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divorce

/dih-vawrs, -vohrs/US // dɪˈvɔrs, -ˈvoʊrs //UK // (dɪˈvɔːs) //

离婚,离异,离职

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a judicial declaration dissolving a marriage in whole or in part, especially one that releases the marriage partners from all matrimonial obligations.Compare judicial separation.
    • : any formal separation of husband and wife according to established custom.
    • : total separation; disunion: a divorce between thought and action.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    di·vorced, di·vorc·ing.

    • : to separate by divorce: The judge divorced the couple.
    • : to break the marriage contract between oneself and by divorce: She divorced her husband.
    • : to separate; cut off: Life and art cannot be divorced.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    di·vorced, di·vorc·ing.

    • : to get a divorce.

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Examples

  • Though breakups and divorces don’t typically bring about happy feelings, the big D word certainly is bringing happiness to R&B singer Keyshia Cole.

  • I think we might find other people who were married to him or are still married to him and are trying to get an annulment or a divorce and can’t locate him.

  • In 2018, a woman in the northern Somali town of Lasanod told a district court while asking for a divorce that her construction worker husband was spending most of his wages on khat and regularly beating her with electrical wires.

  • Since her divorce, Scott—who announced a name change from Bezos in July—has emerged as a prominent philanthropist.

  • Hormones also equip us to handle daily and long-term stresses — such as high-stakes exams or divorce in the family.

  • If you think divorce between two people is messy and traumatic, imagine divorcing yourself.

  • Just a week after her divorce, she was invited to a wedding by her sister-in-law.

  • The pair began their relationship in 2007, and went public with it in 2010 after her divorce was finalized.

  • She moved out a month later, and du Pont subsequently filed for divorce.

  • Divorce ensued, along with a deluge of humiliating media coverage.

  • Quite frequently, the statute provides that there shall be no dower in case of divorce for the wife's fault.

  • An absolute divorce, even though for the husband's fault, divests the wife of dower, unless her right is saved by statute.

  • A husband does not lose his homestead when his wife withdraws from the family under a decree of divorce.

  • Adultery is a cause recognized in all of them, for which an absolute divorce can be granted.

  • Desertion is a general ground of divorce, the law in every state prescribing a period of time, quite often three years.