divorce

離婚

法律上、婚姻関係が終わること。

やさしい英語で： The legal ending of a marriage.

• They got a divorce.
• She asked a lawyer about filing for divorce.
• Their divorce was difficult for the children.

使い方： a divorce from someone (She wanted a divorce from her husband.)

類義語： dissolution of marriage

よく使う表現： get a divorce, file for divorce, divorce settlement

分離、乖離

つながっていたものや、本来結びついているべきものの間の隔たり。

やさしい英語で： A separation between things that were connected or should belong together.

• There is a divorce between theory and practice.
• He criticised the divorce of politics from everyday life.
• This divorce between art and society troubles her.

使い方： a divorce between A and B (There is a divorce between their promises and their actions.); a divorce of A from B (She regretted the divorce of learning from play.)

類義語： separation, division

反対語： union

よく使う表現： divorce between things, divorce from something

離婚する

自分の夫や妻との婚姻関係を法律上終わらせる。

やさしい英語で： To legally end your marriage to your husband or wife.

• She divorced her husband.
• He wants to divorce his wife.
• Would you divorce someone who lied to you?

使い方： divorce someone (He divorced his wife last year.)

よく使う表現： divorce someone, divorce her husband, divorce his wife

離婚する

法的な手続きを通じて自分の婚姻関係を終える。

やさしい英語で： To end your marriage through a legal process.

• They divorced last year.
• My parents decided to divorce.
• After twenty years together, the couple divorced amicably.

類義語： get divorced

反対語： marry

よく使う表現： decide to divorce, divorce amicably

切り離す、分離する

つながっているものを切り離す。

やさしい英語で： To separate things that are connected.

• You cannot divorce art from life.
• The report divorced these events from their historical context.
• She tried to divorce herself from party politics.

使い方： divorce A from B (We cannot divorce this problem from the wider situation.); divorce oneself from something (He divorced himself from the organisation.)

類義語： separate, detach

反対語： connect, unite

よく使う表現： divorce from something, divorce the two

離婚を成立させる

二人の婚姻関係を法律上終わらせる。

やさしい英語で： To legally end the marriage of two people.

• The court can divorce the couple.
• The judge divorced them after reviewing the papers.
• Only a court has the authority to divorce them here.

類義語： dissolve a marriage

よく使う表現： divorce a couple, power to divorce