divorce

【发音】

美 /dɪ'vɔrs/ 英 /dɪ'vɔːs/

【翻译】

1. n.离婚，离异

   英释:the legal ending of a marriage

2. vt. 离婚； 分离， 脱离

   英释:if someone divorces their husband or wife, or if two people divorce, they legally end their marriage

【短语】

1. divorce rate : 离婚率

2. divorce from : 离婚；分离

3. divorce court : 离婚法庭

【例句】

1. Why doesn’t she get a divorce ?

   她为什么不离婚呢？

2. One in three marriages ends in divorce .

   有三分之一的婚姻以离婚告终。

3. His wife has started divorce proceedings .

   他妻子开始了离婚诉讼。

4. the rise in the divorce rate

   离婚率的上升

5. 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。

6. The Act extended the grounds for divorce .

   《法案》放宽了离婚条件。

【真题例句】

1. (2014.12 • CET6 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...Then there is the finding we cited in our Science paper of higher divorce and depression rates among a large group of British men who attended single-sex schools as teenagers...

【同、近义词】

1. vt.使离婚，使分离；与…离婚

   separate/split/

2. n.离婚；分离

   separation/detachment/

【同根词】

1. adj

   divorced : 离婚的

2. n

   divorcement : 离婚；分离