divorce

noun

1. the legal dissolution of a marriage

Synonym: divorcement

verb

1. part
cease or break association with

e.g. She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president

Synonym: disassociatedissociatedisunitedisjoint

2. get a divorce
formally terminate a marriage

e.g. The couple divorced after only 6 months

Synonym: split up

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

e.g. Numerous marriages now end in divorce...
现在许多婚姻都以离婚收场。
e.g. Their divorce became final this weekend...
他们离婚一事在这周末尘埃落定。

2. (与…)离婚
If a man and woman divorce or if one of them divorces the other, their marriage is legally ended.

e.g. My parents divorced when I was very young...
我很小的时候父母就离婚了。
e.g. He and Lillian had got divorced...
他和莉莲已离婚了。

3. 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.

e.g. ...this divorce of Christian culture from the roots of faith...
基督教文化和信仰根基的脱离
e.g. This process is, in no sense, a divorce between the Labour Party and the trade union movement.
这个进程绝不是工党和工会运动相脱离。

4. 使分离;使分开
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.

e.g. Good management in the police cannot be divorced from accountability...
对警察队伍的良好管理和应负的责任是分不开的。
e.g. We have been able to divorce sex from reproduction.
我们已经能够将性和生育完全分开了。

1. 离婚,分开：divest 脱去,剥除 | divorce 离婚,分开 | divulge 泄漏,揭穿

2. divorce

2. 和...离婚,分离,分裂,离婚：divert 转向,转入,消遣,娱乐 | divorce 和...离婚,分离,分裂,离婚 | extrovert 使外向,使外倾,外向之人