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GRE 蓝宝 Barron

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GRE 红宝书

• v. 撕裂; 猛拉
• ［英］ v. 撕裂 ( to split or tear apart) ; 猛拉 ( to remove from place by violence; wrest)
• ［类］ 反义词: unite ( 使联合) ; mend ( 修补) ; repair ( 修理)
• ［例］ She wept and rent her garments.

Webster Collegiate

verb (rent; also rended; rending)

• Etymology: Middle English, from Old English rendan; akin to Old Frisian renda to tear and perhaps to Sanskrit randhra hole
• Date: before 12th century
• transitive verb
  • 1. to remove from place by violence ; wrest
  • 2. to split or tear apart or in pieces by violence
  • 3. to tear (the hair or clothing) as a sign of anger, grief, or despair
  • 4.
    • a. to lacerate mentally or emotionally
    • b. to pierce with sound
    • c. to divide (as a nation) into contesting factions
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to perform an act of tearing or splitting
  • 2. to become torn or split
• Synonyms: see tear

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