split asunder

基本解释

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.
我们如果团结一致，就能在许多合作事业中无往不胜；我们如果分歧对立，就会一事无成--因为我们不敢在争吵不休、四分五裂时迎接强大的挑战。
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.
而当特别法庭调查卢旺达种族屠杀时，审判罪犯也不是唯一目的，人们还希望能够让一个分崩离析的社会有机会迎来和解。
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的追随者甚至辞掉了他们的工作、变卖了家产，期待着当大陆裂成碎片，海洋吞噬大片美国土地的灾难到来时，会有一艘飞碟来拯救他们。

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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