chapter

• n. 章，回；（俱乐部、协会等的）分会；人生或历史上的重要时期
• vt. 把…分成章节

来自词根cap, 头，词源同captain,capitulation.

1. a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled;

"he read a chapter every night before falling asleep"

2. any distinct period in history or in a person's life;

"the industrial revolution opened a new chapter in British history"

"the divorce was an ugly chapter in their relationship"

3. a local branch of some fraternity or association;

"he joined the Atlanta chapter"

4. an ecclesiastical assembly of the monks in a monastery or even of the canons of a church

5. a series of related events forming an episode;

"a chapter of disasters"

chapter

chapter: [13] Ultimately, chapter is the same word as capital. Both came via Old French from Latin capitulum ‘small head’, a diminutive form of caput ‘head’, but whereas capital represents a late, 12th-century borrowing into French in ecclesiastical and legal contexts, chapter is far earlier and therefore shows more differences: in Old French, capitulum became chapitle, later chapitre.

Already in Latin the word was used for ‘section of a book’; the semantic development seems to parallel English head ‘category, section’ (as in ‘heads of agreement’) and the derived heading. The ecclesiastical use of chapter, as a collective term for the canons of a cathedral, originated in the canons’ practice of meeting to read a chapter of Scripture. Latin capitulum in the sense ‘head of a discourse, chapter’ produced the derivative capitulāre ‘draw up under separate headings’.

When its past participle passed into English in the 16th century as the verb capitulate, it was still with this meaning, and it did not narrow down to the more specific ‘make terms of surrender’ until the 17th century.
=> capital, capitulate, cattle, recapitulate

chapter (n.)

c. 1200, "main division of a book," from Old French chapitre (12c.) "chapter (of a book), article (of a treaty), chapter (of a cathedral)," alteration of chapitle, from Late Latin capitulum, diminutive of caput (genitive capitis) "head" (see capitulum). Sense of "local branch" (1815) is from cathedral sense (late 15c.), which seems to trace to convocations of canons at cathedral churches, during which the rules of the order by chapter, or a chapter (capitulum) of Scripture, were read aloud to the assembled. Chapter and verse "in full and thoroughly" (1620s) is a reference to Scripture.

The boot time is pretty fast, and he navigates through (浏览 ) a few chapters before swiping into a fully rendered 3D molecule that can be spun around to view its various building blocks.

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

Furthermore, students will be able to purchase sections of the text instead of buying the whole thing, with individual chapters costing as little as $200.

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They don't have time to read a chapter three or four times.

出自-2014年6月听力原文

First, read a chapter with one pen in your hand and others next to you on the desk

出自-2014年6月听力原文

Read at least several chapters at one sitting.

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In the chapter on skyscrapers, for example, Mr. Smith touches on construction methods, the revolutionary invention of the automatic lift, the practicalities of living in the sky and the likelihood that, as cities become more crowded, apartment living will become the norm.

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What does the author say in the chapter on skyscrapers

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Smith has written a breezy guidebook, with a series of short chapters dedicated to specific aspects of urbanity - parks, say, or the various schemes that have been put forward over the years for building the perfect city.

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For example, in one chapter she exposes a myth that I've heard taught by university physics professors.

2018年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section A

I like how the book is clearly written with each chapter brought to life by pieces of fascinating knowledge.

2018年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section A

As one would expect, his writing is mostly clear and, to be fair, some chapters stand out above the rest.

2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读E 原文

By the end of the first chapter, requests were coming from the back seat: "Please read a little louder."

2016年高考英语四川卷 完形填空 原文

I enjoyed, for instance, the chapter in which Harold discovers how to think on his own.

2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读E 原文

I have not tried reading my newspaper out loud on a train, but, several years ago, I read some chapters from Harry porter to my bored and noisy children.

2015年高考英语重庆卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

I will show you how in the following chapters.

2015年高考英语广东卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

The barefoot kid who just a few years previously had been living in poverty, surrounded by criminals and violence, had written a new chapter in the history of sports.

2016年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

We are supposed to read Chapter Four.

2015年高考英语北京卷 听力 原文

the local chapter of the Rotary club

扶轮国际的地方分会

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I can't give chapter and verse, but that's the rough outline of our legal position.

我无法提供准确细节，但那是我们所处法律地位的大致情况。

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I've just finished Chapter 3.

我刚完成第3章。

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in the previous/next/last chapter

在前 / 下 / 最后一章

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Have you read the chapter on the legal system?

你读过论述法律制度的那一章吗？

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a difficult chapter in our country's history

我们国家历史上的一段困难时期

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a meeting of the dean and chapter

总铎和全体教士的会议

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In the course of the evening he gave me chapter and verse on the mosses of the Islay peat bogs.

整个晚上，他向我详细讲述艾莱岛泥炭沼泽地上的各种青苔。

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Chromium supplements were used successfully in the treatment of diabetes (see Chapter 4)...

铬补充剂被成功运用于治疗糖尿病(见第4章)。

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I took the title of this chapter from one of my favorite books.

我这章的标题来自我最喜欢的一本书。

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This had been a particularly difficult chapter in Lebanon's recent history.

这在黎巴嫩的近代史上是个特别困难的时期。

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...one of the most dramatic chapters of recent British politics.

英国政治近来最富戏剧性的阶段之一

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The Archbishop began his address, thanking the Dean and Chapter of Westminster for inviting him to the Abbey.

大主教在开始演讲之前，首先感谢威斯敏斯特大教堂的主教和全体教士邀请他来到这里。

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To find out more about cancer warning signs call your local chapter of the American Cancer Society.

想要了解更多有关癌症的征兆，请给美国癌症协会本地分会打电话。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

But sooner rather than later, this aerial vehicle technology will affect all of our lives.

但是不久以后, 这种空中运载器技术就将影响到我们生活的方方面面.

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But as to what happened thereafter , that will be disclosed in the ensuing chapter.

欲知后事如何, 且听下回分解.

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A new chapter is included in the second edition.

这本书再版时插入了新的一章.

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The chapter falls into three sections.

这一章共分三节.

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The teacher referred him to Chapter V.

老师叫他看第五章.

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The third chapter described their married life.

第三章描写他们的婚后生活.

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There is a useful bibliography at the end of each chapter.

在每一章后附有一份有用的参考书目.

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The book is more satisfying if you read each chapter in sequence.

这本书依次读各章会更好.

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Up to now, I've read as far as the fifth chapter, the second volume of " The War and Peace ".

到今天, 我已经读到 《 战争与和平 》 的第2卷第5章了.

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I can give you chapter and verse for my statement concerning the date of the incident.

我可以给出有关这一事件日期的出处.

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The chapter extends to a hundred pages.

这一章节长达100页.

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Precis this chapter in two pages.

用两页写出这一章的大意.

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The opening chapter gives a brief historical overview of transport.

第一章是运输史的简要回顾.

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