名词分支; 树枝; 部门，分科; 支流
不及物动词分支形成; 分支扩张; 扩大某人的兴趣，业务或活动范围; [计]下分支的指令
及物动词使分支; 使分叉; 用枝形叶脉刺绣花纹装饰
及物动词
1. He branched his treatment of the problem into three equal parts.
他把他的问题分成三个相等的部分处理。
不及物动词
1. Follow the main road until it branches and then turn to the left.
沿着大道走到分岔地方再向左拐。
2. Follow the road until it branches.
顺着这条路直走到岔路口。
名词
1. The river has three main branches.
这条河有三条主要的支流。
2. The bank has branches all over the country.
该银行在全国各地均有分行。
A going concern-(赢利企业)
A：What's your overseas branch factory going?
你海外的分厂进展如何？
B：Not very good at first. It has been two years before it becomes a going concern.
开始不太理想，直到两年以后才开始赢利。
A：Once you break the ice, it will be better and better.
一旦打开局面，肯定会越来越好的。
B：I hope so.
但愿如此。
做生意
A：We’re looking for a manager to run the new branch office.
我们正在找一位经理来管理新的分公司。
B：Where is the branch office?
分公司在哪里？
A：It happens to be very close to your home. We were actually hoping that you might want to fill the position.
真巧，它离你家特别近。我们真的希望你能担任这个职务。
B：I’d have to think about it. How many people would I be managing?
我得考虑一下，我将会管理几名员工呢？
A：It will start off small, with only about 10 employees.
公司刚开始运营时规模比较小，大概有10 名员工。
B：That is quite small.
那确实很小。
A：Are you interested?
你感兴趣吗？
B：I guess. I do like the office I’m working in now, but it would be nice to work closer to my home.
我想是的。我很喜欢现在工作的地方，但如果能离家近些也不错。
A：Your salary would remain the same, but if you do a good job, I think there’s a possibility of a promotion down the road.
你的薪水保持不变，如果工作业绩好，还有升职的可能。
B：Really?
真的吗？
A：Yes. The reason we chose you is because you’re the best manager we have. We need someone who can organize the new office and make it run well.
是的，我们之所以选择你，就因为你是现在的最好的经理。我们需要一位有很好的组织能力并且能使公司良好运营的人。
B：So this isn’t a demotion?
这不是降职吧？
A：Oh, no, it’s quite the opposite!
不是，恰恰相反。
B：Well then, when should I start?
那好吧，什么时候开始上班？
A：So you’ll do it?
你决定做了吗？
B：Sure.
当然。
A：Great! We’ll send some people over to move your things tomorrow. You can have a long weekend and then start at your new office on Monday.
太好了！我们明天就派人给你搬东西。你可以休息一个长周末然后周一就在新的地方上班了。
1. 分公司：这类公司可以是美国公司或外国公司,或一法律实体(Legal entity),其公司地位可以是一母公司(parent company)、分公司(branch)、子公司(affiliate)或附属公司(subsidiary).
2. 树枝：路边的树,叶子已经凋谢(wither剩下灰色的树干(trunk)与树枝(branch),显得坚实(firm)而苍凉(bleak在这寒冷的冬天(chilly winter竟然还有一片草地(meadow)在顽强地向人们显示(reveal)它的绿;远处(in the distance)一个烟卤在冒着烟(puff),
3. 支路：门极可关断晶闸管无损吸收 吸收单元(Snubber Cell)是单端无源无损吸收电路研究的主要方法,管以及和其它有源开关的回路(Loop)中都应有吸收电感的串入–吸收电容的位置:必须存在这样的支路(Branch)与主开关并联,由理论成熟,
1. 树枝
The branches of a tree are the parts that grow out from its trunk and have leaves, flowers, or fruit growing on them.
2. （企业或组织的）分支机构，分部，分店
A branch of a business or other organization is one of the offices, shops, or groups which belong to it and which are located in different places.
e.g. The local branch of Bank of America is handling the accounts...
美国银行在当地的分行正在处理这些账目。
e.g. National is Britain's leading autocare service with over 400 branches nationwide.
英国轮胎与车辆养护公司是英国最有名的汽车养护企业，在全英国有400多家分店。
3. (政府或公安机关等的）部门，机构
A branch of an organization such as the government or the police force is a department that has a particular function.
e.g. Senate employees could take their employment grievances to another branch of government...
参议院的雇员可以向别的政府部门申诉工作问题。
e.g. He had a fascination for submarines and joined this branch of the service.
他对潜艇非常着迷，因此加入了潜艇部队。
4. （某学科的）分支，分科
A branch of a subject is a part or type of it.
e.g. Whole branches of science may not receive any grants.
各自然科学学科可能都得不到任何拨款。
e.g. Oncology is the branch of medicine dealing with tumors.
肿瘤学是研究肿瘤的医学分支。
5. （家族的）分支，支系，旁系
A branch of your family is a group of its members who are descended from one particular person.
e.g. This is one of the branches of the Roosevelt family.
这是罗斯福家族的一个支系。
相关词组：branch off branch out
1. branch的意思
1. The new branch is expected to be open for business in the first quarter of 2005.
2. The policies stipulate that foreign investors cannot buy property unless they set up a branch in the country.
3. One of the agency's functions is to establish Party offices in companies and provide staff members to act as branch secretaries and organize activities.
4. Yang said he expects his bureau will have finished the branch cleanup job in the urban area by the end of the week.
5. CAAC attributed the incident largely to some pilots of CEA's Yunnan branch, saying they had ignored the passengers'interests and disrupted the flights on purpose.
6. branch的解释
6. A man makes a call in front of a branch of China Mobile Ltd in Hong Kong.
7. I called the phone number of Zhongshan Park branch immediately and was told that the branch had moved to a new location.
8. A bank merely opening a new branch is not normally a signifi cant news event.
9. branch在线翻译
9. He also said Carlyle is the first private equity company to set up a branch in Chengdu.
10. In a new branch to the country's family planning policy, people over 60 are getting cash rewards for having a small family.
noun
1. any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm
e.g. the arm of the record player
an arm of the sea
a branch of the sewer
2. a division of some larger or more complex organization
e.g. a branch of Congress
botany is a branch of biology
the Germanic branch of Indo-European languages
Synonym: subdivision arm
3. a stream or river connected to a larger one
4. a natural consequence of development
Synonym: outgrowth offshoot offset
5. a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant
6. a part of a forked or branching shape
e.g. he broke off one of the branches
Synonym: leg ramification
verb