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Divide People Smaller 例:The Number Areas Divided Verb

单词 divide
音标
英[dɪˈvaɪd] 美[dɪˈvaɪd]
解释
vt.& vi.分;划分;分离;(使)产生分歧;n.分水岭,分界线;分配;
例句

V-ERG
(使)分开;(使)分散;(使)分裂
When people or things are divided or divide into smaller groups or parts, they become separated into smaller parts.
例:The physical benefits of exercise can be divided into three factors...运动对身体的好处可以分为3个方面。
例:It will be easiest if we divide them into groups...如果我们将他们分成小组将是最简单的。

VERB
分配;分享;分担
If you divide something among people or things, you separate it into several parts or quantities which you distribute to the people or things.
例:Paul divides most of his spare time between the study and his bedroom...保罗在大部分空闲时间里要么呆在书房里,要么呆在卧室里。
例:Divide the sauce among 4 bowls.把酱汁分到 4 个碗里。

VERB
除;除以
If you divide a larger number by a smaller number or divide a smaller number into a larger number, you calculate how many times the smaller number can fit exactly into the larger number.
例:Measure the floor area of the greenhouse and divide it by six.量一下温室的建筑面积再将它除以 6。

VERB
分隔;把…分开;是…的分界线
If a border or line divides two areas or divides an area into two, it keeps the two areas separate from each other.
例:...remote border areas dividing Tamil and Muslim settlements.将泰米尔聚居区和穆斯林聚居区隔开的偏远边境地区
例:...the artificial line that divides the city.划分城市的人为分界线

V-ERG
(使)产生分歧;(使)意见不一
If people divide over something or if something divides them, it causes strong disagreement between them.
例:She has done more to divide the Conservatives than anyone else...她在分裂保守党这件事上所起的作用比任何人都大。
例:The democrats are divided over whether to admit him into their group...民主党人就是否允许他加入他们的组织意见不一。

N-COUNT
明显差异;(常指引起争论的)分歧
A divide is a significant distinction between two groups, often one that causes conflict.
例:...a deliberate attempt to create a Hindu-Muslim divide in India.故意在印度的印度教徒和穆斯林之间制造分歧的企图

N-COUNT
(时间、过程的)分界线,分界点
A divide is a moment in time or a point in a process when there is a complete change from one situation to another.
例:The time had come to cross the great divide between formality and truth.是时候跨越形式与真理之间的巨大分界线了。

N-COUNT
分水岭
A divide is a line of high ground between areas that are drained by different rivers.

PHRASE
分而治之
You use divide and rule to refer to a policy which is intended to keep someone in a position of power by causing disagreements between people who might otherwise unite against them.
例:The government's policies of divide and rule have only contributed to the volatility of the region.政府分而治之的政策只是加剧了该地区的不稳定性。
变形
third:divides~done:divided~ing:dividing~past:divided~

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