- separate or be separated into parts（使）分开; （使）分隔：
with obj. consumer magazines can be divided into a number of different categories消费者杂志可以分成许多不同的种类
the oak beams that divided up the whitewashed walls
将石灰水刷白的墙壁间隔开的橡木梁
no obj. the cell clusters began to divide rapidly.细胞群开始迅速分裂。
- with obj. separate (something) into portions and distribute a share to each of a number of people将（某物）分配给：
Jack divided up the rest of the cash
杰克将剩下的现金分了
profits from his single were to be divided between a number of charities.
他单曲唱片的利润将分给几个慈善机构。
- with obj. allocate (different parts of one's time, attention, or efforts) to different activities or places分配（时间、注意力或精力）：
the last years of her life were divided between Bermuda and Paris.
她生命的最后几年就是在百慕大和巴黎两地度过的。
- with obj. form a boundary between (two people or things)隔开：
a fence divides off the western side of the garden.
一道篱笆隔开了花园的西边。
- (of a legislative assembly) separate or be separated into two groups for voting（立法机构）为投票（把…）分成两组：
no obj. the House divided: Ayes 287, Noes 196议院分成两组：赞成287票, 反对196票
with obj. the Party decided to put down an amendment and thus divided the House.该党决定拒绝一项修正案, 从而使得议院分成两派。
- disagree or cause to disagree不同意; 使有分歧：
with obj. the question had divided Frenchmen since the Revolution自大革命以来法国人对这个问题就有不同看法
as adj. divided a divided party leadership不和的政党领导
no obj. cities where politicians frequently divide along racial lines.政客们因为奉行不同的种族路线而观点频频相左的城市。
- with obj. Mathematics find how many times (a number) contains another【数】除：
36 divided by 2 equals 18
36除以2等于18
no obj. the program helps children to multiply and divide quickly and accurately.这个程序帮助孩子们快速准确地进行乘除运算。
- no obj.(of a number) be susceptible of division without a remainder被除尽：
30 does not divide by 8.
30除以8除不尽。
- find how many times (a number) is contained in another把（某一数字）作除数：
divide 4 into 20.
将20除以4。
- no obj.(of a number) be contained in a number without a remainder除尽：
3 divides into 15.
15可以被3除尽。
- a wide divergence between two groups, typically producing tension or hostility（尤指会产生紧张气氛或敌意的）两派间的分歧：
there was still a profound cultural divide between the parties.
党派间还是有很深的文化分歧。
- a boundary between two things（两事物间的）界限：
symbolically, the difference of sex is a divide.
就象征性而言, 性别差异就是一道分界线。
- chiefly US a ridge or line of high ground forming the division between two valleys or river systems〈主美〉（山谷或河系间高地形成的）分水岭。
divide and rule（或conquer）
- the policy of maintaining control over one's subordinates or subjects by encouraging dissent between them, thereby preventing them from uniting to overthrow one分而治之：
the politics of divide and rule in society.
对社会实行分而治之的政治。
divided against itself
- (of a group which should be coherent) split by factional interests（本该一致的团体因不同派系利益而）分裂的：
the regime is profoundly divided against itself.
该政权四分五裂。