divide
单词辨析：
指将混合物按不同类别分开，也指把紧连在一起或溶合在一起的东西分开。
Please separate the marked examination papers into passes and fails.
请将批阅完的考卷按及格和不及格分开。
The two communities are separated by a narrow street.
这两个社区被一条狭窄的街道隔开。
She separated the whites and yolks of 4 eggs.
她把4个鸡蛋的蛋清和蛋黄分开。
指把两个区域分隔开，或将一个整体分为若干部分，有时含平均划分之意。
The river divides my orchard from his.
这条河把我的果园和他的果园隔开了。
This cake is divided into four equal parts.
这个苹果被分成了4等份。
The teacher divided the class into five groups.
老师把全班分成5个小组。
指区别看待问题、观点等，也指使人或物处于孤立、隔离的状态。
It is wrong to isolate moral responsibility from political responsibility.
把道德责任和政治责任分隔开来是错误的。
The village was isolated by the flood.
这个村子因洪水而与外界隔绝。
People with contagious diseases should be isolated.
传染病患者应予以隔离。
The radical group in the ruling party insisted upon isolating the country politically.
执政党内的激进派坚持主张从政治上孤立该国。
多指使紧密相连的人或物分开，指父母和子女分开时多用被动语态。
She parts her hair in the middle.
她从中间把头发分开。
The crowd parted to let the police car through.
人群分开让警车通过。
She hated being parted from the children.
她不愿和孩子们分离。
She has parted from her husband.
她和丈夫已经分居了。
相关例句：
Cells divide and renew as part of the human growth process.
细胞不断地分裂更新，这是人体发育过程的一部分。
Divide the pastry in half and roll out each piece
把油酥面团一分为二，再分别擀成皮。
The time had come to cross the great divide between formality and truth.
是时候跨越形式与真理之间的巨大分界线了。
We divide into pairs and each pair takes a region
我们分成两人一组，每一组负责一个区域。
The party is likely to divide along ideological lines.
该党有可能在意识形态上产生分歧。
It will be easiest if we divide them into groups
如果我们将他们分成小组将是最简单的。