/ˈsɛkʃənd/
Sectioned 是动词 section 的过去式和过去分词形式,主要有以下含义:
The orange was sectioned and arranged beautifully on the plate.
橙子被切成瓣,漂亮地摆放在盘子里。
After his increasingly erratic behaviour, his family had him sectioned under the Mental Health Act, a decision that weighed heavily on everyone involved.
由于他的行为越来越反常,家人依据《精神健康法》将他强制送院治疗,这个决定让每个人都感到沉重。
Section 源自拉丁语 sectio,意为"切割",由动词 secare(切)派生而来。该词经由法语进入英语,最初指"切开、分割"的动作或结果。后来词义扩展,泛指任何被划分出来的"部分"或"区域"。加上 -ed 后缀构成过去分词形式 sectioned,既可表示物理上的切割,也可指法律程序中的强制收治。英国法律含义源于《精神健康法》中的具体条款(section),"to be sectioned"即"依据某一条款被强制收治"。