serious, especially one written for a small orchestra 嬉游曲（主要以娱乐为目的，多供小型管弦乐队演奏> di-vert-ing /dai'v3：tii3； NAmE -'V3：rt-/ adj. {formal) enter- taining and amusing g乐的；消遣性的；有趣的 di-vest /dai'vest/ verb [VN] (formal) 1 ~ sb/yourself of sth to remove clothes 使（某人）脱去（衣服 > : Hie divested hfmse〖/ 〇/ his jacfcet.他脱去了短上衣。

2 ~ yourself of sth to get rid of sth 处理掉；丢弃：The company is divesting itself of some of its assets.

处理掉它的部分资产。3〜sb/sth of sth to take sth away from sb/sth 無解除；使摆脱：A/iter her fHness she was divested of much of her responsibility,

了许多责任。

di-vest-ment /dai'vestmant/ noun [u, C] (finance It) the act of selling the shares you have bought in a company or of taking money away from where you have invested $转_让股份；撤销投资 dlV-ide Onw /di'vaid/ verb, noun mverb

►                SEPARATE 分开 1 〜（Sth)

(up) (into sth) to separate or make sth separate into parts (使）分开分散，分 割，分成…split up： [V] The cells began to divide rap/dZy.细胞迅速分裂。◊ [VN] A sentence can be divided up into meanfngfiu〖 segments. —个句子可以划分成有意义 的各个部分。2 [VN] ~ sth (up/out) (between/among sbj to separate sth into parts and give a share to each of a number of different people, etc•分配；分享；分担

share (out) : Jack divided up the rest of the cash. 杰克把余下 A现4分了。◊ We divided the worfc between ws•我们共同各―这项工作。3 [VN卜sth (between A and B) to use different parts of your time, energy, etc. for different activities, etc.把（时间、精石等 > 分别用于： He divides his energies between politics and business. ^ 把精力一部分用在政治上，一部分用在生意上。4 [VN] ~ A from B (formal) to separate two people or things ^ 分离；使分开：Can ft ever be rig/if to ch’Wde a mother 介om her chiW?让母子分离难道还有对的时候？ 5 [VN] 〜sth (off) I ~ A from B to be the real or imaginary line or barrier that separates two people or things 是…的分 界线；分隔；把…隔开 SEI SEPARATE (OFF): A/ence divides. oj5f the western side 〇/the grounds.篱色把庭院的 西面隔弁。’6 [V] (of a road 道路）to separate into two parts that lead in different directions 分岔：Where the path divides, fceep right.来到岔路口就靠右行。

►                CAUSE D丨SAGREEMENT 引起分歧 7 [VN] to make two or more people disagree铨产生奋歧；麁意见不一 HITl split ： 77ie, issue has divided the government.这个问题 在政府中引起了意见分歧。

►                MATHEMATICS 数学 8 ~ (sth) by sth to find Out how many times one number is contained in another 除以： [VN] 30 diWcied by 6 is 5 (30 + 6 = 5). * 30 除以 6 气于 5。[also V] 9 〜（sth) into, sth to be able to be multipiied to give another number 除：-[V] 5 divides into 30 6 times. * 5 除 30 等于 6。[also VN]

di.vide and 'rule to keep control over people by making them disagree with and fight each other, there­fore not giving them the chance to unite and oppose you together 分而治之.：a poZicy 〇/ divide and ruZe 分而 治之的政策 mnoun [usually sing.]

►                D丨FFERENCE 不同 1 ~ (between A and B) a difference between two groups of people that separates them from each other 不同；差异；分歧：the North/South

dfWde 南北分歧◊ the divide between CathoZics and Protestants in iVorthem Jrekmd北爱尔兰的天主教徒和新

教徒之间的分歧

►                BETWEEN RIVERS 河流之间 2  /VAw£) a line of

high land that separates two systems of rivers 分水岭； 分水线 EQa WATERSHED

itiTOl see BRIDGE V.

div-ided /di'vaidid/ adj. (of a group or an organization 团体或组织）split by disagreements or different opinions 分裂的；歧的：The government is divided on t/iis issue.政府在这个问题上意见不统一。；◊ a deepZy divided

society 四分五裂的社会77ie regime is 卫ro/oimdZy divided against ftsd/•该政权内部彻底分裂了。

di.vided 'highway not//? {NAmB) = dual carriage­way

divi-dend /'dividend/ noun 1 an amount of the profits that a company pays to people who own shares in the company 红利；股息；疫利：dividend payments 〇/ 50 cents a share 每股 50 分的股息支付 2 (8r£) a money prize that is given to winners in the football pools (足球彩票的）彩金EIEI see pay v.

div-ider /di'vaid0(r)/ noun 1 [C] a thing that divides sth .分隔物；分开物：a room divider (= a screen or door that divides a room into two parts)房间分隔板（屏风或 H' ) 2 dividers [pi.] an instrument made of two long thin metal parts joined together at the top, used for measuring, lines and angles 分线规；两脚规：a pair of dividers —副分线规

dividing line noun [usually sing.] 1 something that marks the separation between two things or ideas (两 种事物或思想的 > 分界线，界限：rhereisnodear dividing Zine between what is good and what is bad.是非 之间没有明确的界限。2 a place that separates two areas (分隔两个地区的）地界，分界线：The river was chosen as a dividing line between the two districts. M ^ 以这<条河流为界。

div-in-ation /.drvi'neiXn/ noun [U] the act of finding out and saying what will happen in the future 占小';预

测；预言

di-vine /di'vain/ adj., verb

madj. 1 [usually before noun] coming from or connected with God or a god天赐如；上帝的；神的：divine Zaw/Iove/wfH天道；上帝的慈爱；天意◊ divine intervention (= help from God to change a situation) 上帝之佑 2 (oW-/fls/»‘one⑺ wonderful; beautiful 绝妙 的；非凡的；棱美如►div.ine.彳y at/v.

■ ve/i? 1 {/owjtfO to find out sth by guessing 猜到；领悟：

[V wh-] She could divine what he was thinking just by Zoofcing at him.她一看就知道他在想什么。[also VN] 2 [VN, V] to search for underground water using a stick in the shape of a Y，called a divining rod (用 丫形杖） -测（地下/Jc)

di.vine 'right noun [U, sing.] 1 (in the past) the belief that the right of a king or queen to rule comes directly from God rather than from the agreement of the people (旧时的}君权神授说 2 a right that sb thinks they have to do sth, without needing to ask anyone else (自认 为）应有的权利，天賦的权利：〗Vo p〖ayer has a divine right to be in this team.没有哪名选手天生就有权留在这 个队里。

swimming trunks

scuba-diving戴水肺潜水   diving跳水

div-ing /'darviq/ noun [U] 1 the sport or activity of diving into water with your head and arms first ©fe7jc； 跳水运动：a diving competition 跳水比赛 2 the activity of swimming underwater using special breathing equipment (戴呼吸装备的）潜水：J’d !ove to go diving in the Aegean.舍很想到爱每海去潜水。◊ a diving suit潜 水月艮—see also skin-diving