divorce

🇬🇧/dɪˈvɔːs/ 🇺🇸/dɪˈvɔːrs/📚 4262 128 3四级六级考研托福雅思高考
A divorce is the formal ending of a marriage by law. 离婚

noun [抽象名词]离婚;离婚判决;分开,脱离

Numerous marriages now end in divorce.
现在许多婚姻都以离婚而告终。

verb [vt. 及物动词]与(某人)离婚;使分离,割裂

I am absolutely furious that he divorced me to marry her.
我实在很生气他和我离婚娶了她。

di- 表示"两个,双"、"使…变成,分开,离开"divorce 离婚(di+vorce=vert 转→从〔丈夫身边〕转开→离婚;参考:divert 转开)
di(分开) + vorce(看做voice, 声音) → 夫妻两个发出不同的声音 → 离婚
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He and Lillian had got divorced. 他和莉莲离婚了。
...this divorce of Christian culture from the roots of faith. …基督教文化与信仰根源的分离。
Good management in the police cannot be divorced from accountability. 警政的良好管理离不开问责制。
Democracy cannot be divorced from social and economic progress. 民主离不开社会和经济的进步。
Divorce was legalized in 1981. 离婚在1981年被合法化了。
The divorce was not contested. 这桩离婚案没有人提出异议。
Divorce is bad for children. 离婚对孩子不好。