Divide 单词释义、用法例句及同义词辨析

## 一、单词释义

"Divide"是一个英语动词,其基本含义是“分开”或“划分”,常用于物理或抽象概念的分离。在不同的语境中,"divide"有多种含义:

1. **物理分割**:将某物分成两个或更多的部分。

2. **分配**:将事物均匀或不均匀地分给多个人或群体。

3. **分歧**:指意见、观点或情感上的不合或分裂。

4. **计算除法**:在数学中,表示一个数被另一个数除。

## 二、用法例句

1. **物理分割**

   - The farmer divided the land into small plots for cultivation. (农民把土地划分为小块用于耕种。)

   - The river divides the city into two distinct areas, the east and the west. (河流把这个城市分成了东西两个明显区域。)

2. **分配**

   - The teacher divided the class into four groups for the project. (老师将班级分成四个小组来完成项目。)

   - The inheritance was divided equally among the three siblings. (遗产被平均分给了三个兄弟姐妹。)

3. **分歧**

   - The discussion became heated as opinions began to divide. (讨论变得激烈,因为观点开始出现分歧。)

   - The political party is deeply divided over the issue of immigration. (这个政党在移民问题上存在严重分歧。)

4. **计算除法**

   - If you divide 12 by 3, you get 4. (如果你把12除以3,你会得到4。)

   - She divided the total cost by the number of guests to find out the per-person expense. (她把总费用除以客人数,以计算每个人的花费。)

## 三、同义词辨析

1. **Split**: "Split"与"divide"非常相似,都指将整体分成部分。然而,"split"更常用于物理分割,如劈开、割裂或分开。在抽象层面上,它也可以表示观点或情感的分裂,但不如"divide"正式。

   - The tree split in half during the storm. (那棵树在暴风雨中裂成两半。)

   - Their friendship split after a disagreement. (他们因一次争执而分手。)

2. **Separate**: "Separate"强调将原本在一起的事物分开,可以是物理上的,也可以是概念上的。它通常不涉及分配或均等划分。

   - Please separate the recyclables from the regular trash. (请把可回收物和普通垃圾分开。)

   - They separated the wheat from the chaff to obtain clean grains. (他们把谷物和糠皮分开,以获取干净的谷粒。)

3. **Distribute**: "Distribute"侧重于将物品或资源分配给一组人或地方,通常涉及到公平或特定的比例。

   - The charity distributed food and clothing to the earthquake victims. (慈善机构向地震灾民分发了食物和衣物。)

   - The teacher distributes assignments to each student according to their abilities. (老师根据每个学生的能力分配作业。)

4. **Disperse**: "Disperse"常指人群或物体的分散,可以是自然发生的,也可以是人为驱散。

   - The crowd dispersed when the police arrived. (警察到达时,人群散开了。)

   - The seeds disperse in the wind, spreading the plant's offspring far and wide. (种子随风飘散,将植物的后代播撒到四面八方。)