split asunder

基本解釋

United, there is little we cannot do in a host of cooperative ventures. Divided, there is little we can do--for we dare not meet a powerful challenge at odds and split asunder.
我們?nèi)绻麍F(tuán)結(jié)一致，就能在許多合作事業(yè)中無往不勝；我們?nèi)绻制鐚α?，就?huì)一事無成--因?yàn)槲覀儾桓以跔幊巢恍?、四分五裂時(shí)迎接強(qiáng)大的挑戰(zhàn)。
The purpose of the special tribunal investigating the Rwanda genocide is not only to bring the guilty to justice but also to bring reconciliation to a society that was split asunder.
而當(dāng)特別法庭調(diào)查盧旺達(dá)種族屠殺時(shí)，審判罪犯也不是唯一目的，人們還希望能夠讓一個(gè)分崩離析的社會(huì)有機(jī)會(huì)迎來和解。
Some of Martin's followers quit their jobs and sold their property, expecting to be rescued by a flying saucer when the continent split asunder and a new sea swallowed much of the United States.
一些Martin的追隨者甚至辭掉了他們的工作、變賣了家產(chǎn)，期待著當(dāng)大陸裂成碎片，海洋吞噬大片美國土地的災(zāi)難到來時(shí)，會(huì)有一艘飛碟來拯救他們。

But no sooner did Barack Obama ascend to the Presidency, then the country split asunder.
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But I also know that we, as a country, cannot sustain our leadership, nor navigate the momentous challenges of our time, if we allow ourselves to be split asunder by the same rancor and cynicism and partisanship that has in recent times poisoned our national discourse.
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