asunder

UK:  [ə'sʌndə(r)]

US:  [ə'sʌndər]

adv.

1.散,分离,隔离

2.粉碎,崩裂

3.(分)开,(折)断,(扯)碎

4.分开地

5.成碎片状地

6.(拉)开

7.散;天各一方

8.断开地

adj.

1.〔多作表语〕

1 . a ship that was going asunder beneath his feet, he was in charge of a vessel whose timbers were all coming apart.
杰罗尔德感到仿佛被遗弃在一艘行将解体的轮船之上，要他指挥一艘船骨正在散架的船只。

2 . Her lips were half asunder as if she meant to speak; and she drew a deep breath, but it escaped in a sigh, instead of a sentence.
她半张着嘴，似乎想说什么；她深深地吸了一口气，可随之而来的却是一声无语的叹息。

3 . And on the ground beside her, when Joe picked her up, was a convict's leg-iron which had been filed asunder.
乔回来后在抱起她时，发现她身旁的地上有一副逃犯的脚镣，看上去是被人用锉子锉开的。

4 . He sought to create a great nation capable of surviving in a world torn asunder by the war between Britain and France.
他努力创造了一个在被英法两国蹂躏的四分五裂之后仍能生存在这个世界上的伟大国家。

5 . Lara: Once called forth shall the heavens split asunder and the light of the Sun God Horus shall banish the lord of darkness, Seth.
（继续阅读护身符上的文字）当雷电撕裂天空，太阳神荷露斯的光芒终将驱逐黑暗世界的霸主赛特。