ADJECTIVE | VERB + DIVIDE | DIVIDE + VERB | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤big, deep, great, sharp大的差異;深刻的分歧;巨大的差距;鮮明的差異▸➤growing日益增大的差距▸➤north-south, etc.南北等差距▸➤class, cultural, economic, ethnic, gender, generational, ideological, political, racial, religious, sectarian, social階級/文化/經濟/民族/性別/代際/意識形態/政治/種族/宗教/宗派/社會差異▸➤partisan, party黨派分歧➤digital數字鴻溝◇the digital divide between people with access to technology and those without有途徑獲得技術的人與接觸不到技術的人之間的數字鴻溝VERB + DIVIDE➤create製造分歧➤widen擴大差距◇policies which have widened the divide between rich and poor導致貧富差距擴大的政策➤close, narrow縮小差距➤bridge, cross, straddle彌合/跨越/超越差異◇advice on bridging cultural divides彌合文化差異的建議◇It's a friendship which crosses the divide of social class.這是一種跨越社會階層差異的友誼。◇a style which straddles the divide between classic and modern跨越古典與現代界限的一種風格➤address處理分歧◇attempts to address the racial divide in this country處理這個國家中種族差異的嘗試DIVIDE + VERB➤widen差異擴大▸➤narrow差異縮小▸➤open, open up差異產生➤separate sth差異分開某物◇a divide separating those who have access to computers and those who don't有電腦使用的人和無電腦使用的人之間的一條分界線PREPOSITION➤divide between在⋯之間的分界線◇the sharp divide between rich and poor regions貧富地區之間清晰的分界➤divide in在⋯上的分歧◇The leader's speech aimed to close the embarrassing divide in party ranks.領導人的講話旨在縮小黨內各派令人尷尬的分歧。divide
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1separate into parts分開ADVERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADVERB➤broadly, roughly大致/粗略劃分◇This report is divided broadly into two parts.報告大致分兩部份。➤exactly確切劃分▸➤clearly清楚地劃分▸➤conveniently, neatly方便地/簡明地劃分◇Vegetarians divide neatly into two groups.素食者清晰地分成兩類。➤evenly均分➤arbitrarily, randomly任意/隨機劃分◇They were randomly divided into three groups.他們被隨機分成三組。PREPOSITION➤into分為⋯◇The children divided into three teams.孩子們分為 3 個隊。PHRASES➤divide in two一分為二◇the point where the river divides in two河流的分叉點divide
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2share分享ADVERB | PREPOSITIONADVERB➤equally平均分配PREPOSITION➤among在⋯之間分發◇The money was divided equally among his sons.這筆錢由他的兒子們平分了。➤between在兩者之間分配◇They 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。divide
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3cause disagreement引起分歧ADVERB | PHRASESADVERB➤bitterly, deeply, seriously, sharply使嚴重分裂;使有重大分歧◇This issue has bitterly divided the community.這個問題造成社會嚴重分化。➤increasingly愈演愈烈地對立▸➤closely, evenly勢均力敵地對立➤ethnically, politically, racially民族/政治/種族對立◇The fragile peace has deteriorated in this ethnically divided city.脆弱的和平局勢在這個種族對立的城市中惡化了。PHRASES➤be divided about sth, be divided on sth, be divided over sth在⋯上意見分歧◇Board members were deeply divided on the issue.董事會成員在這個問題上分歧很大。