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  • Conjugation : past  divided ; ing  dividing
  • Derivatives : adj  dividable
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

divide [dɪ'vaɪd]
  1. 1. vt. to divide (up) (separate) (into groups,areas) 划分
  2. 2. vt. (in maths) 除
  3. 3. vt. to divide sth between/among sb/sth (share) 在两个/3个以上人/物之间分配某物
  4. 4. vt. [road] [ frontier+] to divide sth (from sth) (keep separate) 将某物(与某物)分隔
  5. 5. vt. (split) 使有分歧
  6. 6. vi. [people+] (into groups) 分开
  7. 7. vi. [cells+] 分裂
  8. 8. noun [c] (gulf,rift) 分水岭
    to divide sth in half
    将某物一分为二
    40 divided by 5
    40除以5
    divide 7 into 35
    7除35

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

divide [dɪˈvaɪd]
  1. 1. vt. 分割割裂
    Dig out the clumps of roots and divide them into smaller portions to replant.
    把大团的根茎出来,把它们分成小块然后种植
  2. 2. vt. [Mathematics] 除以,使被除
    It took a long tine to divide the numbers in my head.
    我花了很长时间用心算做这些除法
    Can you divide 49 by seven?
    你能计算49除以7吗?
  3. 3. vt. 分隔隔开
    The river divides the city.
    这条河把这座城市一份为二。
    The mountain range divides the two countries.
    这座山把这个国家分成两半。
  4. 4. vi. 分离裂开
    The panels were to be divided and sold.
    这个仪表盘将被拆分销售
  5. 5. vt. 划分分解
    We can divide the department into three separate teams.
    我们可以这个部门分成三个组。
  6. 6. vt. 分开拉开,扯开
    The men were divided from the children.
    男人小孩分开
  7. 7. vt. 使产生分歧,使意见不合
  8. 8. vt. 把……分组,将……分类
  9. 9. verb 分组表决
  10. 10. vt. 在尺、量杯等上刻标度,画出刻度
  11. 11. n.[c] 分歧不合
    The divide between the two groups is considerable.
    两组之间分歧是很大的。
  12. 12. n.[c] 分水岭分水界
    The mountain is the divide between the two rivers.
    这座山是两条河的分水岭

Collins English-English Dictionary

divide [dɪ'vaɪd]
  1. 1. vb to separate or be separated into parts or groups; split up; part
  2. 2. vb to share or be shared out in parts; distribute
  3. 3. vb to diverge or cause to diverge in opinion or aim
    the issue divided the management
  4. 4. vt. [tr] to keep apart or be a boundary between
    the Rio Grande divides Mexico from the United States
  5. 5. vi. [intr] (in Parliament and similar legislatures) to vote by separating into two groups
  6. 6. vi. to categorize; classify
  7. 7. vi. to calculate the quotient of (one number or quantity) and (another number or quantity) by division
    to divide 50 by 10
    to divide 10 into 50
    to divide by 10
  8. 8. vi. [intr] to diverge
    the roads divide
  9. 9. vt. [tr] to mark increments of (length, angle, etc) as by use of an engraving machine
  10. 10. n [chiefly US and Canadian] an area of relatively high ground separating drainage basins; watershed - See also continental divide
  11. 11. n a division; split
  12. 12. n [Etymology] C14: from Latin dividere to force apart, from di-2 + vid- separate, from the source of viduus bereaved, vidua widow

Examples

a divide highway
分隔行驶的公路,有分隔带的公路
Let's divide the bill evenly.
我们均摊费用吧。
to divide sth in half
将某物一分为二
to cut/divide sth into quarters
把某物切/分为4份
Divide the decimal by a whole number.
把这个十进制的数除以一个整数。

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