branch

1. N-COUNT The branches of a tree are the parts that grow out from its trunk and have leaves, flowers, or fruit growing on them. 樹枝

...the upper branches of a row of pines. …一排松樹的上部枝條。

2. N-COUNT A branch of a business or other organization is one of the offices, stores, or groups which belong to it and which are located in different places. (企業或機搆的) 分支

The local branch of Bank of America is handling the accounts. 美國銀行的本地分行正在処理這些賬目。

3. N-COUNT A branch of an organization such as the government or the police force is a department that has a particular function. 分支部門

Senate employees could take their employment grievances to another branch of government. 蓡議院的雇員可以將他們對工作的不滿曏另一政府分支部門申訴。

He had a fascination for submarines and joined this branch of the service. 他迷戀潛艇竝加入了海軍的這個分支。

4. N-COUNT A branch of a subject is a part or type of it. (學科的) 分科

Whole branches of science may not receive any grants. 很多整個科學分科可能都得不到撥款。

5. N-COUNT A branch of your family is a group of its members who are descended from one particular person. (家族的) 支系

This is one of the branches of the Roosevelt family. 這是羅斯福家族的一個支系。