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get a divorce
表示离婚这一动作，常用搭配。
They decided to get a divorce after years of conflict.
在多年的冲突后，他们决定离婚。
离婚
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
离婚
The legal ending of a marriage.
They decided to get a divorce after years of conflict.
在多年的冲突后，他们决定离婚。
婚姻的法定解除；离婚。
The legal dissolution of a marriage.
婚姻的法律解除
the legal dissolution of a marriage
相连事物的分离。
A separation of connected things.
配对动物(伴侣动物)的分离。
The separation of a bonded pair of animals.
After years of conflict, they finally decided to get a divorce.
经过多年的冲突，他们最终决定离婚。
The divorce rate in many countries has been rising steadily.
许多国家的离婚率一直在稳步上升。
She went through a difficult divorce last year.
她去年经历了一场艰难的离婚。
表示离婚这一动作，常用搭配。
They decided to get a divorce after years of conflict.
在多年的冲突后，他们决定离婚。
法律程序上的提出离婚。
She filed for divorce last month.
她上个月提交了离婚申请。
与某人离婚，常接from表示对象。
His divorce from his wife was finalized in court.
他与妻子的离婚在法庭上最终生效。
Not this
They had divorce.
Use this
They had a divorce.
中文学习者常漏掉冠词 'a'，因为中文没有冠词概念。在可数名词前需要加不定冠词。
Not this
He filed divorce.
Use this
He filed for divorce.
'file' 表示提出申请时，需要加介词 'for'，中文直接说'申请离婚'容易遗漏介词。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
申请离婚
She decided to file for divorce after years of unhappiness.
在多年的不幸福之后，她决定申请离婚。
离婚
They got a divorce last year after ten years of marriage.
他们在结婚十年后于去年离婚了。
离婚率
The divorce rate in the country has been rising steadily.
该国的离婚率一直在稳步上升。
离婚诉讼
The divorce proceedings were finalized in court last week.
离婚诉讼于上周在法庭上终结。
离婚协议
They reached a fair divorce settlement regarding their assets.
他们就财产问题达成了公平的离婚协议。
离婚文件
He signed the divorce papers without any hesitation.
他毫不犹豫地签了离婚文件。
X与Y之间的分离/脱节
There is a divorce between his words and his actions.
他的言行之间存在脱节。
脱离现实
His plan shows a complete divorce from reality.
他的计划完全脱离现实。
离婚就像截肢：你活下来了，但少了点什么。
– Elizabeth Taylor, actress and activist, on the aftermath of divorce.
——伊丽莎白·泰勒，女演员兼活动家，谈论离婚后的感受。
Use divorce naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想“弟我撕”，弟弟和我撕毁结婚证，表示离婚。
该词在法律、正式和日常语境中都常见，通常为中性的正式用词，但在不同语境下情感色彩可能有所变化。
Words ending in -orce (force) and -orse (horse) rhyme with divorce. Words like 'diverse' (different vowel) are lookalikes that do not rhyme.
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