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Definition of chapter in English: chapternoun ˈtʃaptəˈtʃæptər 1A main division of a book, typically with a number or title. (书的)章;回 we will deal with this in chapter eleven Example sentencesExamples - If the story evolves into a book, the chapters will have titles.
- The three main chapters of the book were first given in 2000 as part of a Columbia University lecture series on American culture.
- If you're pressed for time, read the short first chapter.
- The book consists of eleven chapters by a variety of authors.
- The last chapter of the book, titled ‘Personal Morality,’ is brief but important.
- The final six chapters deal with more technical issues.
- The book's eleven chapters are divided into three thematic parts.
- The chapter reads more like a stand alone essay than a chapter in a book.
- Indeed, an entire chapter in the book was titled The Theory of Evolution.
- I found it in amongst the pages of the manuscript, between two chapters like a book mark.
- By way of an epilogue, the last chapter of the book discusses recent innovations in music.
- In his hunger to possess books he admired, one friend copied down, sentence by sentence into a notebook, entire chapters from a favourite book.
- Vernon assigned some very easy homework from the first chapter of our text book, and then we were dismissed.
- Remember all those articles, journals, chapters, and books you meant to read about knowledge management?
- Although this is a worthy project, one is immediately challenged by the tenor of the writing and even the titles of key chapters in the book.
- Three chapters of this book directly address diversity, defined here as more than just race; diversity means individuality.
- Presented in a series of chapters that read like independent articles, rather than unified chapters, the book can feel disjointed at times.
- Rather than building up the connection behind the idea in the title, the ten chapters in this book dwell with secondary hypotheses whose arguments are haphazardly repeated.
- The book contains 11 chapters, plus a prologue and epilogue, and an extensive suggested reading list.
- She instructed us to read the first five chapters in our text book and answer all accompanying problems.
Synonyms section, division, part, portion, segment, component, bit instalment - 1.1 An Act of Parliament numbered as part of a session's proceedings.
议会法案 Example sentencesExamples - The standard method of referencing an Act of Parliament is by its short title, which includes the year followed by the chapter number in brackets.
- Each volume contains the acts of the year arranged by chapter number.
- 1.2 A section of a treaty.
(条约的)章 a majority voted for the inclusion of the social chapter in the treaty Example sentencesExamples - The special minority chapters in these peace treaties contained what became known as the guarantee clause.
- On Europe, he promised a referendum on the EU Constitution before next October and to pull out of the EU common fisheries policy and the social chapter.
- Labour is a trade union party so it was taken for granted it would fully implement the social chapter of the Maastricht Treaty.
- The social chapter of the Maastricht treaty deserved support on its own merits.
- At Maastricht we won the opt-out which kept the pound and the opt-out from the social chapter, which labour threw away.
Synonyms section, division, part, portion, segment, component, bit
2A distinctive period in history or in a person's life. (历史上或个人生活中的)特定时期 the people are about to begin a new chapter in their history 人民将翻开自己历史上新的篇章。 Example sentencesExamples - Last year marked a new chapter in the history of information security.
- ‘This helps us fill in the missing chapters of Chippenham's history,’ he said.
- The English rushed down from the ridge, losing their position and discipline. The Normans slaughtered them and so began one of the darkest chapters in English history.
- The loss of these collections will close a chapter in the book of human enquiry forever.
- They might be able to consign the civil war to a tragic chapter of history.
- The years spent in Missouri were one of the bitterest chapters in Mormon history.
- He decided to focus his energy more specifically within the black community during the final chapter of his life.
- This has the earmarks of the sort of backroom politicking that has marked some of the darkest chapters in American history.
- Now a chapter of history is closing and for very many children, teachers and other staff, memories come flooding back, some happy and some, of course, not so happy.
- A dawn flag-lowering ceremony, as the sun broke through on Tuesday morning, formally brought a chapter in Irish military history to a close.
- They were truly ahead of their time, and one of the saddest chapters in wrestling history was the day they closed their doors forever.
- My taxi driver shouted these stories over his shoulder as if they were history, sad chapters from Peru's violent past.
- It was a nightmarish experience that still haunts us, a hideous chapter in our history that refuses to be forgotten.
- As such, this marks the beginning of a new chapter in the history of the school and signals a significant increase in the resources and staffing for physical education and sport.
- The story of native residential schools is an ignoble chapter in Canadian history.
- The United States saw the conflict as a chapter of the Cold War.
- One of the saddest chapters in the history of industrial Rochdale has taken place with the assets of an engineering company going under the auctioneer's hammer.
- What begins as a personal odyssey becomes a fascinating exploration of one of the darkest chapters in the history of modern Ireland.
- The story of Mexican lynching is not a footnote in history but rather a critical chapter in the history of Anglo western expansion and conquest.
- "It's another grubby chapter in a rather sinister saga, " added Ms Doyle.
- There is a desire to close what was a dark chapter in history.
Synonyms period, time, phase, page, stage, episode, epoch, era - 2.1 A series or sequence.
一系列;一连串 the latest episode in a chapter of problems 一系列问题中最新的一个。 Example sentencesExamples - ‘Its been a chapter of adventures,’ he said.
- It is the latest in a chapter of accidents since the defending champions arrived in France over a month ago.
- Yesterday brought us a chapter of disasters.
3The governing body of a religious community or knightly order. 宗教团体(尤指大教堂)理事会;骑士团领导 land granted by the Dean and Chapter of St Paul's Cathedral Example sentencesExamples - One of the more controversial parts of the new church order is the decision to give Parish Councils, not the cathedral chapters, the power to hire clergy.
- Banning admission fees would mean introducing legislation to prohibit charging by independent deans and chapters of cathedrals.
- In 1176 Pope Alexander III resolved the dispute by declaring the cities to be joint-sees and ordering the chapters to hold elections together.
- Most northern chapters of the chivalric orders had salles like this one, and the weather raging outside the thick walls reminded Charrow of why that was.
- In 1304 he was present at the general chapter of the Dominican order held at Toulouse.
Synonyms governing body, council, assembly, convocation, convention, synod, consistory 4North American A local branch of a society. 〈主北美〉(社团的)分部 a leaflet was issued by the local chapter of the American Cancer Society Example sentencesExamples - Social clubs, association chapters and labor unions have been in decline for decades.
- My mother covered him with blankets, and a neighbor phoned the local chapter of the Humane Society for help.
- Their primary purpose was to network and enhance communications between state chapters.
- On occasion, the Association has suffered discredit because of the actions or communications of chapters and conferences.
- The following are some tips from that seminar which may help your student chapter better use their local associations.
- This also is the perfect time of year to recruit new members for your local association or collegiate chapter.
- Encourage students to form their own departmental organizations, like a physics club or a chapter of the Society of Physics Students.
- This year he's president of the local chapter, which has about 200 members.
- If you live in a big city, you really ought to look into organizing a chapter of your own local bloggers.
- Local youth and college chapters plan to go back into their communities and hold additional town hall meetings on Social Security.
- Many of our California Delegates represent our local chapters, and work with the state association to give us a greater presence in these elections.
- The first relationship state coordinators develop is with the chairs of the chapters ' legislative committees in their states.
- Talk with someone from your local chapter of the American Cancer Society or a similar organization.
- This might be a good time to call your local chapter with a donation or even an offer to volunteer.
- He serves as president of the local chapter of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, and he is a licensed commercial pilot.
- For every kilometer I walked, I raised money for our local chapter of the American Diabetes Society.
- Local chapters of these organizations appeared throughout the country and even penetrated deeply into many rural areas.
- The headquarters staff also will handle fund-raising mass mailings, with chapters handling more targeted local mailings.
- Start by deciding how to tell the community about your chapter's activities.
- Organizations devoted to helping people deal with this problem have about 6,000 local chapters altogether.
Synonyms branch, division, subdivision, section, department, bureau, agency, lodge, wing, arm, offshoot, subsidiary, satellite - 4.1 A local group of Hell's Angels.
地狱天使会(摩托车飙车族)的地方小组 Example sentencesExamples - There are now nearly 600 Hell's Angels in 34 chapters across the country.
- He plays about 250 shows a year for audiences that run the gamut from Bible societies to Hell's Angels chapters.
- She was also the president of a female chapter of the Hell's Angels bikers club.
- He is wanted for murder - in this Arizona chapter of the Hell's Angels.
- Raised by his grandmother, he befriended the Aarhus chapter of the Hell's Angels motorbike gang, is smothered in tattoos and has his nipples pierced.
PhrasesAn exact reference or authority. 确切出处;精确典据 she can give chapter and verse on current legislation 她能给出当前立法的精确典据。 Example sentencesExamples - The two men I shared the dorm with gave me chapter and verse on the corrupt government and foreign exploitation of their resources.
- Ask a Scotsman, Irishman or Welshman about their patron saint and the odds are they will give you chapter and verse - along with an exaggerated story about what they did on the last St Andrew's, St Patrick's or St David's Day.
- If anyone thinks I made that last one up, I'd be happy to cite chapter and verse.
- Regardless of the number of individuals who can cite chapter and verse from the Constitution, most understand that it is a document designed to protect the citizen from an overreaching government.
- In fact, all of the most controversial scenes and lines of dialogue stem directly from the Gospels, chapter and verse.
- Plenty of tourists or visitors will not know the exact titles of the attractions they are looking for, and why should they know chapter and verse?
- He goes through, chapter and verse, of how he has been treated by lawyers and by investigators, objecting to the public nature of things that have been said about him.
- He gave me chapter and verse on the dramatic arrest, showed me where the phone was to file my story and, a couple of days later, ‘arranged’ for my photographer colleague to get all the pictures he wanted of the villains.
- She states her thesis early on, and proceeds to document it with chapter and verse, in a dense, brilliant, eloquent argument.
- Crossing the Line is a real eye opener, with the author providing chapter and verse on the personalities in the sport, both human and equine, and the way trainers, jockeys and owners can and do bend the rules.
A series of unfortunate events. 接踵而来的灾祸 the whole affair has been a chapter of accidents from start to finish Example sentencesExamples - This is not a case of a chapter of accidents or a comedy of errors.
- Scorched, soaked and scavenged, Robinson's paintings are a testimony to modern life as a chapter of accidents, where menace mingles with grief, and aggression with abjection.
- The whole scheme is a chapter of accidents waiting to happen.
- In what was described as a chapter of accidents, firemen had to break office windows to gain access to three Land Rovers at the terminal.
- ‘The life of each of us is a chapter of accidents,’ Gray claims, and we are no less predisposed to genocide than we are to art, medicine or prayer.
Synonyms series, sequence, succession, string, chain, progression, set, course, cycle
OriginMiddle English: from Old French chapitre, from Latin capitulum, diminutive of caput 'head'. Latin capitulum literally meant ‘little head’ from caput, but could also be used to mean, among other things, ‘a heading, a section of writing, a division of a book’. This is the origin of our word chapter, though the immediate source was Old French chapitre. If you want chapter and verse for a statement or piece of information, you want to be given an exact reference or authority for it. The phrase originally referred to the numbering of passages in the Bible. See also capital
Definition of chapter in US English: chapternounˈtʃæptərˈCHaptər 1A main division of a book, typically with a number or title. (书的)章;回 Example sentencesExamples - The final six chapters deal with more technical issues.
- Three chapters of this book directly address diversity, defined here as more than just race; diversity means individuality.
- If the story evolves into a book, the chapters will have titles.
- Remember all those articles, journals, chapters, and books you meant to read about knowledge management?
- The three main chapters of the book were first given in 2000 as part of a Columbia University lecture series on American culture.
- The book contains 11 chapters, plus a prologue and epilogue, and an extensive suggested reading list.
- I found it in amongst the pages of the manuscript, between two chapters like a book mark.
- The chapter reads more like a stand alone essay than a chapter in a book.
- Although this is a worthy project, one is immediately challenged by the tenor of the writing and even the titles of key chapters in the book.
- Rather than building up the connection behind the idea in the title, the ten chapters in this book dwell with secondary hypotheses whose arguments are haphazardly repeated.
- In his hunger to possess books he admired, one friend copied down, sentence by sentence into a notebook, entire chapters from a favourite book.
- The book consists of eleven chapters by a variety of authors.
- Vernon assigned some very easy homework from the first chapter of our text book, and then we were dismissed.
- By way of an epilogue, the last chapter of the book discusses recent innovations in music.
- Presented in a series of chapters that read like independent articles, rather than unified chapters, the book can feel disjointed at times.
- If you're pressed for time, read the short first chapter.
- She instructed us to read the first five chapters in our text book and answer all accompanying problems.
- Indeed, an entire chapter in the book was titled The Theory of Evolution.
- The last chapter of the book, titled ‘Personal Morality,’ is brief but important.
- The book's eleven chapters are divided into three thematic parts.
Synonyms section, division, part, portion, segment, component, bit 2A period of time or an episode in a person's life, a nation's history, etc. a tragic chapter in European history Example sentencesExamples - One of the saddest chapters in the history of industrial Rochdale has taken place with the assets of an engineering company going under the auctioneer's hammer.
- As such, this marks the beginning of a new chapter in the history of the school and signals a significant increase in the resources and staffing for physical education and sport.
- My taxi driver shouted these stories over his shoulder as if they were history, sad chapters from Peru's violent past.
- The English rushed down from the ridge, losing their position and discipline. The Normans slaughtered them and so began one of the darkest chapters in English history.
- "It's another grubby chapter in a rather sinister saga, " added Ms Doyle.
- They were truly ahead of their time, and one of the saddest chapters in wrestling history was the day they closed their doors forever.
- The story of Mexican lynching is not a footnote in history but rather a critical chapter in the history of Anglo western expansion and conquest.
- The loss of these collections will close a chapter in the book of human enquiry forever.
- He decided to focus his energy more specifically within the black community during the final chapter of his life.
- It was a nightmarish experience that still haunts us, a hideous chapter in our history that refuses to be forgotten.
- A dawn flag-lowering ceremony, as the sun broke through on Tuesday morning, formally brought a chapter in Irish military history to a close.
- What begins as a personal odyssey becomes a fascinating exploration of one of the darkest chapters in the history of modern Ireland.
- Now a chapter of history is closing and for very many children, teachers and other staff, memories come flooding back, some happy and some, of course, not so happy.
- The story of native residential schools is an ignoble chapter in Canadian history.
- The United States saw the conflict as a chapter of the Cold War.
- The years spent in Missouri were one of the bitterest chapters in Mormon history.
- This has the earmarks of the sort of backroom politicking that has marked some of the darkest chapters in American history.
- ‘This helps us fill in the missing chapters of Chippenham's history,’ he said.
- Last year marked a new chapter in the history of information security.
- They might be able to consign the civil war to a tragic chapter of history.
- There is a desire to close what was a dark chapter in history.
Synonyms period, time, phase, page, stage, episode, epoch, era - 2.1 A series or sequence.
一系列;一连串 the latest episode in a chapter of problems 一系列问题中最新的一个。 Example sentencesExamples - It is the latest in a chapter of accidents since the defending champions arrived in France over a month ago.
- Yesterday brought us a chapter of disasters.
- ‘Its been a chapter of adventures,’ he said.
3The governing body of a religious community, especially a cathedral or a knightly order. 宗教团体(尤指大教堂)理事会;骑士团领导 Example sentencesExamples - In 1176 Pope Alexander III resolved the dispute by declaring the cities to be joint-sees and ordering the chapters to hold elections together.
- In 1304 he was present at the general chapter of the Dominican order held at Toulouse.
- Most northern chapters of the chivalric orders had salles like this one, and the weather raging outside the thick walls reminded Charrow of why that was.
- One of the more controversial parts of the new church order is the decision to give Parish Councils, not the cathedral chapters, the power to hire clergy.
- Banning admission fees would mean introducing legislation to prohibit charging by independent deans and chapters of cathedrals.
Synonyms governing body, council, assembly, convocation, convention, synod, consistory 4North American A local branch of a society. 〈主北美〉(社团的)分部 the local chapter of the American Cancer Society Example sentencesExamples - The headquarters staff also will handle fund-raising mass mailings, with chapters handling more targeted local mailings.
- Organizations devoted to helping people deal with this problem have about 6,000 local chapters altogether.
- Many of our California Delegates represent our local chapters, and work with the state association to give us a greater presence in these elections.
- Talk with someone from your local chapter of the American Cancer Society or a similar organization.
- My mother covered him with blankets, and a neighbor phoned the local chapter of the Humane Society for help.
- If you live in a big city, you really ought to look into organizing a chapter of your own local bloggers.
- The following are some tips from that seminar which may help your student chapter better use their local associations.
- The first relationship state coordinators develop is with the chairs of the chapters ' legislative committees in their states.
- This might be a good time to call your local chapter with a donation or even an offer to volunteer.
- Start by deciding how to tell the community about your chapter's activities.
- Local youth and college chapters plan to go back into their communities and hold additional town hall meetings on Social Security.
- Encourage students to form their own departmental organizations, like a physics club or a chapter of the Society of Physics Students.
- Social clubs, association chapters and labor unions have been in decline for decades.
- He serves as president of the local chapter of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, and he is a licensed commercial pilot.
- On occasion, the Association has suffered discredit because of the actions or communications of chapters and conferences.
- This year he's president of the local chapter, which has about 200 members.
- For every kilometer I walked, I raised money for our local chapter of the American Diabetes Society.
- Local chapters of these organizations appeared throughout the country and even penetrated deeply into many rural areas.
- Their primary purpose was to network and enhance communications between state chapters.
- This also is the perfect time of year to recruit new members for your local association or collegiate chapter.
Synonyms branch, division, subdivision, section, department, bureau, agency, lodge, wing, arm, offshoot, subsidiary, satellite
PhrasesAn exact reference or authority. 确切出处;精确典据 she can give chapter and verse on current legislation 她能给出当前立法的精确典据。 Example sentencesExamples - In fact, all of the most controversial scenes and lines of dialogue stem directly from the Gospels, chapter and verse.
- If anyone thinks I made that last one up, I'd be happy to cite chapter and verse.
- She states her thesis early on, and proceeds to document it with chapter and verse, in a dense, brilliant, eloquent argument.
- Plenty of tourists or visitors will not know the exact titles of the attractions they are looking for, and why should they know chapter and verse?
- He goes through, chapter and verse, of how he has been treated by lawyers and by investigators, objecting to the public nature of things that have been said about him.
- Crossing the Line is a real eye opener, with the author providing chapter and verse on the personalities in the sport, both human and equine, and the way trainers, jockeys and owners can and do bend the rules.
- Ask a Scotsman, Irishman or Welshman about their patron saint and the odds are they will give you chapter and verse - along with an exaggerated story about what they did on the last St Andrew's, St Patrick's or St David's Day.
- Regardless of the number of individuals who can cite chapter and verse from the Constitution, most understand that it is a document designed to protect the citizen from an overreaching government.
- He gave me chapter and verse on the dramatic arrest, showed me where the phone was to file my story and, a couple of days later, ‘arranged’ for my photographer colleague to get all the pictures he wanted of the villains.
- The two men I shared the dorm with gave me chapter and verse on the corrupt government and foreign exploitation of their resources.
OriginMiddle English: from Old French chapitre, from Latin capitulum, diminutive of caput ‘head’. |