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divorce用作动词的基本意思是“与…离婚”,指断绝夫妻之间的关系,也可指“分离”,用作名词表示离婚，分离等含义。
一.divorce用作名词
1.离婚
Divorce is on the increase.
离婚案不断增多。
After the divorce she moved to her mother's old home.
离婚后她搬到她母亲的故居去住。
2.分离，脱离
They demanded the divorce of the subsidiary from the parent firm.
他们要求子公司与母公司分离。
They advocated a complete divorce of government and religion.
他们主张政教完全分离。
二.divorce用作动词
1.与（某人）离婚，判（某人）离婚
She divorced him after years of unhappiness.
经过多年不愉快的生活,她跟他离婚了。
He and Lillian had got divorced.
他和莉莲已离婚了。
2.使分离，使脱离
Some painters divorce art from life.
一些画家使艺术与生活分离。
In sports, exercise and play are not divorced.
在运动中,练习和比赛是分不开的。