divide

verb

分开 separate

1. （使）分开，分散，分割，分成…
   to separate or make sth separate into parts
   1. The cells began to divide rapidly.
      细胞迅速分裂。
   2. A sentence can be divided up into meaningful segments.
      一个句子可以划分成有意义的各个部分。
2. 分配；分享；分担
   to separate sth into parts and give a share to each of a number of different people, etc.
   1. Jack divided up the rest of the cash.
      杰克把余下的现金分了。
   2. We divided the work between us.
      我们共同分担这项工作。
3. 把（时间、精力等）分别用于
   to use different parts of your time, energy, etc. for different activities, etc.
   1. He divides his energies between politics and business.
      他把精力一部分用在政治上，一部分用在生意上。
4. 使分离；使分开
   to separate two people or things
   1. Can it ever be right to divide a mother from her child?
      让母子分离难道还有对的时候？
5. 是…的分界线；分隔；把…隔开
   to be the real or imaginary line or barrier that separates two people or things
   1. A fence divides off the western side of the grounds.
      篱笆把庭院的西面隔开。
6. 分岔
   to separate into two parts that lead in different directions
   1. Where the path divides, keep right.
      来到岔路口就靠右行。

引起分歧 cause disagreement

7. 使产生分歧；使意见不一
   to make two or more people disagree
   1. The issue has divided the government.
      这个问题在政府中引起了意见分歧。

数学 mathematics

8. 除以
   to find out how many times one number is contained in another
   1. 30 divided by 6 is 5 (30 ÷ 6 = 5) .
      30除以6等于5。
9. 除
   to be able to be multiplied to give another number
   1. 5 divides into 30 6 times.
      5除30等于6。

noun

不同 difference

1. 不同；差异；分歧
   a difference between two groups of people that separates them from each other
   1. the North/South divide
      南北分歧
   2. the divide between Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland
      北爱尔兰的天主教徒和新教徒之间的分歧

河流之间 between rivers

2. 分水岭；分水线
   a line of high land that separates two systems of rivers

1. V-ERG （使）分开；（使）分散;（使）分裂
   When people or things are divided or divide into smaller groups or parts, they become separated into smaller parts.
   1. The physical benefits of exercise can be divided into three factors...
      运动对身体的好处可以分为3个方面。
   2. It will be easiest if we divide them into groups...
      如果我们将他们分成小组将是最简单的。
   3. Divide the pastry in half and roll out each piece...
      把油酥面团一分为二，再分别擀成皮。
   4. We divide into pairs and each pair takes a region...
      我们分成两人一组，每一组负责一个区域。
   5. Bacteria reproduce by dividing and making copies of themselves.
      细菌通过分裂和自我复制来繁殖。
2. VERB 分配;分享;分担
   If you divide something among people or things, you separate it into several parts or quantities which you distribute to the people or things.
   1. Paul divides most of his spare time between the study and his bedroom...
      保罗在大部分空闲时间里要么呆在书房里，要么呆在卧室里。
   2. Divide the sauce among 4 bowls.
      把酱汁分到 4 个碗里。
3. VERB 除;除以
   If you divide a larger number by a smaller number or divide a smaller number into a larger number, you calculate how many times the smaller number can fit exactly into the larger number.
   1. Measure the floor area of the greenhouse and divide it by six.
      量一下温室的建筑面积再将它除以 6。
4. VERB 分隔;把…分开;是…的分界线
   If a border or line divides two areas or divides an area into two, it keeps the two areas separate from each other.
   1. ...remote border areas dividing Tamil and Muslim settlements.
      将泰米尔聚居区和穆斯林聚居区隔开的偏远边境地区
   2. ...the artificial line that divides the city.
      划分城市的人为分界线
   3. ...the long frontier dividing Mexico from the United States.
      墨西哥和美国之间绵长的边界线
5. V-ERG （使）产生分歧;(使)意见不一
   If people divide over something or if something divides them, it causes strong disagreement between them.
   1. She has done more to divide the Conservatives than anyone else...
      她在分裂保守党这件事上所起的作用比任何人都大。
   2. The democrats are divided over whether to admit him into their group...
      民主党人就是否允许他加入他们的组织意见不一。
   3. The party is likely to divide along ideological lines.
      该党有可能在意识形态上产生分歧。
6. N-COUNT 明显差异;(常指引起争论的)分歧
   A divide is a significant distinction between two groups, often one that causes conflict.
   1. ...a deliberate attempt to create a Hindu-Muslim divide in India.
      故意在印度的印度教徒和穆斯林之间制造分歧的企图
7. N-COUNT （时间、过程的）分界线，分界点
   A divide is a moment in time or a point in a process when there is a complete change from one situation to another.
   1. The time had come to cross the great divide between formality and truth.
      是时候跨越形式与真理之间的巨大分界线了。
8. 分水岭
   A divide is a line of high ground between areas that are drained by different rivers.

in BRIT, usually use 英国英语通常用 watershed


9. PHRASE 分而治之
   You use divide and rule to refer to a policy which is intended to keep someone in a position of power by causing disagreements between people who might otherwise unite against them.
   1. The government's policies of divide and rule have only contributed to the volatility of the region.
      政府分而治之的政策只是加剧了该地区的不稳定性。

1. The concrete wall that used to divide this city has now all but gone
   曾经将这座城市分隔开的混凝土墙现在已几乎不复存在。
2. Those cells divide and give many other different types of cells.
   那些细胞分裂，产生出许多不同种类的细胞。
3. It is not an idea around which the Community can unite. On the contrary, I see it as one that will divide us.
   这种想法并不能让欧共体团结一致。相反地，我认为它会导致我们的分裂。
4. The physical benefits of exercise can be divided into three factors
   运动对身体的好处可以分为3个方面。
5. It will be easiest if we divide them into groups
   如果我们将他们分成小组将是最简单的。
6. Divide the pastry in half and roll out each piece
   把油酥面团一分为二，再分别擀成皮。
7. We divide into pairs and each pair takes a region
   我们分成两人一组，每一组负责一个区域。
8. Bacteria reproduce by dividing and making copies of themselves.
   细菌通过分裂和自我复制来繁殖。
9. Paul divides most of his spare time between the study and his bedroom
   保罗在大部分空闲时间里要么呆在书房里，要么呆在卧室里。
10. Divide the sauce among 4 bowls.
    把酱汁分到4个碗里。
11. Measure the floor area of the greenhouse and divide it by six.
    量一下温室的建筑面积再将它除以6。
12. She has done more to divide the Conservatives than anyone else
    她在分裂保守党这件事上所起的作用比任何人都大。
13. The democrats are divided over whether to admit him into their group
    民主党人就是否允许他加入他们的组织意见不一。
14. The party is likely to divide along ideological lines.
    该党有可能在意识形态上产生分歧。
15. The time had come to cross the great divide between formality and truth.
    是时候跨越形式与真理之间的巨大分界线了。
16. The government's policies of divide and rule have only contributed to the volatility of the region.
    政府分而治之的政策只是加剧了该地区的不稳定性。
17. The idea is to divide up the country into four sectors
    该主张是将国家分成4个防区。
18. The Trust needs a new law to divide it up into smaller bodies.
    该托管组织需要有新法律来将它分成若干小型机构。
19. The aim was to divide up the business, give everyone an equal stake in its future.
    目的是为了平分公司股份，让每个人将来承担均等的风险。
20. Divide the dough into 12 even pieces and shape each piece into a ball
    将面团分成12等份，每份揉成球状。
21. Cells divide and renew as part of the human growth process.
    细胞不断地分裂更新，这是人体发育过程的一部分。
22. Divide the vegetables among four individual dishes.
    把蔬菜分开盛放在4个单独的盘子里。
23. The straight white part in her ebony hair seemed to divide the back of her head in half.
    她乌黑的头发中有条笔直的白色分缝，仿佛将她的后脑勺一分为二。
24. It is now clear that this was a ruse to divide them.
    现在已清楚这是一个离间他们的诡计。
25. Remove the meat with a fork and divide it among four plates
    用餐叉把肉叉走，分到4个盘里。
26. Do you divide your hair at the side or in the middle?
    你的头发是偏分还是中间分？
27. Each of four chromosomes divide longitudinally.
    四种染色体的每一种都沿着纵向分裂。
28. Oceans don't so much divide the world as unite it.
    与其说海洋把世界分隔开，倒不如说它们将世界连成一体。
29. You can divide this between you.
    这个你们可以两人平分。
30. 3 will not divide into 7.
    3除不尽7。

  separate divide isolate part【导航词义：分开，隔开】

  separate v. 分开，隔开

〔辨析〕指将混合物按不同类别分开，也指把紧连在一起或溶合在一起的东西分开。

  divide v. 隔开，分离

〔辨析〕指把两个区域分隔开，或将一个整体分为若干部分，有时含平均划分之意。

  isolate v. 分隔，隔离

〔辨析〕指区别看待问题、观点等，也指使人或物处于孤立、隔离的状态。

  part v. 〈书〉（使）分开，分手

〔辨析〕多指使紧密相连的人或物分开，指父母和子女分开时多用被动语态。

v.

divide and rule

• 分而治之
  to keep control over people by making them disagree with and fight each other, therefore not giving them the chance to unite and oppose you together
  1. a policy of divide and rule
     分而治之的政策

noun

1. a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems

   Synonym:    watershedwater parting

2. a serious disagreement between two groups of people (typically producing tension or hostility)

verb

1. perform a division
   1. Can you divide 49 by seven?

   Synonym:    fraction

2. force, take, or pull apart
   1. He separated the fighting children
   2. Moses parted the Red Sea

   Synonym:    separatedisunitepart

3. come apart
   1. The two pieces that we had glued separated

   Synonym:    separatepart

4. make a division or separation

   Synonym:    separate

5. separate into parts or portions
   1. divide the cake into three equal parts
   2. The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I

   Synonym:    splitsplit upseparatedissevercarve up

6. act as a barrier between
   1. The mountain range divides the two countries

   Synonym:    separate