late 14c., from Old French divorce (14c.), from Latin divortium "separation, dissolution of marriage," from divertere "to separate, leave one's husband, turn aside" (see divert). Not distinguished in English from legal separation until mid-19c.
divorce (v.)
late 14c., from Old French divorcer, from divorce (see divorce (n.)). Related: Divorced; divorcing.
例文
1. I wanted a divorce .I wanted to get away.
私は離婚して、解放を求めたいです。
2.Petter saw no reason to hurry the divorce along.
ピーターは離婚プロセスを加速させる必要はないと考えている。
3.She decided to divorce her increasingly faithless and unreliable husband.
彼女はますます浮気をし、ますます頼りなくなってきた夫と離婚することにした。
4.The high divorce figures don 't seem to be putting people off marriage.
離婚する人は多いが、これは結婚への情熱を打ち消していないようだ。
5.At this rate，we could find ourselves in the divorce courts！