department store百货公司；百货商店
state departmentn. （美国）国务院
词根：department
departmental 部门的；各县的；分科的
1.The department has been starved of resources.
这个部门一直缺少资金。
2.The firm has an excellent customer service department.
该公司有一个非常出色的客户服务部。
3.Winn bragged that he had spies in the department.
温吹嘘说他在这个部门里有密探。
4.She made herself indispensable to the department.
她成为这个部门不可缺少的一分子。
5.They are looking into ways of invigorating the department.
他们正在寻找激发这个部门活力的方法。
6.There is very little storage space in the department.
这个部门存放东西的地方很小。
7.The IT department is being hived off into a new company.
信息技术部正被分离出来，成立新公司。