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divorce

释义

divorce

noun countable/uncountable

UK /dɪˈvɔː(r)s/

Word Forms

singular	divorce
plural	divorces

1
a legal way of ending a marriage
I want a divorce.
get a divorce:
Is it true Tom’s getting a divorce?
end in divorce:
Both of her marriages ended in divorce.
grounds for divorce (=a good reason for it):
Does he have grounds for divorce?
Synonyms and related words
Divorce and separation
access
accrual
alimony

divorce

noun countable/uncountable

US /dɪˈvɔrs/

Word Forms

singular	divorce
plural	divorces

1
a legal way of ending a marriage
I want a divorce.
get a divorce:
Is it true Tom’s getting a divorce?
end in divorce:
Both of her marriages ended in divorce.
grounds for divorce (=a good reason for it):
Does he have grounds for divorce?
Synonyms and related words
Divorce and separation
access
accrual
alimony

divorce

verb

UK /dɪˈvɔː(r)s/

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/they	divorce
he/she/it	divorces
present participle	divorcing
past tense	divorced
past participle	divorced

1
intransitive/transitive to take legal action to end your marriage. If two people agree to stop living together, but do not legally end their marriage, they separate
She still refuses to divorce him.
Paula’s parents divorced when she was 14.
Synonyms and related words
Divorce and separation
access
accrual
alimony
2
transitive usually passiveto completely separate one thing from another so that they are not connected in any way
Politics should not be divorced from the lives of ordinary people.
Synonyms and related words
To separate something from something else
separate
spread out
divide

divorce

verb

US /dɪˈvɔrs/

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/they	divorce
he/she/it	divorces
present participle	divorcing
past tense	divorced
past participle	divorced

1
intransitive/transitive to take legal action to end your marriage. If two people agree to stop living together, but do not legally end their marriage, they separate
She still refuses to divorce him.
Paula’s parents divorced when she was only a child.
Synonyms and related words
Divorce and separation
access
accrual
alimony
2
transitive usually passiveto completely separate one thing from another so that they are not connected in any way
Politics should not be divorced from the lives of ordinary people.
Synonyms and related words
To separate something from something else
separate
spread out
divide

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