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di.vide (obj) SEPARATEdI5vaIdvto (cause to) separate into parts, or to cause (people) to disagree strongly分割; 使意见不和At the end of the lecture, I'd like all the students to divide into small discussion groups. [I]讲座结束后，我想让学生们分小组讨论。Divide the pastry into four equal parts. [T]把馅饼平均分成4份。After World War Two, Germany was divided into two separate countries for more than four decades. [T]第二次世界大战后，在长达40多年的时间里，德国被分裂成两个独立的国家。The independent candidate was accused of dividing the opposition vote and allowing the previous representative to be re-elected. [T]有人谴责这位独立候选人分散反对党的选票，从而让上届代表再次当选。The vote is expected to divide equally/evenly for and against the proposal. [I]据预计，有一半的选票支持这项提议，另一半反对。To divide is also to share.分享; 分担I think we should divide (up) the costs equally among/between us. [T/M]我想我们应平摊费用。Britain is to divide the development costs with Germany and France. [T]英国将与德国及法国共同分担发展经费。If something divides two areas, it marks the edge or limit of them.隔离There's a narrow alley which divides our house from the one next door. [T]一条窄窄的小巷将我们家与隔壁人家分开。This path marks the dividing line between my land and my neighbour's.这条小径是我的土地与邻居的土地之间的分隔线。It is not always easy to draw a dividing line between erotica and pornography.有时很难划分性爱文学作品与黄色书刊。To divide something is also to use different amounts of it for different purposes or activities.分配She divides her time between her apartment in New York and her cottage in Yorkshire. [T]她有时住在纽约的公寓，有时住在约克郡的农舍。Greg divides his energies between running the company and playing tennis. [T]格雷格把精力分用在管理公司和打网球上。To divide a group of people is to cause them to disagree.使有分歧When it was first introduced, the ordination of women deeply divided (members of) the Church of England. [T]对妇女受圣职在开始时引起了英国国教会内部的很大的意见分歧。The party is divided (= Its members disagree) on/over the issue of capital punishment. [T]对于死刑，党派中意见不一。(Br) If representatives in Parliament divide, they vote by separating into two groups, one group who want the law which is being voted on to be accepted and one group who are against it.分组以进行赞成或反对议案的表决After a lengthy debate, MPs/the House of Commons divided. [I]长时间的辩论后，下院议员们分组表决。Divide and rule is a way of acting which a person in a position of power uses to keep himself or herself in power by causing disagreements among other people so that they are unable to question his or her power.分而治之"England and America are two countries divided by a common language." (believed to have been said by George Bernard Shaw, 1856--1950)“英国和美国是由同一种语言分成的两个国家。”（据信系萧伯纳所言）
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