partner /ˈpɑːtnə/ CET4 TEM4 ( partnering, partnered, partners )

• 1. 

  N-COUNT Your partner is the person you are married to or are having a romantic or sexual relationship with. 配偶; 情人; 性伴侣

  例：

  Wanting other friends doesn't mean you don't love your partner.

  需要其他朋友并不意味着你不爱你的伴侣。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT Your partner is the person you are doing something with, for example, dancing with or playing with in a game against two other people. 搭档

  例：

  ...to dance with a partner.

  …与一名搭档跳舞。

  例：

  Her partner for the game was Venus Williams.

  她的比赛搭挡是维纳斯•威廉姆斯。

• 3. 

  N-COUNT The partners in a firm or business are the people who share the ownership of it. 合伙人 [商业]

  例：

  He's a partner in a Chicago law firm.

  他是芝加哥一家律师事务所的合伙人。

• 4. 

  N-COUNT The partner of a country or organization is another country or organization with which they work or do business. 盟友

  例：

  Spain has been one of Cuba's major trading partners.

  西班牙一直是古巴的主要贸易伙伴之一。

• 5. 

  V-T If you partner someone, you are their partner in a game or in a dance. 与…搭挡

  例：

  He had partnered the famous Russian ballerina.

  他曾与著名的俄罗斯芭蕾舞女演员搭挡。

  例：

  He will be partnered by Ian Baker, the defending champion.

  他将与卫冕冠军伊恩•贝克搭档。