| 单词 | divided |
| 释义 | divided (once / 128 pages) adj Something that's divided is sectioned or split into parts. A divided political party might be separated into several groups with very different opinions on what the party's priorities ought to be. Things can be physically divided, the way a pizza is when it's cut into eight separate pieces, or the way a highway is when it has a concrete barrier between lanes that go in different directions. There's also a figurative way of being divided, like a divided family that's feuding about something, or divided experts who disagree on the findings of a study. The adjective divided comes from the Latin dividere, "to force apart, cleave, or distribute." WORD FAMILYdivided: dividedly, undivided+/dividable: undividable/divide: dividable, divided, divider, divides, dividing, divisible, division, subdivide/divider: dividers/divisible: divisibility, divisiblest, indivisible/division: divisional, divisions/divisional: divisionally/indivisible: indivisibly/subdivide: subdivided, subdivider, subdivides, subdividing, subdivision/subdivided: unsubdivided/subdivider: subdividers/subdivision: subdivisions/undivided: undividedly USAGE EXAMPLESEnvironmentalists remain divided on the issue of carbon capture, said John Coequyt, global climate policy director for Sierra Club. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) We divided those into bands - for example, the top 20% are the schools with the lowest free school meal entitlement, and therefore serve wealthier children. BBC(Jan 01, 2017) His “Arbor Series,” at Cross MacKenzie Gallery, includes views of silhouetted pines, their branches and needles often divided among multiple frames. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) 1adj separated into parts or pieces opinions are divided Syn|Ant distributive serving to distribute or allot or disperse segregated, unintegratedseparated or isolated from others or a main group separateindependent; not united or joint bicameral, two-chamberedconsisting of two chambers bifiddivided into two lobes bifurcate, biramous, branched, forficate, fork-like, forked, pronged, prongyresembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches bifurcateddivided into or made up of two parts bilocular, biloculatedivided into or containing two cells or chambers black-and-whiteof a situation that is sharply divided into mutually exclusive categories chamberedhaving compartmental chambers bisulcate, cloven(used of hooves) split, divided dichotomousdivided or dividing into two sharply distinguished parts or classifications disconnected, disunited, fragmented, splithaving been divided; having the unity destroyed disjointedtaken apart at the joints disjuncthaving deep constrictions separating head, thorax, and abdomen, as in insects episodicof writing or narration; divided into or composed of episodes four-prongedhaving four prongs many-chamberedhaving many chambers metameric, segmental, segmentedhaving the body divided into successive metameres or segments, as in earthworms or lobsters mullionedof windows; divided by vertical bars or piers usually of stone pentamerousdivided into five parts; specifically, having each floral whorl consist of five (or a multiple of five) members pronged, tinedhaving prongs or tines; usually used in combination sectional, sectionedconsisting of or divided into sections segmentaldivided or organized into speech segments or isolable speech sounds three-prongedhaving three prongs torndisrupted by the pull of contrary forces trifiddivided into three lobes two-prongedhaving two prongs united characterized by unity; being or joined into a single entity collectiveforming a whole or aggregate integratednot segregated; designated as available to all races or groups jointunited or combined agreed, in agreementunited by being of the same opinion allied, confederate, confederativeunited in a confederacy or league amalgamate, amalgamated, coalesced, consolidated, fusedjoined together into a whole coalescent, coalescinggrowing together, fusing cohesivecohering or tending to cohere; well integrated conjugate, conjugated, coupledjoined together especially in a pair or pairs conjunctbound in close association federate, federatedunited under a central government incorporate, incorporated, integrated, merged, unifiedformed or united into a whole in league(usually followed by `with') united in effort as if in a league one, unitaryhaving the indivisible character of a unit suprasegmentalpertaining to a feature of speech that extends over more than a single speech sound tiedbound together by or as if by a strong rope; especially as by a bond of affection undividednot parted by conflict of opinion unpartitionednot divided by partitions nonsegmental, unsegmentedhaving a body that is not divided into segments 2adj distributed in portions (often equal) on the basis of a plan or purpose Syn divided up, shared, shared out distributed spread out or scattered about or divided up 3adj having a median strip or island between lanes of traffic moving in opposite directions a divided highway Syn dual-lane multilane (of roads and highways) having two or more lanes for traffic |
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