英 [ˈkliːvɪŋ] 美 [ˈkliːvɪŋ]
n. 裂开
v. 裂开（cleave 的现在分词）
cleave /kliːv/ TEM8 [ cleaving cleaves ]
及物动词 To cleave something means to split or divide it into two separate parts, often violently. 劈开
They just cleave the stone along the cracks.
他们就沿着裂缝把石头劈开。
不及物动词 If someone cleaves to something or to someone else, they begin or continue to have strong feelings of loyalty towards them. 坚忠于
She has cleaved to these principles all her life.
她一生坚守这些原则。
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参考来源论维·苏·奈保尔的双栖性
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Then there is the U.S., where society seems to be cleaving into two groups: Very Important Persons, who don't wait, and Very Impatient Persons, who do—unhappily.
然后是在美国，社会似乎分成了两类：一类是非常重要的人，他们无需等待；另一类是非常没有耐心的人，而不幸的是他们要等待。
Our ship is cleaving her way through the strait.
我们的船正乘风破浪通过海峡。
The luxurious liner is cleaving through the waves.
这艘豪华的邮轮正在破浪前进。
It was from out the rind of one apple tasted, that the knowledge of good and evil, as two twins cleaving together, leaped forth into the world.
这是从那个被咬的苹果皮外来的，善恶的知识，像一对双胞胎分开但又在一起，一起在人间前进。
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The night sky is ablaze with stars except for the black void that looms overhead, cleaving the heavens in two.
One of them considers America the culmination of the Enlightenment, cleaving to a rational philosophy that would indeed exclude religion and its icons from the public square.
This almost instinctive cleaving to the American line on Iraq is particularly striking coming from a British government which has made a point of emphasising its desire to build closer relations with Europe.