c. 1300, from Anglo-French severer, Old French sevrer "to separate" (12c., later in French restricted to "to wean," i.e. "to separare from the mother"), from Vulgar Latin *seperare, from Latin separare "to separate" (see separate (v.)).
雙語例句
1. He was able to sever all emotional bonds to his family.
他切斷了和家人的所有感情紐帶。
來自柯林斯例句
2. to sever a rope
割斷繩子
來自《權威詞典》
3. She wanted to sever all her connections with the firm.
她想斷絕和那家公司的所有聯系.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. It was an easy shot now and he felt the cartilage sever.
這時扎起來很容易,他感到它的軟骨折斷了.
來自英漢文學 - 老人與海
5. You really want me to sever ties with all my close relatives?