di·vorce
noun/dɪˈvɔːs/
/dɪˈvɔːrs/
- [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.
他与第一任妻子凯特离婚后再婚。 - She told him she was filing for divorce.
她告诉他她正在提出离婚。
Collocations Marriage and divorceMarriage and divorceRomancecompare separation- fall/be (madly/deeply/hopelessly) in love (with somebody)
- be/believe in/fall in love at first sight
- be/find true love/the love of your life
- suffer (from) (the pains/pangs of) unrequited love
- have/feel/show/express great/deep/genuine affection for somebody/something
- meet/marry your husband/wife/partner/fiancé/fiancée/boyfriend/girlfriend
- have/go on a (blind) date
- be going out with/(especially North American English) dating a guy/girl/boy/man/woman
- move in with/live with your boyfriend/girlfriend/partner
- get/be engaged/married/divorced
- arrange/plan a wedding
- have a big wedding/a honeymoon/a happy marriage
- have/enter into an arranged marriage
- call off/cancel/postpone your wedding
- invite somebody to/go to/attend a wedding/a wedding ceremony/a wedding reception
- conduct/perform a wedding ceremony
- exchange rings/wedding vows/marriage vows
- congratulate/toast/raise a glass to the happy couple
- be/go on honeymoon (with your wife/husband)
- celebrate your first (wedding) anniversary
- be unfaithful to/(informal) cheat on your husband/wife/partner/fiancé/fiancée/boyfriend/girlfriend
- have an affair (with somebody)
- break off/end an engagement/a relationship
- break up with/split up with/ (informal) dump your boyfriend/girlfriend
- separate from/be separated from/leave/divorce your husband/wife
- annul/dissolve a marriage
- apply for/ask for/go through/get a divorce
- get/gain/be awarded/have/lose custody of the children
- pay alimony/child support (to your ex-wife/husband)
Extra ExamplesTopics Family and relationshipsb2, Law and justiceb2- He 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。 - She decided not to date for a while after a messy divorce.
离婚后，她决定暂时不再约会。 - She filed for divorce in 2019.
她于2019年提出离婚。 - 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
- The marriage ended in divorce in 1996.
- [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
- the divorce between religion and science