divorce

noun

/dɪˈvɔːs/

/dɪˈvɔːrs/

[uncountable, countable] the legal ending of a marriage离婚
- The marriage ended in divorce in 1996.这桩婚姻在 1996 年以离婚告终。
- an increase in the divorce rate (= the number of divorces in a year)离婚率的增长
- They have agreed to get a divorce.他们已同意离婚。
- Divorce proceedings (= the legal process of divorce) started today.今日已提起离婚诉讼。
- Bella wants a divorce.贝拉想要离婚。
- He remarried after a divorce from his first wife, Kate.他和第一任妻子凯特离婚后再婚了。
- She told him she was filing for divorce.她告诉他她正在申请离婚。
Collocations Marriage and divorce
Marriage and divorce结婚和离婚Romance恋爱
- fall/be (madly/deeply/hopelessly) in love (with somebody)（疯狂地／深深地／无可救药地）爱上／爱着（某人）
- be/believe in/fall in love at first sight是／相信一见钟情；一见钟情
- be/find true love/the love of your life是／找到真爱／一生的爱
- suffer (from) (the pains/pangs of) unrequited love受单相思之苦
- have/feel/show/express great/deep/genuine affection for somebody/something对某人／某事有着／表示出强烈的／深深的／真挚的爱慕之情
- meet/marry your husband/wife/partner/fiancé/fiancée/boyfriend/girlfriend与丈夫／妻子／伴侣／未婚夫／未婚妻／男朋友／女朋友结识／结婚
- have/go on a (blind) date有个／去约会／相亲
- be going out with/(especially North American English) dating a guy/girl/boy/man/woman与一个小伙子／女生／男生／男人／女人在谈恋爱
- move in with/live with your boyfriend/girlfriend/partner与男朋友／女朋友／伴侣同居
Weddings婚礼
- get/be engaged/married/divorced订婚；结婚；离婚
- arrange/plan a wedding安排婚礼
- have a big wedding/a honeymoon/a happy marriage举行隆重的婚礼；度蜜月；婚姻幸福
- have/enter into an arranged marriage有一个／走入包办婚姻
- call off/cancel/postpone your wedding取消／推迟婚礼
- invite somebody to/go to/attend a wedding/a wedding ceremony/a wedding reception邀请某人出席／参加婚礼／结婚典礼／结婚喜宴
- conduct/perform a wedding ceremony举行结婚典礼
- exchange rings/wedding vows/marriage vows交换戒指；互致结婚誓言
- congratulate/toast/raise a glass to the happy couple祝贺这对幸福的新人；为这对幸福的伉俪干杯
- be/go on honeymoon (with your wife/husband)（与妻子／丈夫）在／去度蜜月
- celebrate your first (wedding) anniversary庆祝第一个（结婚）纪念日
Separation and divorce分居和离婚
- be unfaithful to/(informal) cheat on your husband/wife/partner/fiancé/fiancée/boyfriend/girlfriend对丈夫／妻子／伴侣／未婚夫／未婚妻／男朋友／女朋友不忠
- have an affair (with somebody)（和某人）有暧昧关系
- break off/end an engagement/a relationship解除／终止婚约／恋爱关系
- break up with/split up with/ (informal) dump your boyfriend/girlfriend与男友／女友分手；甩掉男友／女友
- separate from/be separated from/leave/divorce your husband/wife和丈夫／妻子分居；离弃丈夫／妻子；与丈夫／妻子离婚
- annul/dissolve a marriage宣布婚姻无效；解除婚姻关系
- apply for/ask for/go through/get a divorce申请／要求／办理离婚；离婚
- get/gain/be awarded/have/lose custody of the children获得／被判予／拥有／失去对孩子的监护权
- pay alimony/child support (to your ex-wife/husband)（向前妻／前夫）支付生活费／子女抚养费
compare separation
- He cited adultery as grounds for divorce.他以妻子与人通奸作为离婚理由。
- He hasn't signed the divorce papers yet.他还没有在离婚文件上签字。
- He is waiting for the divorce to come through before he remarries.他在等待顺利离婚，然后再婚。
- He told her that he was married but getting a divorce.他告诉她他有家室，但正在办离婚。
- Neither partner had considered divorce.双方都没考虑过离婚。
- Once the divorce is finalized, I plan to move to Bermuda.我计划离婚后马上搬去百慕大住。
- Over 50 000 divorces were granted last year.去年共批准了 5 万多宗离婚申请。
- Parental divorce can have lasting negative consequences for children.父母离异会给孩子造成长期的负面影响。
- She filed for divorce in 2019.她在2019年申请离婚。
- She is seeking a divorce on the grounds of cruelty.她正以遭受虐待为由要求离婚。
- She watched her parents go through an acrimonious divorce.她父母在吵吵闹闹中离了婚，而她目睹了这一过程。
- The church may disapprove but Catholics can and do obtain civil divorces.教会也许不同意，但是天主教徒可以请求民事离婚并且能够获准。
- The divorce rate has been growing steadily since 1971.自从 1971 年以来，离婚率一直稳步上升。
- The majority of divorces are initiated by women.大多数离婚是由女方提出的。
- These days divorce is rarely contested.现在离婚很少有争议。
- her divorce from the pop star她同流行歌星的离异
- the lawyers handling their divorce处理他们离婚的律师
Topics Family and relationshipsb2, Law and justiceb2
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- amicable
- uncontested
- no-fault
- …
verb + divorce
- want
- apply for
- ask for
- …
divorce + verb
- come through
divorce + noun
- court
- case
- proceedings
- …
preposition
- divorce from
- divorce on the grounds of
phrases
- grounds for divorce
[countable, usually singular] divorce (between A and B) (formal) an act of separating two things; the ending of a relationship between two things分离；脱离
- the divorce between religion and science宗教与科学的分裂

divorce

verb

/dɪˈvɔːs/

/dɪˈvɔːrs/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they divorce	/dɪˈvɔːs/ /dɪˈvɔːrs/
he / she / it divorces	/dɪˈvɔːsɪz/ /dɪˈvɔːrsɪz/
past simple divorced	/dɪˈvɔːst/ /dɪˈvɔːrst/
past participle divorced	/dɪˈvɔːst/ /dɪˈvɔːrst/
-ing form divorcing	/dɪˈvɔːsɪŋ/ /dɪˈvɔːrsɪŋ/

[transitive, intransitive] divorce (somebody) to end your marriage to somebody legally与（某人）离婚；判（某人）离婚
- They're getting divorced.他们要离婚了。
- She's divorcing her husband.她与丈夫在闹离婚。
- I'd heard they're divorcing.我听说他们要离婚了。
Topics Family and relationshipsb2, Law and justiceb2
[transitive, often passive] divorce somebody/something from something (formal) to separate a person, an idea, a subject, etc. from something; to keep two things separate使分离；使脱离
- They believed that art should be divorced from politics.他们认为艺术应该与政治分开。
- He lived in a world of his own, increasingly divorced from reality.他生活在自己的世界里，越来越脱离现实。
- The word has become utterly divorced from its original meaning.这个词已经完全脱离了它的原意。
- He argues that morality cannot be divorced from religion.他认为道德不能脱离宗教。