1 one of the sections into which an organization, for example a school or a business, is divided (企业的)部门;(学校的)系:
the Modern Languages department现代语言系She works in the accounts department.她在会计部工作。
2 a division of the government responsible for a particular subject; a ministry (政府的)部:
the Department of Health卫生部
department/dIˋpɑrtmənt; dIˈpɑːtmənt/n [C] one of the parts of a large organization such as a college, government, or company〔大学﹑政府或公司的〕科﹐系﹐处﹐局﹐部: the marketing department 市场营销部see box at见 PART1 方框
departmentdepartmentdepartmentsnounone of the parts of a university, school, government, shop, big company, etc.: The book department is on the second floor.the sales department