"divide the cake into three equal parts" "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"
"Can you divide 49 by seven?"
"The mountain range divides the two countries"
"The two pieces that we had glued separated"
"He separated the fighting children" "Moses parted the Red Sea"
误 She has divided the cake into three parts for ten minutes.
正 She divided the cake into three parts ten minutes ago.
析divide为非延续性动词,不与表示一段时间的状语连用。
他们对这个问题的看法有很大分歧。误 Their views were very divided on the subject.
正 Their views were much divided on the subject.
析divide的过去分词divided可用作形容词,在句中作表语,可用much, very much等修饰,但不可用very来修饰。