divorce
noun
verb
dɪəˈvɔːs
noun
1
the
legal
ending
of
a
marriage
离婚;
C,U
Why
doesn’t
she
get
a
divorce
?
她为什么不离婚呢？
One
in
three
marriages
ends
in
divorce
.
有三分之一的婚姻以离婚告终。
file/sue/petition
for
divorce
His
wife
has
started
divorce
proceedings.
他妻子开始了离婚程序。
the
rise
in
the
divorce
rate
离婚率的上升
She
received
the
house
as
part
of
the
divorce
settlement
(=the
amount
of
money,
property
etc
each
person
receives
in
a
divorce
case)
.
根据离婚协议她获得了这幢房子。
The
Act
extended
the
grounds
(=legal
reasons)
for
divorce
.
这条法律放宽了离婚条件。
2
the
fact
of
separating
two
related
things
[正式] 分开，脱离
C usually singular 一般用单数 | formal
[+
between
]
the
divorce
between
theory
and
method
理论与方法的脱离
verb
3
if
someone
divorces
their
husband
or
wife,
or
if
two
people
divorce,
they
legally
end
their
marriage
（与…）离婚;
I,T
David’s
parents
divorced
when
he
was
six.
戴维的父母在他六岁时离婚了。
My
father
threatened
to
divorce
her.
我父亲威胁说要和她离婚。
4
to
separate
two
ideas,
subjects
etc
completely
[正式] 把…完全分开，彻底分割
T | formal
divorce
sth
from
sth
It
is
difficult
to
divorce
sport
from
politics.
很难把体育与政治完全分开。
5
to
stop
being
involved
in
an
activity,
organization,
situation
etc
脱离
T
divorce
yourself
from
sth
Our
society
has
divorced
itself
from
religion.
我们的社会已经脱离了宗教。