divorce
英 [d?'v??s]
美 [d?'v?rs]
- vt. 使離婚，使分離；與…離婚
- n. 離婚；分離
- vi. 離婚
助記提示
1、divert => divert- => divort- => *divors- => divorc- "separate, leave one's husband" + -e => divorce.
中文詞源
divorce 離婚詞源同divert, 轉(zhuǎn)開。引申詞義離婚。
英文詞源
- divorce
- divorce: see diverse
- divorce (n.)
- late 14c., from Old French divorce (14c.), from Latin divortium "separation, dissolution of marriage," from divertere "to separate, leave one's husband, turn aside" (see divert). Not distinguished in English from legal separation until mid-19c.
- divorce (v.)
- late 14c., from Old French divorcer, from divorce (see divorce (n.)). Related: Divorced; divorcing.
雙語例句
- 1. I wanted a divorce. I wanted to get away.
- 我想離婚，以求解脫。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Petter saw no reason to hurry the divorce along.
- 彼得認(rèn)為沒有必要加速離婚進(jìn)程。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. She decided to divorce her increasingly faithless and unreliable husband.
- 她決定與越來越花心、越來越靠不住的丈夫離婚。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The high divorce figures don't seem to be putting people off marriage.
- 離婚的人很多，但這好像并沒有打消人們對結(jié)婚的熱情。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. At this rate, we could find ourselves in the divorce courts!
- 照這樣下去，我們會為離婚鬧上法院！
來自柯林斯例句