the legal dissolution of a marriage by a court or other competent body
离婚
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her divorce from her first husband 她和第一任丈夫的离异
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[mass noun]
one in three marriages ends in divorce 每三对婚姻中就有一对以离婚收场
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[as modifier]
divorce proceedings .离婚程序。
a legal decree dissolving a marriage
离婚判决。
[in sing.]a separation between things which were or ought to be connected
分离;分开
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a divorce between ownership and control in the typical large company .典型的大型公司中所有权和控制权的分离。
legally dissolve one's marriage with (someone)
与(某人)离婚
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[as adj.
divorced ]a divorced couple 一对离异的夫妇
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[no obj.]
they divorced eight years later .八年后他们离婚。
separate or dissociate (something) from something else, typically with an undesirable effect
将…分离(尤指产生令人不快的后果)
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religion cannot be divorced from morality .宗教不能和道德分离。
(
疏远;脱离
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a desire to divorce myself from history .使自己摆脱过去的愿望。
"late Middle English: the noun from Old French