/dɪˈvaɪd ||; dəˈvaɪd/verb1 [I,T] divide (sth) (up) (into sth) to separate into different parts 分成若干部份: The egg divides into two cells. 卵子分裂成两个细胞。The house was divided up into flats. 这幢房子划分为若干套公寓。
2 [T] divide sth (out/up) (between/among sb) to separate sth into parts and give a part to each of a number of people 分成若干部份后各占一份；瓜分: The robbers divided the money out between themselves. 劫匪瓜分了那笔钱。When he died, his property was divided up among his children. 他死后，遗产就分给了子女。
3 [T] divide sth (between A and B) to use different parts or amounts of sth for different purposes 分配: They divide their time between their two homes. 他们在两处住宅各住一段时间。
4 [T] to separate two places or things （把两个地方或东西）分隔开: The river divides the old part of the city from the new. 这条河把该城的旧区与新区分隔开。
5 [T] to cause people to disagree 使意见分歧；使分化: The question of immigration has divided the country. 移民问题引起了国民间意见分歧。
6 [T] divide sth by sth to calculate how many times a number will go into another number 把一个数分成若干等份；除: 10 divided by 5 is 2. 10除以5得2。 [OPP] multiply 反义词为multiply