part, partition
partner (n.): c. 1300, altered from parcener (late 13c.), from Old French par?onier "partner, associate; joint owner, joint heir," from par?on "partition, division. portion, share, lot," from Latin partitionem (nominative partitio) "a sharing, partition, division, distribution" (see partition (n.)). Form in English influenced by part (n.). The word also may represent Old French part tenour "part holder."
partner (v.): 1610s, transitive, "to make a partner," from partner (n.). Intransitive sense from 1961. Related: Partnered; partnering.

2. Hampton had been given the bills for safekeeping by a business partner.: 一個生意伙伴曾將賬單交給漢普頓代為保管。

3. He had all the qualities I was looking for in a partner.: 他具有我要找的伴侶應該具備的所有品質。

4. He worked as a dancing partner for unescorted ladies at Manhattan cabarets.: 他的工作是在曼哈頓的夜總會陪沒有舞伴的女士跳舞。