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”