episode

英 [ˈepɪsəʊd]

美 [ˈepɪsoʊd]

n. (人生的)一段经历; (小说的)片段，插曲; (电视连续剧或无线电广播剧的)一集

复数：episodes　

Collins.2 / BNC.3396 / COCA.2846

牛津词典

noun

（人生的）一段经历；（小说的）片段，插曲
an event, a situation, or a period of time in sb's life, a novel, etc. that is important or interesting in some way
1. I'd like to try and forget the whole episode.
  我倒想尽量把那段经历全部忘掉。
2. One of the funniest episodes in the book occurs in Chapter 6.
  书中最有趣的片段之一在第6章。
（电视连续剧或无线电广播剧的）一集
one part of a story that is broadcast on television or radio in several parts

N-COUNT 插曲;事件;时期
You can refer to an event or a short period of time as anepisodeif you want to suggest that it is important or unusual, or has some particular quality.
1. This episode is bound to be a deep embarrassment for Washington...
  这一事件肯定会让华盛顿非常难堪。
2. Unfortunately it was a rather sordid episode of my life.
  不幸的是，这是我人生中非常不光彩的一段经历。
N-COUNT （广播剧或电视剧的）一集;（杂志连载故事的）一节
Anepisodeof something such as a series on radio or television or a story in a magazine is one of the separate parts in which it is broadcast or published.
1. The final episode will be shown next Sunday.
  下周日将播出最后一集。
N-COUNT 患病期;（病症的）发作期
Anepisode ofan illness is short period in which a person who suffers from it is affected by it particularly badly.
1. ...people who'd suffered a third episode of depression in two years...
  两年内忧郁症3次发作的人
2. The new drug lessens the severity of pneumonia episodes.
  新药减轻了肺炎发作时的痛苦。

noun

film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie
Synonym:sequence
a brief section of a literary or dramatic work that forms part of a connected series
a part of a broadcast serial
Synonym:installmentinstalment
a happening that is distinctive in a series of related events

The new drug lessens the severity of pneumonia episodes.
新药减轻了肺炎发作时的痛苦。
That's how this battle episode finished for me.
这就是这场战斗，对我来说只是一个插曲。
Oh, the whole episode was entirely his fault.
天啊，整件事完全是他的错。
This is the last episode that I have downloaded from the internet.
这是我从互联网上下载的最后一部剧集了。
And I watched every episode. I even saw the reruns.
我看了每一集，甚至还看了重播。
I learned the third episode of Friends this morning.
今天早上，我学习了《老友记》第三集。
I watched the seventh episode again this evening.
今天晚上，我又看了一遍第七集。
This is just I grew up in a small episode.
这不过是我成长中的一个小插曲。
The first episode occupies a peak evening viewing slot.
第一集占据了傍晚的一个黄金收视时段。
This episode carries a foreshadowing of what is to follow later on in the story.
这件事为以后情节的发展埋下了伏笔。