divide
verb
uk/dɪˈvaɪd/us/dɪˈvaɪd/divideverb(SEPARATE)
B1[IorT]
to (causeto)separateintopartsorgroups:
(使)分开;(使)分组At the end of thelecture, I'd like all thestudentsto divideintosmalldiscussiongroups.讲座结束后,我想让所有学生分成几个讨论小组。
After the SecondWorldWar Germany was dividedintotwoseparatecountries.第二次世界大战之后,德国被分成了两个独立的国家。
C1[T]
toshare:
分享;分摊Ithinkwe should divide(up)thecostsequallyamong/betweenus.我认为我们应该平均分摊这些费用。
B2[T]
If something divides twoareas, itmarkstheedgeorlimitof them:
分隔,隔开There's anarrowalleythat dividesourhousefromthe one nextdoor.一条窄窄的小巷将我们的房子和邻居的隔开了。
Thispathmarksthe dividinglinebetween mylandand my neighbour's.这条路是我和邻居的土地分界线。
[T]
to use differentamountsof something for differentpurposesoractivities:
分配She divides hertimebetweenherapartmentin New York and herhousein the Berkshires.她有时住在纽约的公寓,有时住在伯克郡的小屋。
[I]UK
If Members of Parliament divide, theyvotebyseparatinginto twogroups, onegroupwhowantthelawthat is beingvotedon to beacceptedand onegroupwho are against it:
(议会等)分赞成和反对两组进行表决After alengthydebate,MPs/theHouseofCommonsdivided.经过长时间的辩论,下议院议员最终进行了分组表决。
- Knead thedoughwell, then divide it into fourpieces.
- Texas is divided into 254counties.
- Theworkhas been divided intosmaller, moremanageablesections.
- Humanprehistoryis divided into threesuccessiveperiods: the StoneAge, the BronzeAgeand the IronAge.
- Themoneywas dividedequallybetween severalworthycauses.
Separating and dividing
- apheresis
- atomize
- bifurcate
- bifurcation
- bisect
- clove
- cloven
- dissociate
- dissociateyourselffromsomething
- dissociation
- disunite
- disunity
- fracture
- hive
- polarize
- polarized
- polarizer
- prophase
- pull
- unravel
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Isolating and separating
Elections
divideverb(DISAGREE)
B2[Toften passive]
tocauseagroupofpeopletodisagreeabout something:
(使)产生分歧,(使)意见相左Thepartyis dividedon/overtheissueofcapitalpunishment.该党在死刑问题上意见不统一。
divide and rule(also mainlyUSdivide and conquer)
a way ofkeepingyourself in apositionofpowerbycausingdisagreementsamong otherpeopleso that they areunabletoopposeyou:
分而治之It's just afactthat theprinciplethatunderpinsanyempireis divide andrule.
Separating and dividing
- apheresis
- atomize
- bifurcate
- bifurcation
- bisect
- clove
- cloven
- dissociate
- dissociateyourselffromsomething
- dissociation
- disunite
- disunity
- fracture
- hive
- polarize
- polarized
- polarizer
- prophase
- pull
- unravel
divideverb(CALCULATE)
dividesomethingbysomething
tocalculatethenumberoftimesthat onenumberfits(exactly) into another:
用…除…10 divided by 5 is/equals2.10除以5等于2。
divide(something)intosomething
C1
If anumberdivides into anothernumber, itfits(exactly) into it whenmultipliedaparticularnumberoftimes:
(…)除…What do you get if you divide 6 into 18?6除18等于多少?
divide
noun[C]
uk/dɪˈvaɪd/us/dɪˈvaɪd/C1
adifferenceorseparation:
分歧;隔阂The dividebetweentherichand thepoorin thiscountryiscontinuingtogrow.该国富人与穷人之间的隔阂日趋扩大。
Different and difference
- altered
- alternative
- anomalous
- another
- anything
- dissimilar
- dissimilitude
- distinct
- distinction
- distinctive
- non-typical
- non-uniform
- non-uniformity
- nonequivalence
- nonequivalent
- variant
- variation
- varied
- various
- various and sundryidiom