vt.划分;隔开;分割;[数]除
vi.分裂;分开
n.分水岭;分歧;分
White lines divide the playing area into sections. 这些白线把赛区分成各个部分。
I hope this disagreement will not divide us. 我希望我们不会因这分歧而对立起来。
Divide the cake into equal parts. 把蛋糕分成等份。
用作不及物动词 (vi.)Class differences can divide a nation. 阶级差异会造成国家的分裂。
The cancer cells divide much more rapidly than the normal cells. 癌细胞的分裂比正常细胞快得多。
The train divides at York. 这列火车在约克市调动车厢分途行驶.
用作名词 (n.)This led to a divide between the upper class and the common man that persists to a degree down to the present generation. 这导致上层社会和平民大众之间的隔阂,在某种程度上,这个隔阂持续到当代。
There is a deep divide between the two factions. 这两派之间有很深的分歧。
The mountain is the divide between the two rivers. 这座山是这两条河的分水岭。
The racial divide between the city and its suburbs is deepening. 城区与周边地区的差异正在加深。
divide的基本意思是把整体分成若干部分,有“分份”和“分享”的含义,引申可用于表示“广泛地分离”和“相互间的对抗”,即“分裂”“使疏远”“使失和”。
divide可用于数学中表示“除”。
divide可用作不及物动词,也可用作及物动词。用作及物动词时接名词或代词作宾语,宾语后还可接介词短语或副词。
divide也可用作不及物动词,这时其后常接副词。
divide还可用作名词,表示“分水岭”。例如:the Continental Divide大陆分水岭(落基山脉形成的分水线)