1、 实物分割(具体事物):
Please divide the pizza into eight slices for the kids.(请把披萨分成8块给孩子们。)
She divided the cake into equal parts so everyone got the same amount.(她把蛋糕分成相等的部分,这样每个人都能拿到一样多。)
2、 抽象分割(概念、任务等):
We need to divide the project into three phases:planning, execution, and evaluation.(我们需要把项目分成三个阶段:规划、执行和评估。)
The book is divided into ten chapters, each covering a different topic.(这本书分为10章,每章讲一个不同的主题。)
3、 群体/数量分割:
The teacher divided the class into four groups for the group work.(老师把班级分成4个小组做小组作业。)
Let’s divide the 100 candies into five bags—20 each.(我们把100颗糖分成5袋,每袋20颗。)
divide…into…:分割整体(如“把10分成2份”);
divide…by…:数学运算“除以”(如“10除以2得5”)。
例句对比:
Divide 10 into 2 parts,and each part is 5.(把10分成2份,每份5。)
Divide 10 by 2,and you get 5.(10除以2得5。)
divide into equal parts(分成相等的部分);
divide into sections/chapters(分成章节/板块);
divide into categories/groups(分成类别/小组);
divide into stages/phases(分成阶段)。
总结:divide…into… 是“分割整体为部分”的核心表达,只要明确“整体”和“部分”的逻辑,就能准确使用~