a part or division of sth such as an economy, a market, a social group, a company's work, etc. （经济体、市场、社会团体、公司等的）分部；部门；细分市场◆Small businesses are the fastest-growing segment of the economy. 小企业是增长最快的经济部门。◆All six of our business segments grew this year. 我们所有六个业务部门的效益今年都增长了。◆The company have launched two new cars into the lower-priced segment of the market. 公司已向低端市场投放了两款新车。◆All segments of society should have access to the benefits of the Internet. 社会各阶层都应该得到互联网所带来的好处。⨁the business / industrial / retail / services / technology segment 商业／工业／零售／服务／技术部门⨁the energy / food / health-care / insurance segment 能源／食品／保健／保险部门⨁core / key / profitable / target segments 核心／关键／盈利／目标部门⨁the low-priced / luxury / mid-priced segment 低端／奢侈品／中端市场
a part or section of sth such as a chart （图表等的）一部分◆The blue segment of the pie chart represents foreign sales. 这一饼形图的蓝色部分代表国外销售额。