divide
verb uk/dɪˈvaɪd/ us/dɪˈvaɪd/
(SEPARATE)
B1 [ I or T ]（使）分开；（使）分组
to (cause to) separate into parts or groups
At the end of the lecture, I'd like all the students to divide into small discussion groups. 讲座结束后，我想让所有学生分成几个讨论小组。
After the Second World War Germany was divided into two separate countries. 第二次世界大战之后，德国被分成了两个独立的国家。
C1 [ T ]分享；分摊
to share
I think we should divide (up) the costs equally among/between us. 我认为我们应该平均分摊这些费用。
B2 [ T ]分隔，隔开
If something divides two areas, it marks the edge or limit of them.
There's a narrow alley that divides our house from the one next door. 一条窄窄的小巷将我们的房子和邻居的隔开了。
This path marks the dividing line between my land and my neighbour's. 这条路是我和邻居的土地分界线。
[ T ]分配
to use different amounts of something for different purposes or activities
She divides her time between her apartment in New York and her house in the Berkshires. 她有时住在纽约的公寓，有时住在伯克郡的小屋。
[ I ] UK（议会等）分赞成和反对两组进行表决
If Members of Parliament divide, they vote by separating into two groups, one group who want the law that is being voted on to be accepted and one group who are against it.
After a lengthy debate, MPs/the House of Commons divided. 经过长时间的辩论，下议院议员最终进行了分组表决。
- More examples
- Knead the dough well, then divide it into four pieces.
- Texas is divided into 254 counties.
- The work has been divided into smaller, more manageable sections.
- Human prehistory is divided into three successive periods: the Stone Age, the Bronze Age and the Iron Age.
- The money was divided equally between several worthy causes.
(DISAGREE)
B2 [ T often passive ]（使）产生分歧，（使）意见相左
to cause a group of people to disagree about something
The party is divided on/over the issue of capital punishment. 该党在死刑问题上意见不统一。
divide and rule (also mainly US divide and conquer) 分而治之
a way of keeping yourself in a position of power by causing disagreements among other people so that they are unable to oppose you
It's just a fact that the principle that underpins any empire is divide and rule.
He was accused of trying to divide and rule.
That policy of divide and rule would seem to have backfired.
She actively encouraged conflict. Divide and rule, that was her motto.
It was universally acknowledged that he operated a system of divide and rule.
(CALCULATE)
divide something by something 用…除…
to calculate the number of times that one number fits (exactly) into another
10 divided by 5 is/equals 2. 10除以5等于2。
100 divided by ten is ten.
35 divided by five equals seven.
To get the answer, you need to divide the top number of the fraction by the bottom number.
This figure was then divided by ten.
The smallest number can then be divided by 12.
That six percent divided by 12 will give us the interest for a month.
Compare: multiplysubtract
divide (something) into somethingC1 （…）除…
If a number divides into another number, it fits (exactly) into it when multiplied a particular number of times.
What do you get if you divide 6 into 18? 6除18等于多少？
2 divides into 10 five times. 2除10等于5。
Next, divide five into 35.
Eleven is a prime number. That means no other numbers divide evenly into it.
Six divides into 40 with four left over.
Start by dividing three into twelve.
divide
noun [ C ] uk/dɪˈvaɪd/ us/dɪˈvaɪd/
C1 分歧；隔阂
a difference or separation
The divide between the rich and the poor in this country is continuing to grow. 该国富人与穷人之间的隔阂日趋扩大。