divide
verbVerb Forms
Idioms present simple I / you / we / they divide | |
he / she / it divides | |
past simple divided | |
past participle divided | |
-ing form dividing |
- [intransitive, transitive]
to separate into parts; to make something separate into parts synonym split up(使)分開,分散,分割,分成… The cells began to divide rapidly. 細胞開始迅速分裂。 - divide into something
The questions divide into two categories: easy and hard. 問題分爲兩類:容易和難。 - divide up
After lunch we divided up for group discussions. 午飯後,我們分頭進行小組討論。 - divide something (into something)
I divided the class into four groups. 我把班級分成四組。 Divide the dough into four pieces. 把面團分成四份。 The book is divided into 11 sections. 這本書分爲11個部分。 - divide something up (into something)
A sentence can be divided up into meaningful segments. 一個句子可以劃分成有意義的若幹部分。
Extra ExamplesTopics Biologyb1Railway enthusiasts divide neatly into two groups. 鐵路愛好者簡單地分成兩類。 We have divided the topics into three categories. 我們把話題分成了三類。 The study divided consumers into five groups. 這項研究將消費者分爲五組。 Films tend to divide into two categories: ‘art-house’ and ‘commercial’. 電影往往分爲兩類:“藝術片”和“商業片”。 The performance is divided into six parts. 演出分爲六個部分。 The children divided into three teams. 孩子們分爲 3 個隊。 The country is divided up into nine regions. 該國劃分爲9 個區域。 They were randomly divided into three groups. 他們被随機分成三組。 This report is divided broadly into two parts. 這份報告大致分爲兩部分。 First, divide the class into two groups. 首先,將班級分成兩組。 The city was divided into four sectors. 這座城市被劃分成四個區。 Flimsy partitions divided up the gallery into claustrophobic rooms. 單薄的隔牆將畫廊分隔成幽閉恐怖的房間。 We decided to divide the space with screens. 我們決定用屏風來分隔空間。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- broadly
- roughly
- exactly
- …
- into
- divide in two
- [transitive] divide something
to separate something into parts and give a share to each of a number of different people, etc. synonym share (3)分配;分享;分擔 They could not agree on how to divide the land. 他們無法就如何劃分土地達成一致。 - divide something up
Jack divided up the rest of the cash. 傑克把餘下的現金分了。 - divide something (up) between somebody
We divided the work between us. 我們共同分擔這項工作。 - divide something (up) among somebody
Profits were divided up among the staff. 利潤在員工中分配。 The money was divided equally among his sons. 這筆錢由他的兒子們平分了。
Extra ExamplesThe story is about a father who divides his property among his sons. 這個故事講的是一個父親給兒子們分配財産的事。 Space is divided according to the needs of individual departments. 空間是根據個别部門的需要來劃分的。 Most of the collection was divided among the city's museums. 大部分藏品被分配給了該市的博物館。 They carefully divided up the cost of the vacations they took together. 他們仔細分攤了一起度假的費用。 The exhibition features the work of 60 artists, evenly divided between well-known and less-familiar figures. 這次展覽展示了60位藝術家的作品,他們平均分爲知名人物和不太爲人所知的人物。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- equally
- among
- between
- [transitive]
to use different parts of your time, energy, etc. for different activities, etc. 把(時間、精力等)分别用於 - divide something
As working parents we think carefully about how we divide our time. 作爲職業父母,我們會仔細考慮如何分配時間。 - divide something between A and B
He divides his energies between politics and business. 他把精力一部分用在政治上,一部分用在生意上。
Extra ExamplesThey divided their time between London and Boston. 他們一部份時間在倫敦,一部份時間在波士頓。 They divide their time between New York and their ranch in New Mexico. 他們在紐約和新墨西哥州的農場之間分配時間。 Her mentor advised her to divide her efforts 80–20, with 80% going to research, and 20% to teaching. 她的導師建議她將努力分成80-20份,80%用於研究,20%用於教學。 The children of immigrants may divide their loyalties between their birth country and their parents'. 移民的子女可能會在他們的出生國和父母之間劃分他們的忠誠。 He divides his year between the University of Houston and Florida State University. 他在休斯頓大學和佛羅裏達州立大學分班。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- equally
- among
- between
- divide something
- [intransitive]
(of a road or river )路或河 to separate into two or more parts that lead in different directions 分岔 Where the path divides, keep right. 來到岔口就靠右行。 - divide into something
The river divides into several channels. 這條河分成幾條渠道。
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by car or lorryb1Just past the bridge by a new forestry block, the paths divide. 就在橋的另一邊,一個新的森林街區,小路分開了。 There's a signpost where the road divides. 這條路的分岔處有一個路標。 The nearest restaurant is located opposite, just before the road divides. 最近的餐館就在對面,就在道路分岔之前。 He overtook at the point where the road divides into two lanes. 他在道路分成兩條車道的地方超車。 Here the river divides into about four separate streams. 這條河在這裏分成大約四條獨立的溪流。 Streams divide and unite across the plain. 河流在平原上分開並匯合。
- [transitive] divide A from B (formal)
to separate two people or things 使分離;使分開 - [transitive]
to be the real or imaginary line or barrier that separates two people or things synonym separate是…的分界線;分隔;把…隔開 - divide something (off)
A fence divides off the western side of the grounds. 一道籬笆把庭院的西面隔開。 - divide A from B
The English Channel divides England from France. 英吉利海峽把英法兩國分隔開來。
Extra ExamplesA low wall divides the patio from the rest of the garden. 一道矮牆將天井與花園的其餘部分隔開。 Britain is divided from the rest of Europe by the English Channel. 英吉利海峽把英國和歐洲其他地區分開了。 the mountains which divide Europe from Asia 把歐洲和亞洲分開的山脈
- divide something (off)
- [transitive, intransitive]
to find out how many times one number is contained in another 除以 - divide something by something
30 divided by 6 is 5 (= 30 ÷ 6 = 5). 30 除以 6 等於 5。 - divide by something
It's easy to divide by ten. 很容易被十除。 The children are learning how to multiply and divide. 孩子們正在學習如何乘法和除法。
- divide something by something
- [intransitive, transitive] divide (something) into something
to be able to be multiplied to give another number 除 5 divides into 30 6 times. 5 除 30 等於 6。
- [transitive]
to make people disagree synonym split使産生分歧;使意見不一 - divide somebody/something
to divide the nation/country 分裂國家 This issue has bitterly divided the community. 這個問題造成社會嚴重分化。 The building divides opinion (= some people like it and some do not). 這座建築衆說紛纭。 - be divided on/over something
The party is deeply divided on this question. 該黨在這個問題上分歧很大。 to be evenly/sharply divided over the issue 在這個問題上意見不一/嚴重分歧
Extra ExamplesTopics Opinion and argumentb2The issue has divided the government. 這個問題在政府中引起了意見分歧。 The presidential elections divided the nation. 總統選舉分裂了這個國家。 a country divided by war 因戰爭而分裂的國家 The case divided the New York art world at the time. 該案件在當時分裂了紐約藝術界。 a society that was divided along sectarian lines 一個按宗派劃分的社會 an issue that threatens to divide society 威脅到社會分裂的問題 I will not allow this to divide our family. 我不會讓這件事拆散我們的家庭。 Scholarly opinion is evenly divided on whether the portrait is of a Hellenistic prince or a Roman general. 學者們對這幅肖像是希臘王子還是羅馬將軍的看法不一。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- bitterly
- deeply
- seriously
- …
- be divided about something
- be divided on something
- be divided over something
- …
- divide somebody/something
- [intransitive] (+ adv./prep.)
(of two or more people )二人或以上 to disagree 分配;分享;分擔 Communities frequently divided along racial lines. 社區經常按照種族劃分。
separate分開
mathematics數學
disagreement分歧
Word OriginMiddle English (as a verb): from Latin dividere ‘force apart, remove’. The noun dates from the mid 17th cent.
Idioms
divide and rule
to keep control over people by making them disagree with and fight each other, therefore not giving them the chance to join together and oppose you 分而治之 a policy of divide and rule 分而治之的政策
split/divide (something) down the middle
to divide something into two equal parts; to divide into two equal parts 平分;分爲相等的兩半