1、divorce

離婚 A divorce is the formal ending of a marriage by law.

Numerous marriages now end in divorce

現在許多婚姻都以離婚收場。

Their divorce became final this weekend...

他們離婚一事在這周末塵埃落定。

(與…)離婚 If a man and woman divorce or if one of them divorces the other, their marriage is legally ended.

He and Lillian had got divorced...

他和莉蓮已離婚了。

I am absolutely furious that he divorced me to marry her...

他為了娶她而和我離婚，我憤怒至極。

分離;脫離 A divorce of one thing from another, or a divorce between two things is a separation between them which is permanent or is likely to be permanent.

This process is, in no sense, a divorce between the Labour Party and the trade union movement.

這個進程絕不是工黨和工會運動相脫離。

使分離;使分開 If you say that one thing cannot be divorced from another, you mean that the two things cannot be considered as different and separate things.

Good management in the police cannot be divorced from accountability.

對警察隊伍的良好管理和應負的責任是分不開的。

短語積累

divorce rate離婚率

divorce certificate離婚證；離婚證明書；離婚證書；休書

Divorce proceedings離婚訴訟；離婚訴訟；

2、used to

習慣于 [常與 be， get， become 等連用，后接名詞或動名詞]

過去常常，過去慣常 [一般后跟不定式動詞]

He used to stand in for the star.

他過去一直在給明星做替身。

He used to go shopping every morning.

他以前每天上午都去商店買東西。

We used to be good friends,but fell apart about a year ago.

我們過去曾經是好朋友，但一年前關系破裂了。