2keep separate 隔开 (also divide off) [transitiveT]SEPARATE to keep two areas separate from each other 把〔两个地区〕隔开
The Wall used to divide East and West Berlin.
过去这堵墙把东、西柏林隔开。
divide something from something
Only a thin curtain divided her cabin from his.
她和他的小间只隔着一层薄薄的帘子。
3share 分享 (also divide up) [transitiveT]SHARE to separate something into parts and share them between people 分配,分享
divide something between/among somebody/something
The money will be divided equally among the charities.
这笔钱将被平分给各慈善机构。
4spend time/energy 花费时间/精力 [transitiveT] if you divide your time, energy etc between different activities or places, you spend part of your time doing each activity or in each place 把〔时间、精力等〕分别用于[分散使用于]
divide something between something/somebody
She divides her time between New York and Paris.
她一部分时间在纽约,一部分时间在巴黎。
5mathematics 数学
a)[transitiveT]HMN to calculate how many times one number contains a smaller number 除,除以 → multiply
divide something by something
If you divide 21 by 3, you get 7.
21 除以3得7。
‘What’s six divided by three?’ ‘Two’.
“6除以3 等于几?” “等于2。”
b)[intransitiveI]HMN to be contained exactly in a number one or more times 除尽
divide into
8 divides into 64.
8能除尽64。
6disagree 分歧 [transitiveT]PPG to make people disagree so that they form groups with different opinions 使〔人〕对立,使产生分歧
The issue of cloning has sharply divided voters.
克隆问题使选民分化成截然对立的阵营。
7.divide and rule/conquerPGPPGto defeat or control people by making them argue with each other instead of opposing you 分而治之/分化和征服
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divide and rule/conquer• Britain did not divide and rule.• He preferred to divide and rule.• Here too the Party could fend off opposition by a policy of divide and rule.• Power to appoint is power to divide and rule.• They haven't shown the political will to sort out the problem - there has been an element of divide and rule.• The well-triedRoman policy of divide and rule had been the basis of Augustan diplomacy and continued during the conquest.• That if you play the game of divide and rule long enough then you end up with Sister Souljah?
8divided loyaltiesa feeling you have when two people you like have argued and you are not sure which person you should support 两难的忠诚,左右为难的忠心
Divorce is an agony of divided loyalties for children.
divide• It is easier to divide by 10 than by 12.• 36 divided by 2 is 18.• The Berlin Wall used to divideEast and West Berlin.• The chapel is divided from the rest of the church by a screen.• Some of the big old houses have been divided into apartments.• Mattress matters Conventional mattresses are divided into interior-sprung and foammodels.• Clericalwives were divided into those who wore hats on principle and those who, on principle, did not.• A busyhighwaydivides one half of the town from the other.• Cancercellsdivide rapidly.• So it divided some of the spoils that resulted from the decision.• The issue dividing the Church was the question of women priests.• The electioncampaign was bitter, dividing the city.• The choice of a new rabbi has divided the entirecongregation.• The school case presents a church-state dispute, the kind that has closely divided the justices for more than two decades.• We divided the pizza into three and had a slice each.• Only a thinpartitiondivides the room.• Between 2000 and 2015, well-educated, well-off Californians had more to bring them together than to divide them.• The unfertilised egg cell began to divide to produce embryos that sometimes developed well.• If you divide twenty by four, you get five.• Fairly soon, the group will be divided up into pairs for free sparring.• He said that dividing up the company would make the units more profitable.
divide into• 8 divides into 64 eight times.• The classdivided into groups of four and five.
divide something from something• The living room is divided from the kitchen area by a white brick wall.
sharply divided• Beyond the financial problems, there is new concern that historically tolerantCalifornia is developing a culturesharply divided along racial lines.• However opinion on this was sharply divided among scientists.• He is both sharply divided from his party opponents and emotionally involved in electoralcontests.• In the Biblemiracles are not as sharply divided from other events as they tend to be in our thinking.• Its sharply divided report now is scheduled to be released next month.• The semi-occlusion of categories between £2 and £39 sharply divided society into two classes.• It was an issue that sharply divided the Marxist Left.• Northern opinion was sharply divided, with party lines much in evidence.
deeply divided• Public opinion, as measured in the polls, was deeply divided.• The city had strong Southernleanings and politically was deeply divided.• With a membershipdeeply divided in its views, will a politicised curriculum be divisive?• Even ethnically united communities are deeply divided on points of doctrine.• The justices are deeply divided on such issues as abortion, affirmative action and the separation of church and state.• By then, the Republicans were deeply divided on the utility of continuing the fight.• The medicalprofession was deeply divided over eugenics.• Still, the report and public hearing made plain that the subcommittee had been deeply divided over key points.
1SEPARATEa strong difference between the beliefs or way of life of groups of people, that may make them hate each other 〔不同群体在信仰或生活方式上的〕差异,差别
The North/South divide is characteristic of Britain.
南北差异是英国的典型特征。
cultural/political/racial etc divide
people on both sides of the political divide
政治分歧的双方
2.American EnglishAmESG a line of high ground between two river systems 分水岭,分水线SYN watershed
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divide• The ContinentalDivide runs along the length of the RockyMountains.• There is no hard-and-fastdivide between water-breathing and air-breathing animals.• There is still a great economic and political divide between the east and the west of the country.• The offspring of such a union are never quite accepted - on either side of the racial divide.• From his side of the racial divide, the ordeal of mobilization proved simply redundant.• The racial divide between the city and its suburbs is deepening.• The concept of a north-south divide was always too simplistic and sweeping.• On a brighter note, the surveyindicates that the North-South divide is continuing to narrow.• There are a couple of fudgeoptions at hand, but neither entirely bridges the divide.• Meanwhile, the divide between rich and poor has never been greater.• Recently the divide between the two sides has widened.
sides of the ... divide• Because both sides of the political divide are benefiting from the traffic, the issue is brushed under the carpet.
Origindivide1
(1300-1400)Latindividere, from videre“to separate”
ADJECTIVE | VERB + DIVIDE | DIVIDE + VERB | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤big, deep, great, sharp大的差異;深刻的分歧;巨大的差距;鮮明的差異▸➤growing日益增大的差距▸➤north-south, etc.南北等差距▸➤class, cultural, economic, ethnic, gender, generational, ideological, political, racial, religious, sectarian, social階級/文化/經濟/民族/性別/代際/意識形態/政治/種族/宗教/宗派/社會差異▸➤partisan, party黨派分歧➤digital數字鴻溝◇the digital divide between people with access to technology and those without有途徑獲得技術的人與接觸不到技術的人之間的數字鴻溝VERB + DIVIDE➤create製造分歧➤widen擴大差距◇policies which have widened the divide between rich and poor導致貧富差距擴大的政策➤close, narrow縮小差距➤bridge, cross, straddle彌合/跨越/超越差異◇advice on bridging cultural divides彌合文化差異的建議◇It's a friendship which crosses the divide of social class.這是一種跨越社會階層差異的友誼。◇a style which straddles the divide between classic and modern跨越古典與現代界限的一種風格➤address處理分歧◇attempts to address the racial divide in this country處理這個國家中種族差異的嘗試DIVIDE + VERB➤widen差異擴大▸➤narrow差異縮小▸➤open, open up差異產生➤separate sth差異分開某物◇a divide separating those who have access to computers and those who don't有電腦使用的人和無電腦使用的人之間的一條分界線PREPOSITION➤divide between在⋯之間的分界線◇the sharp divide between rich and poor regions貧富地區之間清晰的分界➤divide in在⋯上的分歧◇The leader's speech aimed to close the embarrassing divide in party ranks.領導人的講話旨在縮小黨內各派令人尷尬的分歧。divide
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1separate into parts分開ADVERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADVERB➤broadly, roughly大致/粗略劃分◇This report is divided broadly into two parts.報告大致分兩部份。➤exactly確切劃分▸➤clearly清楚地劃分▸➤conveniently, neatly方便地/簡明地劃分◇Vegetarians divide neatly into two groups.素食者清晰地分成兩類。➤evenly均分➤arbitrarily, randomly任意/隨機劃分◇They were randomly divided into three groups.他們被隨機分成三組。PREPOSITION➤into分為⋯◇The children divided into three teams.孩子們分為 3 個隊。PHRASES➤divide in two一分為二◇the point where the river divides in two河流的分叉點divide
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2share分享ADVERB | PREPOSITIONADVERB➤equally平均分配PREPOSITION➤among在⋯之間分發◇The money was divided equally among his sons.這筆錢由他的兒子們平分了。➤between在兩者之間分配◇They divided their time between London and Boston.他們一部份時間在倫敦,一部份時間在波士頓。divide
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3cause disagreement引起分歧ADVERB | PHRASESADVERB➤bitterly, deeply, seriously, sharply使嚴重分裂;使有重大分歧◇This issue has bitterly divided the community.這個問題造成社會嚴重分化。➤increasingly愈演愈烈地對立▸➤closely, evenly勢均力敵地對立➤ethnically, politically, racially民族/政治/種族對立◇The fragile peace has deteriorated in this ethnically divided city.脆弱的和平局勢在這個種族對立的城市中惡化了。PHRASES➤be divided about sth, be divided on sth, be divided over sth在⋯上意見分歧◇Board members were deeply divided on the issue.董事會成員在這個問題上分歧很大。
divide verb ⇨divide1 (cells divide)⇨divide2 (an issue divides people)⇨isolate (divide a mother from her child)⇨separate2 (A fence divides off the western side of the grounds.)⇨share (divide your money/time)divide1
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cells divide/divide sth up into sections细胞分裂;把某物分成几部分The issue has divided the government.这个问题在政府中引起了意见分歧。divide ♦︎ break (sth) up ♦︎ split ♦︎ cut sth up ♦︎ subdivide ♦︎ split (sb) up ♦︎ separate (sth) outThese words all mean to become, or to make sth become, two or more parts instead of one whole thing.这些词均表示分裂、分开或使某物分开。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to divide / break / split / cut sth up◆to divide (sth) / break sth up / split sth / subdivide sth into parts◆to divide (sth) / break sth up / split sth into sections◆to divide (sth) / split sth / cut sth up into pieces◆to divide (sb) / split sb / subdivide sth / split (sb) up into groups◆to divide / split (sth) in two / in half■divide [intransitive, transitive] to become, or to make sth become, two or more parts or groups instead of one whole thing(使)分开,分散,分割◆The cells began to divide rapidly.细胞开始迅速分裂。◆We reached the point where the river divides in two.我们到了河流的分岔处。◆This report is divided broadly into two parts.这份报告大致分为两部分。◆A sentence can be divided up into meaningful segments.句子可以划分成一些意义单元。■ˌbreak ˈup■ˌbreak sth ˈup
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(broke, broken)to divide, or to make sth divide, into several smaller parts散开;解散;拆开;分割◆The grey clouds had begun to break up.乌云开始消散了。◆Much has changed since the Soviet Union broke up.苏联解体后发生了很大的变化。◆Break up the chocolate and place it in a bowl.把巧克力分割成小块放在碗里。◆The ship was broken up for scrap metal.那艘船被拆解成废金属。◆Sentences can be broken up into clauses.一些句子可以分解成从句。■split(splitting, split, split) [intransitive, transitive] to divide, or to make sth divide, into two or more parts or groups分开,使分开(成几部分)◆The results split neatly into two groups.结果清晰地分成两类。◆Slate splits easily into thin sheets.板岩很容易分割成薄片。◆Which scientist first split the atom?是哪位科学家最早把原子分裂开来的?◆She split the class into groups of four.她把全班分成若干个四人小组。◆The day was split up into six one-hour sessions.一天的活动分成六个时段,每个时段一小时。NOTE辨析 Divide, break up or split?Divide is slightly more formal than break up or split. Break up often suggests a degree of force: things break up because people or circumstances have forced them to and they cannot hold together any more. When sth has broken up, or been broken up, it can no longer be considered part of a whole thing. * divide比break up或split稍正式些,break up常暗示一定程度的外力,由于人为或环境的力量,事物无法聚合在一起。某物break up或be broken up之后,就不再被看作整体的一部分◆The empire was broken up into different parts(= it was no longer an empire).这个帝国解体成了不同的国家。◆The empire was divided / split into different parts(= it was still an empire but contained separate areas).这个帝国划分成若干不同的地区。Things usually divide or split because it is natural for them to do so, although this is not always the case with particular collocations: cells divide naturally, but atoms can only be split using a great deal of force. * divide和split通常指事物自然正常分裂,但在一些特定搭配中并非总是如此:细胞分裂(cells divide)属于自然分裂,原子分裂(atoms are split)则需要借助强大的外力。■ˌcut sth ˈup
phrasal verb
(cutting, cut, cut)to divide sth into small pieces, especially by using a knife or scissors切碎;剁碎;剪碎◆He cut up the meat on his plate.他在盘子上把肉切成小块。◆I cut the paper up into small segments.我把那张纸剪成小片。■subdivideˈsʌbdɪvaɪd, ˌsʌbdɪˈvaɪd [transitive, often passive] (ratherformal) to divide sth into smaller parts, especially when it has already been divided once and each part is being divided again再分割;再分◆Each of the chapters is subdivided into several double-page spreads.每一章又被细分为几个跨页。■ˌsplit ˈup■ˌsplit sb ˈup
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(splitting, split, split)(of a group of people) to separate from each other, either as individuals or in smaller groups; to divide a group of people into smaller groups; to separate two or more people from each other(人群)分成小组,化整为零;拆散◆Let's split up now and meet again at lunchtime.我们现在先分开,午饭时再集合。◆We were split up into groups to discuss the question.我们分组讨论了那个问题。◆You two are talking too much. I'm going to have to split you up.你们俩在一起话太多了,我得把你们分开。■ˌseparate ˈout■ˌseparate sth ˈout
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(of the different parts of sth) to move apart and become separate; to make the different parts of sth do this; to see the difference between things which are different but together(某物的不同部分)分开;分开(不同部分);区分◆Particles will separate out as the smoke disperses.微粒会随着烟的消散而分离。◆More and more households are separating out recyclable waste.越来越多的家庭开始把可回收利用的垃圾分类。◆We need to separate out fact from speculation.我们需要把事实与猜测区分开来。ⓘ Separate out is used to emphasize that each part can be considered a complete thing in itself. * separate out用于强调每一部分都可看作一个整体◆The particles separate out(= they move away from each other).那些颗粒分散开了。◆The particles will divide(= each particle will become two or more separate parts).那些颗粒将分解成细小的部分。divide2
verb
cells divide/divide sth up into sections细胞分裂;把某物分成几部分The issue has divided the government.这个问题在政府中引起了意见分歧。divide ♦︎ split ♦︎ alienate ♦︎ separate ♦︎ be/become estranged ♦︎ come between sb and sbThese words all mean to make people disagree or become emotionally distant from each other.这些词均表示使人意见分歧或感情疏远。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to be divided / split over sth◆to be alienated / estranged from sb◆to be increasingly divided / split / alienated / separated / estranged◆to be deeply divided / split◆to be totally alienated / separated◆to be completely separated / estranged■divide [transitive](of an issue) to make two or more people disagree(议题)使产生分歧,使意见不一◆The issue has bitterly divided the community.这个问题在该区居民中引起了强烈的意见分歧。◆The government is divided on the question of tax cuts.政府在减税问题上产生了分歧。■split(splitting, split, split) [intransitive, transitive] to divide into smaller groups that have very different opinions; (of an issue) to make a group of people do this分裂,使分裂(成不同的派别);(议题)使产生分歧◆The committee split over government subsidies.在政府补贴问题上,委员会出现了相互对立的意见。◆The debate has split the country down the middle.那场争论把这个国家分成了两大派。NOTE辨析 Divide or split?Divide suggests that the disagreement may be temporary; if two or more people split, the disagreement may be permanent. Divide is not usually used in this meaning without an object. * divide暗示意见分歧是暂时性的,split则暗示意见分歧可能是永久性的。divide用于此义时通常接宾语。■alienate ˈeɪliəneɪt [transitive] (ratherformal) to make sb feel that they do not belong in a particular group使(与某群体)格格不入;使疏远◆Very talented children may feel alienated from the others in their class.天资出众的孩子可能觉得与班上的同学格格不入。◆It is important that the new policies do not alienate our core supporters.重要的是新政策不会使我们的主要拥护者离我们而去。■separate [transitive] to make sb/sth different in some way from sb/sth else区分;区别◆Politics is the only thing that separates us(= that we disagree about).我们之间唯一的分歧在于政治观点。◆Her lack of religious faith separated her from the rest of her family.她缺乏宗教信仰,这使她跟家里的人格格不入。◆Only four points separate the top three teams.领先的三支球队只相差四分。■be estranged■become estranged [intransitive] (ratherformal) to no longer be, or to stop being, friendly, loyal or in contact with sb, especially sb in your family变得(与某人,尤其是家人)疏远;断绝联系◆He became estranged from his family after the argument.那场争吵后他便与家人疏远了。■ˌcome beˈtween sb and sb
phrasal verb
(came, come) [no passive] to damage a relationship between two people损害⋯之间的关系;离间◆I'd hate anything to come between us.我不喜欢任何有损我们之间关系的事情。◆Must she always come between us?她干吗非得离间我们?ⓘ The subject of come between sb and sb can be a person, a problem, a feeling, a belief, an argument, a situation or almost anything. * come between sb and sb的主语几乎可以是任何事物,如人、问题、感情、信仰、论点、局势等。