di‧vorce 1 S3 / dəvɔs, dɪvɔs $ -ɔrs / 名词

1 [可数和不可数名词] the legal ending of a marriage → separation :

Why doesn’t she get a divorce ?

One in three marriages ends in divorce .

file/sue/petition for divorce (= start the legal divorce process )

His wife has started divorce proceedings .

the rise in the divorce rate

She received the house as part of the divorce settlement (= the amount of money, property etc each person receives in a divorce case ) .

The Act extended the grounds (= legal reasons ) for divorce .

2 [可数名词，通常单数] formal the fact of separating two related things

divorce between

the divorce between theory and method

COLLOCATIONS

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get a divorce (= end your marriage ) Their marriage had never been happy and in the end they got a divorce.

go through a divorce (= experience getting a divorce ) I was going through a divorce and it was a very painful time.

want a divorce She told him she wanted a divorce.

ask (somebody) for a divorce She asked her husband for a divorce after he had been unfaithful.

a marriage ends in divorce Five years later, their marriage ended in divorce.

file for divorce ( also petition for divorce formal ) (= start the legal divorce process ) The next day I saw a lawyer and filed for a divorce.

形容词

a bitter divorce (= involving very angry feelings ) After a long and bitter divorce, Wendy was looking forward to starting a new life.

a messy divorce (= complicated and unpleasant to deal with ) She wanted to avoid a messy divorce .

a painful divorce (= causing a lot of sadness ) I have been through a painful divorce, and know what it feels like.

divorce + NOUN

the divorce rate (= the number of people who get a divorce ) The country has a high divorce rate.

divorce proceedings (= the legal processes of getting a divorce ) His first marriage was unsuccessful and led to long divorce proceedings.

a divorce settlement (= the amount of money, property etc each person gets in a divorce ) She received a $10 million divorce settlement from her first husband.

a divorce case (= a legal case dealing with a divorce ) It was the biggest divorce case that an English court has dealt with.

a divorce lawyer/court (= one dealing with divorce ) She’s a famous New York divorce lawyer.

divorce papers (= documents concerning a divorce ) My husband refused to sign the divorce papers.

短语

grounds for divorce (= acceptable reasons for divorce, according to the law ) Violence and neglect are grounds for divorce.