DIVORCE1 to get divorced2 someone who is divorcedRELATED WORDSoppositeMARRYsee alsoSEPARATELEAVERELATIONSHIP1 to get divorced 离婚get divorced /ˌget dˈvɔːʳst/ [verb phrase]to legally end your marriage 离婚 My parents got divorced last year. 我父母去年离婚了。 Before getting divorced, you should think carefully about the effect it will have on the children. 离婚前，你应该慎重地考虑一下这将会给孩子们带来什么样的影响。divorce /dɪˈvɔːʳs, dəˈvɔːʳs/ [intransitive/transitive verb]if someonedivorces their husband or wife, or if two peopledivorce, they legally end their marriage 〔与…〕离婚 Finally, after years of unhappy marriage, Eva divorced Stanley. 经过了多年不愉快的婚姻，伊娃最后与斯坦利离婚了。 He kept promising her that he would divorce his wife, but he never actually did it. 他一直答应她会和妻子离婚，但他从未真的这么去做。 Petra's parents divorced when she was about seven years old. 彼得拉大概7岁的时候父母离婚了。divorce /dɪˈvɔːʳs, dəˈvɔːʳs/ [countable/uncountable noun]the legal process of ending a marriage 离婚 I've only seen my ex-wife once since the divorce. 离婚后我只见过前妻一次。 Gwen has just been through a bitter divorce. 格温刚经历了一场痛苦的离婚。get a divorce It's much too easy to get a divorce nowadays. 如今离婚也太容易了。ask (somebody) for a divorce Caroline's husband asked her for a divorce and she agreed. 卡罗琳的丈夫跟她提出离婚，她同意了。end in divorce A third of all marriages in Britain end in divorce. 英国有三分之一的婚姻以离婚告终。divorce ratethe number of divorces each year 离婚率 The divorce rate has risen steadily since the 1950s. 自20世纪50年代以来，离婚率在持续上升。separate /ˈsepəreɪt/ [intransitive verb]if a husband and wifeseparate, they no longer live together, usually because they intend to get divorced 〔夫妻为离婚而〕分居 Linda and George have only been married for a year and they're already thinking of separating. 琳达和乔治结婚才一年，就已经在考虑要分居了。 Anne and I separated for three months, but we are now together again. 安妮和我分居了三个月，不过我们现在又在一起了。split up /ˌsplɪt ˈʌp/ [intransitive phrasal verb]informalif two people split up, they end their marriage or they stop having a romantic relationship 【非正式】离婚；断绝关系 They're always arguing but I don't think they'll ever split up. 他们老是在争吵，但我认为他们不会离婚的。split up with Have you heard? Katie's splitting up with Andrew! 你听说了吗？凯蒂和安德鲁分手了！2 someone who is divorced 离了婚的人divorced /dɪˈvɔːʳst, dəˈvɔːʳst/ [adjective]someone who isdivorced has officially ended their marriage 离了婚的 Sue's parents are divorced. 休的父母已离婚。 At twenty-five Maria is now divorced, and lives with her three children. 25岁的玛丽亚现已离婚，与她的三个孩子住在一起。 More than 80% of divorced men, and 75% of divorced women, go on to remarry. 80%以上的离婚男子和75%的离婚女子都会再婚。get divorced They got divorced only three years after they got married. 他们结婚仅三年就离婚了。divorcee /dɪˈvɔːʳsiː, dəˈvɔːʳsiː/ [countable noun]a woman who is legally no longer married to her former husband 离了婚的人 Pam is a divorcee who has to bring her baby daughter up on her own. 帕姆离了婚，只得独自一人抚养出生不久的女儿。 Most of the people on the holiday seemed to be divorcees. 这次度假的人大部分好像都是离了婚的。separated /ˈsepəreɪtɪd, ˈsepəreɪtəd/ [adjective]if a husband and wife areseparated, they do not live with each other, because they are not happy together any more, but they are not divorced 〔夫妻〕分居的 David and I have been separated for the last six months, but we're not legally divorced yet. 戴维和我已分居六个月，不过从法律上说我们还没离婚。 I didn't know Linda and Mike were separated. 我不知道琳达和迈克已分居了。separated from Victoria's separated from her husband and caring for her children alone. 维多利亚跟丈夫分居了，由她一个人照顾孩子。ex-husband/ex-wifealsoex /ˌeks ˈhʌzbənd, ˌeks ˈwaɪf, eks/ [countable noun]spoken informalthe man or woman that someone was once married to 前夫；前妻 I had a letter from my ex-wife yesterday. 我昨天收到前妻的一封来信。 Women who are attacked by their husbands or ex-husbands often fail to report them to the police. 遭丈夫或前夫殴打的妇女通常都不向警方报案。 My ex and I haven't spoken in years. 前夫和我已经多年没说话了。