sever
sever 英 [ˈsevə(r)] 美 [ˈsɛvɚ]
vt. 割断，断绝；分开；使分离 vi. 断；裂开；分离
进行时:severing 过去式:severed 过去分词:severed 第三人称单数:severs 名词复数:severs
- To sever something is to cut it off from the whole. If your girlfriend breaks up with you on your anniversary, you might respond by severing the blossoms off the roses you were planning to give her. (Just an idea.)
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- vt. 割断，断绝；分开；使分离
- vi. 断；裂开；分离
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1. The British discovery also came at just the right time – the US had threatened to sever intelligence links over the release of Lockerbie bomber Al Megrahi.
英国的发现来的正是时候——美国曾经威胁因为释放洛克比空难投弹手阿尔·麦格里希，要断绝情报部门的联系。
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2. The nationalists are fighting the gold standard because they want to sever their countries from the world market and to establish national autarky as far as possible.
民 族主义反对金本位制，因为他们要断绝他们的国家与世界市场的联系，建立尽可能自给自足的国家。
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3. It will guide you to your true place, solve your difficulties, sever you from emotional and physical bondage, and place you on the royal road to freedom, happiness, and peace of mind.
它将指引你找到你真实的自我，解决你的难题，切断你在情绪和身体上的束缚，将你推上通往自由、幸福、内心宁静的康庄大道上。
- sever (v.) c. 1300, from Anglo-French severer, Old French sevrer "to separate" (12c., later in French restricted to "to wean," i.e. "to separare from the mother"), from Vulgar Latin *seperare, from Latin separare "to pull apart," from se- "apart" (see secret (n.)) + parare "make ready, prepare" (from PIE root *pere-(1) "to produce, procure").
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