- [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 divorcecompare separationMarriage 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
Extra ExamplesTopics Family and relationshipsb2, Law and justiceb2He 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
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- amicable
- uncontested
- no-fault
- …
- want
- apply for
- ask for
- …
- come through
- court
- case
- proceedings
- …
- divorce from
- divorce on the grounds of
- 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