英语词汇“asunder”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

WORD ORIGINasunder

Origin:

Old English onsundran, from on ‘into’ + sundran ‘parts’

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

All told, the cradle of civilization has been tearing asunder for some 30 million years.
If the momentum picks up, conventional politics could be torn asunder.
In 1964, the Republican Party was torn asunder by the nomination of conservative Barry Goldwater.
Let the Unionists expose themselves and rend one another asunder.
Now their raging passions looked like tearing asunder one of the strongest rigs in the North Sea.
Smith and Bryant could not overcome their opponents' vivid word images of immigrant families split asunder.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB► split

· One ... could hardly speak; one sat and thought, yet could not think ... the trees split asunder.· Smith and Bryant could not overcome their opponents' vivid word images of immigrant families split asunder.

► tear

· If the momentum picks up, conventional politics could be torn asunder.· In 1964, the Republican Party was torn asunder by the nomination of conservative Barry Goldwater.· Now their raging passions looked like tearing asunder one of the strongest rigs in the North Sea.· All told, the cradle of civilization has been tearing asunder for some 30 million years.

PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► be torn/split/rent etc asunder

If the momentum picks up, conventional politics could be torn asunder.
In 1964, the Republican Party was torn asunder by the nomination of conservative Barry Goldwater.
The veils are parting, the mists are rent asunder.
This unity was to be rent asunder by changes in technology and by the impact of the Modern Movement in architecture.

单词	asunder
释义	asundera‧sun‧der /əˈsʌndə $ -ər/ adverb literary Word Origin WORD ORIGINasunder Origin: Old English onsundran, from on ‘into’ + sundran ‘parts’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS All told, the cradle of civilization has been tearing asunder for some 30 million years. If the momentum picks up, conventional politics could be torn asunder. In 1964, the Republican Party was torn asunder by the nomination of conservative Barry Goldwater. Let the Unionists expose themselves and rend one another asunder. Now their raging passions looked like tearing asunder one of the strongest rigs in the North Sea. Smith and Bryant could not overcome their opponents' vivid word images of immigrant families split asunder. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB► split · One ... could hardly speak; one sat and thought, yet could not think ... the trees split asunder.· Smith and Bryant could not overcome their opponents' vivid word images of immigrant families split asunder. ► tear · If the momentum picks up, conventional politics could be torn asunder.· In 1964, the Republican Party was torn asunder by the nomination of conservative Barry Goldwater.· Now their raging passions looked like tearing asunder one of the strongest rigs in the North Sea.· All told, the cradle of civilization has been tearing asunder for some 30 million years. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► be torn/split/rent etc asunder If the momentum picks up, conventional politics could be torn asunder. In 1964, the Republican Party was torn asunder by the nomination of conservative Barry Goldwater. The veils are parting, the mists are rent asunder. This unity was to be rent asunder by changes in technology and by the impact of the Modern Movement in architecture. be torn/split/rent etc asunder to be torn violently apart or destroyed: a nation torn asunder by internal conflicts
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