Divorce
[dɪ'vɔːs] or [dɪ'vɔrs]
解释:
(noun.) the legal dissolution of a marriage.
(verb.) get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage; 'The couple divorced after only 6 months'.
整理:莱克格斯--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) A legal dissolution of the marriage contract by a court or other body having competent authority. This is properly a divorce, and called, technically, divorce a vinculo matrimonii.
(n.) The separation of a married woman from the bed and board of her husband -- divorce a mensa et toro (/ thoro), "from bed board."
(n.) The decree or writing by which marriage is dissolved.
(n.) Separation; disunion of things closely united.
(n.) That which separates.
(n.) To dissolve the marriage contract of, either wholly or partially; to separate by divorce.
(n.) To separate or disunite; to sunder.
(n.) To make away; to put away.
本校对
同义词及近义词：
n. Separation (of husband and wife), dissolution of the marriage contract.
v. a. Separate, part, sever.
安德鲁手打
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Separate, disconnect, dissever, divert, alienate
ANT:Conjoin, unite, connect, apply, reconcile, reunite
奥德丽整理
解释:
n. the legal separation of husband and wife: the sentence by which a marriage is dissolved.—v.t. to separate: to sunder: to dissolve the marriage-contract of: to put away.—adj. Divorce′able.—ns. Divorcee′ a divorced person; Divorce′ment (B.) divorce; Divor′cer.—adj. Divor′cive having power to divorce.
乔安妮手打
娱乐性解释：
To dream of being divorced, denotes that you are not satisfied with your companion, and should cultivate a more congenial atmosphere in the home life. It is a dream of warning. For women to dream of divorce, denotes that a single life may be theirs through the infidelity of lovers.
贝蒂整理
娱乐性解释：
Nominally, separation of husband and wife from the bonds of matrimony. In the vicinity of Newport it is frequently a legal formula that immediately precedes a fashionable wedding.
哈迪编辑
例句:
- He told me he had promised the Bishop to sign some kind of a petition against divorce. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- Divorce was made as easy as marriage; the distinction of legitimate and illegitimate children was abolished. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- A strict divorce law might be like New York's: it would recognize few grounds for a decree. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- Her grand-daughter the Countess Olenska wishes to sue her husband for divorce. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
- H'm--have you considered the consequences if she decides for divorce? 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
- But European society is not given to divorce: Countess Olenska thought she would be conforming to American ideas in asking for her freedom. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
- For example: You brought a divorce case, or a restitution case, into the Consistory. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- I have called this misplaced rationality a piece of learned folly, because it shows itself most dangerously among those thinkers about politics who are divorced from action. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- One way presumably is that divorced women often become prostitutes. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- Instead of connecting directly with present activities, it is remote, divorced from the means by which it is to be reached. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- A strict divorce law would, of course, diminish the number of divorced women, and perhaps keep them out of prostitution. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- We in America have divorced them completely: both art and politics exist in a condition of unnatural celibacy. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- The unquestioned need for experts in politics is full of the very real danger that detailed preparation may give us a bureaucracy--a government by men divorced from human tradition. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- She was divorced, debarred, a soul shut out. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- Better marriages would among other blessings require fewer divorces. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- For he was now divorcing his old helper Josephine, because she was childless, in order to secure the continuity of his dynasty. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
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