portion第三人称单数

1. [C]一部分; 一份 part or share into which sth is divided

1.部分
Aportion of something is a part of it.

e.g. Damage was confined to a smallportion of the castle...
城堡仅有一小部分受损。
e.g. I have spent a fairly considerableportion of my life here...
我生命中相当长的一段时光是在这里度过的。

2.（饭菜的）一份，一客
Aportion is the amount of food that is given to one person at a meal.

e.g. Desserts can be substituted by aportion of fresh fruit...
餐后甜点可以用一份新鲜水果代替。
e.g. The portions were generous.
每份饭菜分量都很足。

• break〔carve, divide〕 sth into portions把某物分成几部分

• damaged portion破损的部分
• good〔great, large, substantial〕 portion大部分
• equal portion等份

• A portion of chips will increase the fat and calorie content.

  出自：Which?

• I peel and portion A tangerine.

  出自：L. MacNeice

• Laura's mother portioned out the amounts.

  出自：S. Orbach

• ☆ 1300年左右进入英语，直接源自古法语的porcion；最初源自拉丁语的portionem，意为一部分，份额。