divorce
noun
uk/dɪˈvɔːs/us/dɪˈvɔːrs/divorcenoun(PEOPLE)
B1[CorU]
anofficialorlegalprocessto end amarriage:
离婚The last Iheardthey weregetting adivorce.上次我听说他们正在办理离婚手续。
Divorce is on theincrease.离婚呈上升趋势。
Elliewantsa divorce.埃莉想离婚。
What are thechancesof amarriageendingindivorce?一桩婚姻以离婚而告终的几率有多大?
- I'msuremyviewsonmarriagearecolouredby myparents' divorce.
- She came out of the divorcesettlementarichwoman.
- Hermindflashedback to thedayoftheirdivorce.
- Onecommoncauseofhomelessnessisseparationor divorce.
- Inspiteof the divorce there was noawkwardnessbetween them - infacttheyseemedvery much atease.
Relationships: ending & divorce
- affiliation order
- annul
- annulment
- breaksomethingup
- bust up
- child support
- chuck
- dump
- ghost
- givesomeonethe heave-hoidiom
- givesomeonethe pushidiom
- go off withsomeone
- grow apart
- heave-ho
- run out onsomeone/something
- separate
- separation
- split up
- throw
- throwsomeoneover
divorcenoun(SUBJECTS)
[C]formal
aseparation:
分离,分隔Why is there such a divorcebetweentheartsand thesciencesin this country'sschools?为什么在这个国家学校把艺术和科学完全割裂开来呢?
Separating and dividing
- apheresis
- atomize
- bifurcate
- bifurcation
- bisect
- clove
- dissociate
- dissociateyourselffromsomething
- dissociation
- disunite
- disunity
- fracture
- hive
- parcel
- polarized
- polarizer
- prophase
- pull
- pullsomething/someoneapart
- unravel
divorce
verb
uk/dɪˈvɔːs/us/dɪˈvɔːrs/divorceverb(PEOPLE)
B2[IorT]
to endyourmarriageby anofficialorlegalprocess:
(与…)离婚She's divorcing herhusband.她正在和丈夫闹离婚。
- She divorced herhusbandon thegroundsofmentalcruelty.
- My brother's getting divorced so I'm goinghomefor afamilypowwowthisweekend.
- Have youheardthenewsabout Tina andTom? They're getting divorced.
- There is nolongeranystigmato being divorced.
- Myparentsseparatedwhen I was six and divorced acoupleofyearslater.
Relationships: ending & divorce
- affiliation order
- annul
- annulment
- breaksomethingup
- bust up
- child support
- chuck
- dump
- ghost
- givesomeonethe heave-hoidiom
- givesomeonethe pushidiom
- go off withsomeone
- grow apart
- heave-ho
- run out onsomeone/something
- separate
- separation
- split up
- throw
- throwsomeoneover
divorceverb(SUBJECTS)
[T]
toseparatetwosubjects:
割裂,分割(主题)How can you divorce theissuesofenvironmentalprotectionandoverpopulation?你怎能把环境保护和人口过剩这两个议题割裂开来呢?
Separating and dividing
- apheresis
- atomize
- bifurcate
- bifurcation
- bisect
- clove
- dissociate
- dissociateyourselffromsomething
- dissociation
- disunite
- disunity
- fracture
- hive
- parcel
- polarized
- polarizer
- prophase
- pull
- pullsomething/someoneapart
- unravel
Grammar
Marryanddivorce
We usually use marry and divorce with an object:…