篇幅

• 拼音: piān fú
• 汉字拆解: 篇 = 竹 + 扁 (bamboo + flat/spread — a flat piece of bamboo writing, a chapter); 幅 = 巾 + 畐 (cloth + full — width of cloth, extent)

含义

The length or extent of a piece of writing; the space occupied by a text; scope of a written work.

篇幅 is used to discuss the length, space, or scope of written works. Key collocations: 篇幅有限, 篇幅较长, 篇幅所限, 占据大量篇幅. Also used in journalistic and editorial contexts to refer to column space or word count. Common phrasing: 受篇幅所限, 篇幅宏大.

例句

1. 鉴于篇幅所限，本报告仅就核心问题进行重点阐述，详细数据和附录说明请参阅附件中的完整版本。
2. 这部学术著作篇幅宏大，涵盖了作者四十年来在该领域积累的全部核心研究成果和理论建构。
3. 编辑建议将引言部分的篇幅压缩至五百字以内，以确保读者能在最短时间内把握文章的核心论点。

用法指南

语境: writing, academia, journalism, editing

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 受篇幅限制，本文只分析三位最具代表性的思想家，其余观点留待后续研究。(Due to space limitations, this article analyzes only three of the most representative thinkers, and leaves the rest for future research.)
• 新闻报道的篇幅结构直接影响读者对事件的认知框架，重要事实出现在文章前三段的概率，决定了它被大多数读者实际读到的可能性。(The structural allocation of space in news reporting directly affects the cognitive framework through which readers understand events; the probability of important facts appearing in the first three paragraphs determines the likelihood that they will actually be read by most readers.)

错误说法

• 这本书的篇幅很好看 — 篇幅 refers to length and extent, not quality; say 这本书的篇幅很长 or 内容引人入胜

起源与历史

篇 (written piece, chapter — 竹 bamboo radical + 扁 flat/spread out) + 幅 (width, extent — 巾 cloth radical + 畐 full) — the width and extent of a written piece

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal