split up ( splitting, splits )

• 1. 

  PHRASAL VERB If two people split up, or if someone or something splits them up, they end their relationship or marriage. 使 (两人) 分手; (两人) 分手

  例：

  Research suggests that children whose parents split up are more likely to drop out of high school.

  研究显示父母离异的孩子更有可能在中学辍学。

  例：

  I was beginning to think that nothing could ever split us up.

  我渐渐开始以为没有什么事情能把我们分开。

• 2. 

  PHRASAL VERB If a group of people split up or are split up, they go away in different directions. 使朝不同方向去; 朝不同方向去

  例：

  Did the two of you split up in the woods?

  你们俩在树林里分的道吗？

  例：

  This situation has split up the family.

  此事使这个家庭的成员分道扬镳了。

• 3. 

  PHRASAL VERB If you split something up, or if it splits up, you divide it so that it is in a number of smaller separate sections. 使 (物) 分开; (物) 分开

  例：

  Any thought of splitting up the company was unthinkable, they said.

  他们说，任何分裂该公司的想法都是不可思议的。

  例：

  Even though museums have begged to borrow her collection, she could never split it up.

  尽管各博物馆已恳求过借用她的收藏品，她永远都不能把藏品分开。