(1) the North/South divide (2) the divide between Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland (3) The issue has divided the government.
divide [dɪˈvaɪd] 📢 UK📢 US
vt.使…变大；扩张；详述； vi.扩展；发展；张开；展开；
vt.& vi.分；划分；分离；（使）产生分歧； n.分水岭，分界线；分配；
n.原则，原理；准则，道义；道德标准；本能；
n.地区；区域，范围；面积，平地；领域；
(1) Under no circumstances should you lend Paul any money. (2) Don't open the door, in any circumstances. (3) The ship sank in mysterious circumstances.
(1) Stay well away from the helicopter when its blades start to rotate. (2) rotate the wheel through 180 degrees. (3) The EU presidency rotates among the members.
(1) God is often conceived of as male. (2) I cannot conceive (= I do not believe) (that) he would wish to harm us. (3) I cannot conceive what it must be like.
(1) I certainly think there should be a ban on tobacco advertising... (2) Do you think I ought to seal the boxes up?... (3) Nora thought he was seventeen years old...
(1) They determined to start early. (2) An inquiry was set up to determine the cause of the accident. (3) We set out to determine exactly what happened that night.
(1) carpenter: Well, I knew some idiot would ask me. So I measured it! (2) The carpenter glued two pieces of wood together. (3) The carpenter ran his rule over the shed and sized it up at once.
(1) You can claim back your travelling/travel expenses. (2) We were taken out for a meal at the company's expense. (3) He built up the business at the expense of his health.
(1) The hills were shrouded in mist . (2) Early morning mist patches will soon clear. (3) The origins of the story are lost in the mists of time (= forgotten because it happened such a long time ago) .
(1) foggy conditions (2) a foggy road (3) ‘Do you know where she is? ’ ‘Sorry, I haven't the foggiest. ’
foggy [ˈfɒgi] 📢 UK📢 US
vt.解雇，把…免职；遣散，解散（队伍等）；驳回，拒绝受理；搁置； vi.解散；
vt.与…相像，类似于；
adj.有雾的；雾气朦胧的；模糊的；混乱的；
n.交谈，会话；交往，交际；会谈；（人与计算机的）人机对话；
(1) He spoke fluently and without unnecessary hesitations. (2) I have no hesitation in recommending her for the job. (3) [不可数名词, 可数名词]She agreed without the slightest hesitation .
(1) French air traffic controllers have begun a three-day strike in a dispute over pay... (2) Staff at the hospital went on strike in protest at the incidents. (3) ...their recognition of the workers' right to strike...
(1) How you can be so insensitive absolutely beats me. (2) beat it before it's too late. (3) Can you beat it; there was Graham Greene in Freetown and there was I on the other side of Africa.
(1) The plan was brilliant in its conception but failed because of lack of money. (2) Marx's conception of social justice (3) He has no conception of how difficult life is if you're unemployed.
conception [kənˈsepʃn] 📢 UK📢 US
n.前景，展望；观点，见解；景色；眺望处； v.瞪着看，瞧；比…漂亮；用目光压倒；
n.宽容；怜悯；幸运；侥幸；
n.受精，怀孕；胚胎；概念；设想，构想；
vt.意欲，计划；为特殊目的而设计；为特定用途而打算；意指或意味； vi.怀有某种意图或目的；
(1) She jabbed him with her elbow. (2) He's fractured his elbow. (3) The jacket was worn at the elbows.
(1) I want to report the loss of a package. (2) loss of blood (3) weight loss
loss [lɔs] 📢 UK📢 US
n.操作，经营；手术；[数]运算；作用；
n.损失，减少；丢失，遗失；损耗，亏损；失败；
vt.不顾；不理会；漠视，忽视；蔑视，轻视； n.漠视，忽视；不理，不顾；不尊重；
vt.& vi.唤醒，（使）觉醒；（使）意识到； vt.激起；
(1) factors influencing the determination of future policy (2) Both methods rely on the accurate determination of the pressure of the gas. (3) fierce/grim/dogged determination
(1) The plane was spinning out of control. (2) a spinning ice skater (3) My head is spinning (= I feel as if my head is going around and I can't balance) .
(1) He was impossibly handsome (= it was difficult to believe that he could be so handsome ) . (2) a virtual impossibility (3) an impossibly difficult problem (= impossible to solve)
(1) a state banquet in honour of the visiting President (2) Last night he attended a state banquet at Buckingham Palace. (3) He entertained me with a banquet.
(1) It wasn't a ghost; it was a real person. (2) pictures of animals, both real and mythological (3) In the movies guns kill people instantly, but it's not like that in real life .