divorce /dɪˈvɔːs/ CET4 TEM4 ( divorcing, divorced, divorces )

• 1. 

  N-VAR A divorce is the formal ending of a marriage by law. 离婚

  例：

  Numerous marriages now end in divorce.

  现在许多婚姻都以离婚而告终。

• 2. 

  V-RECIP If a man and woman divorce or if one of them divorces the other, their marriage is legally ended. 离婚

  例：

  He and Lillian had got divorced.

  他和莉莲离婚了。

  例：

  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。

• 3. 

  N-SING 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. 分离; 脱离

  例：

  ...this divorce of Christian culture from the roots of faith.

  …基督教文化与信仰根源的分离。

• 4. 

  V-T 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. 使分离; 使脱离

  例：

  Good management in the police cannot be divorced from accountability.

  警政的良好管理离不开问责制。

  例：

  Democracy cannot be divorced from social and economic progress.

  民主离不开社会和经济的进步。