新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

divorce

英  [dɪˈvɔːs]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词
  • divorces

    1[C, U 有变体名词] 离婚

    A divorce is the formal ending of a marriage by law.

    双语例句

    例:

    Numerous marriages now end in divorce.

    现在许多婚姻都以离婚而告终。

    2[SING 单数型名词] 分离 , 脱离

    A divorce of one thing from another, or a divorce between two things is a separation between them which is permanent or is likely to be permanent.

    双语例句

    例:

    this divorce of Christian culture from the roots of faith.

    基督教文化与信仰根源的分离。

    VERB. 动词
  • divorces , divorcing , divorced

    1[RECIP 相互动词] 离婚

    If a man and woman divorce or if one of them divorces the other, their marriage is legally ended.

    双语例句

    例:

    He and Lillian had got divorced.

    他和莉莲离婚了。

    例:

    I am absolutely furious that he divorced me to marry her.

    为了娶她而和我离婚,让我恼火之至。

    2[T 及物动词] 使分离 , 使脱离

    If you say that one thing cannot be divorced from another, you mean that the two things cannot be considered as different and separate things.

    近义词

    dissociate

    双语例句

    例:

    Good management in the police cannot be divorced from accountability.

    警政的良好管理离不开问责制。

    例:

    Democracy cannot be divorced from social and economic progress.

    民主离不开社会和经济的进步。

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