一、详细释义:


n.

离婚


例句:

Women are subject to special protection with regard to divorce.

在离婚问题上妇女受到特殊保护。


例句:

So in the emergency room, a divorce was agreed upon.

在急症室里,我们决定离婚。


分离,脱离 [C]


例句:

They demanded the divorce of the subsidiary from the parent firm.

他们要求子公司与母公司分离。


例句:

They advocated a complete divorce of government and religion.

他们主张政教完全分离。


v.

与(某人)离婚,判(某人)离婚


例句:

A man may divorce his wife easily in many Moslem countries, but she cannot divorce him.

在许多穆斯林国家,男人可以随便提出离婚, 而妻子则不能。


例句:

He and Lillian had got divorced.

他和莉莲已离婚了。


【正式】使分离,使脱离 [T]


例句:

Some painters divorce art from life.

一些画家使艺术与生活分离。


例句:

Good management in the police cannot be divorced from accountability.

对警察队伍的良好管理和应负的责任是分不开的。


二、词义辨析:


divide,separate,part,divorce

这些动词都有“分开”之意。 divide指把一个整体按要求分成几个部分,暗示分配之意;也可指分开两个对立的事物。 separate指把两个人或物分开,着重从原属一个整体中移居一部分或把两者隔开。 part多指使紧密相连的人或物分开,往往暗示最后分离的意味。 divorce特指两个或更多的互为依赖的事物的分离,尤指婚姻的合法解体。


三、相关短语:


divorce court

【法】 离婚法庭


四、参考例句:


This divorce could turn nasty.

这场离婚可能会撕破脸。


He is suing for divorce.

他向法院提出要求离婚。


Divorce is bad for children.

离婚对孩子不好。


Divorce often has disastrous consequences.

离婚往往具有灾难性的后果。【CET-4 2008.06 阅读】


He was cited in the divorce proceedings.

他在离婚诉讼中被传唤。


They proposed to divorce church and state.

他们提议将教会和国家分开。


Some painters divorce art from life.

一些画家使艺术与生活分离。


The divorce was done by mail.

他们的离婚案是通过邮寄书面协议的形式了结的。


Why doesn't she get a divorce?


Numerous marriages now end in divorce.

现在许多婚姻都以离婚收场。